This guide is a starting point for faculty and students at Penn State University. Members of the Penn State Law or Dickinson Law School communities may have additional resources available.
The University Libraries' subscribes to a wide variety of resources that allow you to research specific areas of the law. Below are some of the major resources. NOTE: if you are a Penn State user seeking remote access and are having difficulties connecting, please read our Authentication Troubleshooting guide.
Primary research materials on mergers and acquisitions, product liability and safety, corporate governance, banking, international business, securities, intellectual property, and antitrust and trade regulation
VitalLaw (formerly CCH Cheetah) includes full-text primary sources of law with commentary, a variety of CCH, Wolters Kluwer, and Aspen legal publications, smart charts, practical tools, news, webinars, white papers, and blogs. Practice areas covered include corporate & securities, labor & employment, intellectual property, healthcare, human resources, intellectual property, and tax. VitalLaw replaced CCH Cheetah in November 2021.