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(Res=Reserve; Ref=Reference; RR=Reading Room; US=Upper Stacks; LS=Lower Stacks)

Links to Lexis and Westlaw are to the specific databases referenced. A password is needed to access these services.

Statutes - laws passed by the Pennsylvania legislature

  • Purdon's Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Annotated Res & US (KFP 30 1930 .A44)
  • Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated Res & US (KFP 30 1930 .A44)
  • Purdon's Legislative Service (print)Res & US (KFP 30 1930 .A44 supp)
  • Pennsylvania Advance Legislative Service

Reporters - full text of court decisions

  • Pennsylvania State Reports (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) US (KFP 45 .A2)
  • Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports US (KFP 48 .P4)
  • Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Reports US (KFP 49 .A2)
  • Pennsylvania District and County Reports US (KFP 51 .A4 D55)
  • Pennsylvania District Reports (1892-1921) US (KFP 51 .A4 D55)
  • Pennsylvania County Court Reports (1885-1921) US (KFP 51 .A4 P4)
  • Pennsylvania Reporter (West) US (KFP 47 (A32)
  • Atlantic Reporter 2d RR & LS (KF 135 .A7 A8)
  • Atlantic Reporter RR & LS (KF 135 .A7 A8)
  • Side Reports (county court reports & Pittsburgh Legal Journal) US (KFP 52 .A3A3 - KFP 52 .Y6Y6)
  • Pennsylvania Fiduciary Reporter US (KFP 144 .A5I5)
  • Lexis (PA;PAMEGA) (separate files for each court also available)
  • Westlaw (PA-CS) (separate files for each court also available)

Digests - subject and word indexes to court decisions

  • West's Pennsylvania Digest 2d (1938- ) US (KFP 57 .W47 1983)
  • Vale's Pennsylvania Digest (1682-1938) US (KFP 57 .V34)
  • Atlantic Reporter Digest 2d RR, LS
  • Atlantic Reporter Digest LS

Citators - updates used to verify court decisions and statutes

Legislative History Materials - materials tracking the history of legislation

  • History of House Bills and Resolutions US (KFP 15 .P46)
  • History of Senate Bills and Resolutions US (KFP 15 .P46)
  • House Legislative Journal US (KFP 18 .P42)
  • Senate Legislative Journal US (KFP 18 .P42)
  • Laws of Pennsylvania (print) US (KFP 25 .A23)
  • Pennsylvania Session Laws (microform) (Cabinets 16 & 19)
  • Pennsylvania Electronic Bill Room (1981/82- ) http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/billroom.htm
  • House & Senate Bills (current file)
  • Lexis (PA;PATEXT) (historic files also available 1991- )
  • Westlaw (PA-BILLTXT)(historic files also available 1988- ) 
  • House & Senate Bill Tracking (current file)
  • Lexis (PA;PATRCK)(historic files also available 1991- ) 
  • Westlaw (PA-BILLTRK)(historic files also available 1988- ) 

Administrative Regulations - regulations promulgated by administrative agencies

  • Pennsylvania Code (print) US (KFP 35 1970 .A23)
  • Pennsylvania Bulletin (print) US (KFP 36 .P46)

Court Rules - rules of practice before the courts

  • Pennsylvania Rules of Court State (West) Res (KFP 529 A22)
  • Pennsylvania Rules of Court Federal (West) Res (KFP 529 A21)
  • Purdon's Consolidated Statutes Annotated (Title 42) Res & US (KFP 30 1930 .A44)

Forms - sample forms that may be used in legal transactions or proceedings

  • Dunlap-Hanna Pennsylvania Form (print) Res (KFP 68 A6D92)
  • Goodrich Amram 2d Procedural Rules Service with Forms (print) Res (KFP 529 A1G62)
  • Pennsylvania Transaction Guide Legal Forms (print) Res (KFP 68 T68)

Constitution - document establishing powers and limits of government

  • Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated, Constitution volumes Res & US (KFP 30 1930 .A44)
  • Pennsylvania Manual Res & Ref (JK 3630 .P4)
  • Constitutions of the United States, National and State US (KF 4530 .C722)
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania website  http://www.state.pa.us

Encyclopedias - definitions of the law arranged alphabetically by subject

  • Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia (print) US (KFP 65 .P4)
  • Summary of Pennsylvania Jurisprudence 2d (print) US (KFP 65 .S86 1991)

Directories - Courts - listings of courts' addresses and phone numbers

  • BNA's Directory of State Courts, Judges, and Clerks Ref (KF 8700 A19K58)
  • Directory of State Court Clerks & County Courthouses Ref (KF 8700 .A19D57)
  • American Bench Ref Desk (KF 8700 .A19Am37)

Directories - Attorneys - listings of attorneys' addresses and phone numbers

  • Legal Directory: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia Res & Ref Desk (KF 192 Ph53)
  • Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (print) Res (KF 192 .M33)
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association Lawyers Directory Res & Ref (KF 338 .A33P38)
  • Pennsylvania Legal Directory Ref (KF 192 .P3P38)
  • West Legal Directory  

Newspapers - newspapers reporting current legal news

  • Legal Intelligencer
  • (current year) Res
  • (1994-95; after microform and before current year) Consult reference
  • (1843-1993; 1996- ) LS (Microform Cabinet 23)
  • Lexis (PA;LGLINT, August 1992- ) 
  • Westlaw (TLI, January 1998- )
  • Pennsylvania Law Weekly (as of 3/28/94); formerly Pennsylvania Law Journal (7/92 - 3/21/94); formerly Pennsylvania Law Journal-Reporter (1981 - 6/92) (current year) Res
  • (after microform and before current year) US (Newspapers)
  • (1981-93; 1996-9/27/99) LS (Microform Cabinet 22)
  • Lexis (PA;PALAWJ, September 1992- )
  • Westlaw (PLW, January 1995- )
Miscellaneous

Treatises - commentaries on particular areas of the law

Check INNOPAC for specific books or subjects, generally shelved KFP in Upper Stacks or on Reserve.

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