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First Year Course Guide

Welcome to Penn State Law!

The library has a lot of materials designed to help you succeed in your courses. In this guide, you'll see links to online resources and examples of some of the materials we have in print. Hornbooks, the Understanding Series, the Examples & Explanations series, the Nutshell series, and Glannon guides are examples of some of the popular materials that are available online from the library. West Academic Study Aids, Aspen Learning Library, and Lexis Study Aids are all collections of study aids available to you online.  You'll also have access to the major legal research databases. You can always talk to someone in the library if you need help finding any of these materials. 

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Signing Up for Online Databases

Instructions to Access Study Aids