Subject Guide: School Law

ERIC  Authoritative database of indexed and full-text educational literature and resources.

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Westlaw Campus Research  Comprehensive database of resources for researching U.S. Law. Includes primary sources including case law, statutes, and regulations at the federal and state levels as well as secondary sources e.g. American Law Reports, American Jurisprudence, and over 800 law reviews.

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Sage Premier  Over 800 journals published by Sage., including journals in international relations, education, sociology, business, and more.

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EBook Central Browse and access thousands of ebook titles.

Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law

REFERENCE KF4114 .D46
Summarizes major cases related to education law. Most cases are from 2000 or later, but some are older.

The Law of Schools, Students, and Teachers

KF4119.85 .A42 2018

Captures the key points of the precedents governing student rights and responsibilities, as well as constitutional rights and protections for teachers.

Yearbook of Education Law

REFERENCE LB2514 .Y43
Summarizes cases from the preceding year. Latest year held is 2014.

Online version accessible through OmniFile Mega, 1997-2016

This is not a complete list of journals. You can search the catalog and Find a Journal for other titles. Print journals are located on the lower level of the library, alphabetized by title. 

Journal of Law & Education

1999-present | Online

Education and the Law

1999-2008 | Online

Pennsylvania School Laws & Rules Annotated

REFERENCE KFP390.A29 P46 2010/2012

The Pennsylvania Code can also be found online. You can use the browse feature to access all of the laws under Title 22, Education.

Court opinions are available online from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals (encompassing Pennsylvania), and the U.S. Supreme Court. 

If you need to find media coverage of court cases, the following newspaper databases may be helpful.

Newspaper Source Plus  Full text for more than 1,200 newspapers, more than 40 news magazines, news from more than 130 newswires, more than 74 million full-text articles, and more than 1.7 million television and radio news transcripts.