What are study aids? Study aids are materials, other than your casebook, that help explain the law.
Study aids can help you by:
- providing a useful overview of a confusing subject area,
- identifying the rule of law from a group of cases,
- double checking your understanding of the material, and
- offering an alternative explanation or examples to help you make sense of difficult material.
In other words, study aids are meant to supplement, not take the place of, the work that you are already doing in your courses.
There are many types of study aids. To help you determine which type of study aid may work best for you, and to help you locate study aids, the Law Library has created a guide for you, which can be accessed through this link.
As a reminder, in addition to print study aids, the Law Library provides you with access to these online study aid products:
- West Academic Online Study Aids has audio lectures and digital versions of nutshells, hornbooks, treatises, and other study guides. West Academic Online Study Aids may be accessed through this link on the Law Library’s A to Z Database list. However, it is recommended that users create an account to take full advantage of all the features available within West Academic Online Study Aids, such as highlighting and note taking. To create an account, please visit subscription.westacademic.com. You must use your Penn State-Dickinson Law email address when creating an account. During the set-up process, you will need to select your school, “Dickinson Law.” Once you have created an account, you will receive an email asking you to confirm or verify your email address. This email may end up in your spam or junk folder.
- Quimbee has video lessons, practice questions/exams, case briefs, and flashcards. To sign up for Quimbee, visit https://www.quimbee.com/users/organization_sign_up and follow the instructions to create an account. You must use your Penn State-Dickinson Law email address when creating an account. After you have created an account, you will receive an email asking you to confirm or verify your email address. This email may end up in your spam or junk folder.
If you have questions about study aids or any of the other Law Library’s resources, please contact a law librarian.