The Law Library acquires books for its collection on a variety of subjects to support scholarship and research in both general and specific legal concentrations for our students and faculty. The depth of coverage for particular subject areas varies depending upon the research interests of the faculty and the curricular needs of Dickinson Law. According to the Law Library’s Collection Development Policy, “Every effort is made to acquire all materials necessary to support faculty research interests and to support those seminar subjects in which the students do intensive research.”1
The Law Library regularly updates our Recent Acquisitions page by adding newly-purchased titles by subject to the list of legal topical areas. The Index of Subjects covers specific areas of strong collection development emphasis like Advocacy, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Human Rights, International Law, and Tax Law. Other intermediate areas of collection development include Children’s Advocacy, Elder Law, Family Law, Native American Law, and all materials that support Dickinson Law’s programs and clinics. Three recent areas of concentration are Cyber Law, Immigration Law, and Medical-Legal Jurisprudence.
Are you searching for recent print materials by subject? To search for recent titles on Gender Law, for example, click Gender Law & Sexuality on the Index of Subjects chart, and see titles listed in call number order. Each title entry link will open into The CAT for access to item location and availability.
Suggestions of new titles can be made by filling out the Recommend a Purchase form, contacting the Law Library Director, Gail Partin, or emailing the Acquisitions Department at DNLawLibAcq@psu.edu.
1 Collection Development Policy for Information Resources, Montague Law Library, https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/library/collection-development-policy.