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  • ERIC
  • LexisNexis
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The E-Journal Portal

Use the E-Journal Portal to search for a full-text electronic journal among the 9,000+ in all of our databases.

Subject Specific Databases

ERIC  1996-present

Contains citations and abstracts (and occasional full-text) for journals and other material related to education research. Created by the Department of Education, the database covers a wide range of subjects in the field of education.

LexisNexis  full text, 1980s - present

Lexis Nexis provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. Some of this information includes:

  • National and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources.
  • U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information.
  • Shepard’s® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789
  • Business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.

Using LexisNexis to Find News Articles

Using LexisNexis to Find Company Information for Business

General/Related Databases

Court Cases

Lexis-Nexis
  • Go into Lexis-Nexis
  • Select Legal (small button at the top)
  • Click Federal and State Cases on the left

You can type in keywords in the big box, or case names in the side-by-side boxes mid-screen. The search still works if you reverse the plaintiff and defendant’s names, or if you only type in one name.

Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law

REFERENCE KF4114 .D46
(latest year is in Ready Reference, behind reference desk)

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

Yearbook of Education Law

REFERENCE LB2514 .Y3

Summarizes cases from the preceding year

School Code

Pennsylvania School Laws & Rules Annotated

REFERENCE KFP390.A29 P46 2007/2008

Lexis-Nexis
  • Go into Lexis-Nexis
  • Select Legal (small button at the top)
  • Click Federal and State Codes on the left
  • Select PA from the dropdown.
  • Type in this string:
Heading (title 24) AND section (1)

This gives you Title 24, Chapter 1. You can browse through the list and click on a specific one.

You can also put in a complete citation:

Heading (title 24) AND section (1-105)

You can also type a keyword:

Heading (title 24) AND individualized education program

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