"An insanely good resource!"

That's how one of our members recently described our research service, after we helped track down an 80-year-old document that isn't available online.

Ever wonder what other type of research requests our librarians have assisted with? Requests can range from something as simple as pulling a document from an electronic database to extensive research. Here is a sampling of the types of requests we have filled:

• Helped locate older, hard to find Pennsylvania court regulations that helped clear up confusion on the issue being researched.
• Performed Pennsylvania legislative histories related to the election code and various Constitutional amendments from the 1800’s to the 2000’s.
• Located and copied briefs and other documents involving such topics as contested elections and redistricting.
• Helped do research related to the law of statutory construction.
• Assisted with several research projects involving cyber security policies.
• Located a 1991 letter about school budgets from the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Department of Education in our Court Records & Briefs database.
• Found older Pennsylvania sentencing guidelines.
• Provided a copy of an older version of a Pennsylvania statute to a Canadian Agency.
• Obtained an obscure article from a German institution.
• Located a historical version of a court rule.
• Found news articles, dockets, and government reports regarding a high-profile public figure.
• Provided copies of multiple Pennsylvania records & briefs to a member of the public doing research for a documentary film.
• Helped find a Wage-Hour Administrative document from 1949 that was cited in a 1955 U.S. Supreme Court case.
• Located a historic CFR section for the Board of Veterans Appeals who was helping a veteran.
• Assisted a historian writing a book about Quakers during the time of the American Revolution to locate and obtain an image of a pamphlet law from 1777.

Contact our reference librarians to discuss your research needs.