Last revised: August 2007

Maryland Law Resources

The following list describes basic resources available in McKeldin and Hornbake Libraries on Maryland Law. Email the subject area specialist at Marylandia & Rare Books Dept. or call 301-405-9213 for more information.

Statutory Law

Annotated Code of Maryland
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference
CALL NUMBER: KFM1230.A42 1957 & KFM1230 1973.A4
A compilation of laws passed by the Maryland Legislature currently in effect. The two volume subject index will give the citation to the appropriate volume and section.

Online version available at Michie/Lexis website:
Maryland Code Online

Online version available at Thomson/West website:
Maryland Code and Court Rules

Maryland Code at The Maryland State Legislature's Website
Search by Article and Section Number

Maryland Code at The Maryland State Legislature's Website
Search by keyword

Online version available at LexisNexis Academic
UM only Access through Research Port; choose Sources>Publication type>United States>Maryland>Statutes. Full texts of the Maryland Code, Constitution, and Court Rules with annotations are available.

Online version available at Westlaw Campus Research
UM only Access through Research Port; choose Law>Statutes and Regulations>State Statutes>Maryland. Full texts of the Maryland Code, Constitution, and Court Rules with annotations are available.

Laws of the State of Maryland
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference (1947-present)/UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks 1747-1946/UMCP McKeldin Periodical Stacks (1819-1985)
CALL NUMBER: KFM1230.A25
A chronological collection of laws passed by the Maryland General Assembly each session. The full text of all public general and public local laws are arranged by chapter number. Includes Joint Resolutions and Governor's vetoes.
Current bill information as well as information on previous sessions of the Maryland Legislature is available online at Maryland General Assembly (http://mlis.state.md.us).

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Case Law

Maryland Reports
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference (1851 - present)/UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks (1962 - present)
CALL NUMBER: KFM1245.A2
Maryland Appellate Reports
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference (1967 - present)/UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks (1967 - present)
CALL NUMBER: KFM1248.M35
Maryland Reports publishes the official full texts of opinions of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, which is the highest court in Maryland. Maryland Appellate Reports publishes the official full text of opinions of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, an intermediate appellate court created in 1966.

Maryland Appellate Court Opinions since 1995 are available online at the Maryland Judiciary Website (http://www.courts.state.md.us/opinions.html).

Maryland Digest 2nd
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference/UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
CALL NUMBER: KFM 1235.A22
This 47 volume set is a cumulative index to Maryland Case Law dating from the Seventeenth Century to the present. West's key number topic system organizes the cases by subject. Use the seven volume Descriptive Word Index to find the appropriate subject headings to look at in the digest volumes.

Online access to Maryland cases is available at LexisNexis Academic
UM only Access through Research Port; choose Sources>Publication type>United States>Maryland>Cases.

Online access is also available at Westlaw Campus Research
UM only Access through Research Port; choose Law>Cases>State Cases>Maryland.

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Administrative Law

Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR)
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference
CALL NUMBER: KFM1235.A22
The official compilation of all administrative regulations issued by agencies of the State of Maryland. Use the separate indexes for each agency or use the privately produced index: COMAR Deskbook (UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference KFM1235 1977.A223C66 1992).
COMAR is available online at the Maryland Division of State Documents Website (http://www/dsd.state.md.us/comar/).

Maryland Register
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference
CALL NUMBER: KFM1234.A2M37 FOLIO
The Maryland Register updates the Code of Maryland Regulations publishing all changes in the regulations. This bi-weekly publication is also the official source of information about many other activities within state government.

The six most recent issues of the Register are available online at the Maryland Division of State Documents Website (http://www.dsd.state.md.us/MDRegister/).

Annual Report and Official Opinions of the Attorney General of Maryland
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference (1917 - present)
CALL NUMBER: KFM1255.M3
The source for official legal opinions of the Maryland Attorney General.

Opinions since 1993 are available on the Maryland Office of the Attorney General Website (http://www.oag.state.md.us/Opinions/index.htm).

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Legal Encyclopedias and Manuals

Practice Manual for the Maryland Lawyer
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference
CALL NUMBER: KFM1268.P73 1993 FOLIO
A good source for practical information on common legal topics such as name change, adoption procedures, etc. Includes legal forms.

West's Maryland Law Encyclopedia
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference/UMCP McKeldin Library Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: KFM 1265.W4
Provides a narrative text summary of Maryland law arranged by subject. It includes citations to cases, statutes, Attorney General Opinions, and Law Review articles.

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Shepard's

Shepard's Maryland Citations
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference/UMCP McKeldin Library Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: KFM1259.S5 1995 + supplements
This four volume set updates Maryland case law and statutory law. Check under a citation to determine if it has been overturned or altered by subsequent cases or laws. Updated with supplements.

Shepard's Maryland Case Names Citator
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference/UMCP McKeldin Library Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: KFM 1259.S48 + supplements
A compilation of case names and citations of Maryland cases decided from 1851 to the present. Updated with supplements.

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Periodicals and Newspapers

Daily Record
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Microfilm (1888 - present)
CALL NUMBER: HG1.D3
A daily Maryland legal newspaper published since 1888. Contains articles on legal topics, a calendar of events, court proceedings, etc.. Merged with Warfield's Business Record in 1996 and now also includes business news and notices.

Maryland Law Review
LOCATION: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Archives, University Publication/UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks CALL NUMBER: UPUB UMAB L2.001/KFM1269.M3
A quarterly publication of the University of Maryland Law School. Contains articles of both national and Maryland interest. Click Find It button at Maryland Law Review catalog record to link to full text through Research Port (UM only)

University of Baltimore Law Review
LOCATION: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
CALL NUMBER: K2.A46
The Law Review from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Link to full text through catalog record (UM only).

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Electronic Reference Sources

LEXISNEXIS ACADEMIC
LOCATION: Research Port/UM Libraries Website.
Because of licensing agreements, this database can be used only by current faculty, staff, and students of the University of Maryland, College Park.

LexisNexis Academic is a full-text database that offers a wide range of news, political, legal, business, and reference information in full-text format. Primary source of newspaper articles, including those from the Washington Post and the New York Times. Federal code, regulations, and case law, plus state codes and case law are also included.

To find Maryland related information: Choose Sources>Publication type>United States>Maryland. Now choose from the categories: Administrative Materials and Regulations; Constitutions; Law Reviews and Journals; News; Cases; Industries and Markets; or Legislation, Statutes, and Codes.

WESTLAW CAMPUS RESEARCH
LOCATION: Research Port/UM Libraries Website.
Because of licensing agreements, this database can be used only by current faculty, staff, and students of the University of Maryland, College Park.
Full-text access to cases from the courts of all 50 states and federal courts, statutes from all 50 states and federal statutes published in the /United States Code Annotated, American Jurisprudence 2d /legal encyclopedia, /American Law Reports, /federal regulations, law reviews and legal periodicals.

To get Maryland legal information, choose Law and then select area to search such as Encyclopedias and Law Reviews, Cases, and Statutes and Regulations. Select Maryland as the state.

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Internet Resources

Maryland.gov (http://www.maryland.gov)

Maryland General Assembly (http://mlis.state.md.us)

Maryland's Peoples Law Library (http://www.peoples-law.info/Home/PublicWeb)

Maryland State Bar Association (http://www.msba.org)

Maryland State Law Library (http://www.lawlib.state.md.us)

Law Library of Congress: Maryland
(http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/us-md.html)

University of Baltimore Law School Library
(http://www.ubalt.edu/www/law/lawlib/index.html)

Thurgood Marshall Law Library (http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/index.asp)

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