Legal Databases and Websites By Subject

Subject List

Alphabetical list

For direct access to ResearchPort, which provides access to databases both on- and off-campus, go to the Research Port website.

The University of Baltimore expects all library database users to respect all pertinent licenses, copyrights, and contracts.

Off campus access to some databases is provided via Research Port and is restricted to members of the University of Baltimore community (see key below).

Business & Economics	Online Research Guides
Education	Science and Technology
Foreign & International Law	Social Sciences
General/Multidisciplinary	State and Local Law & Government
Health & Medicine	Taxation & Accounting
News & Current Events	United States Law & Government

 

Business and Economics

• ABI/INFORM Global
  Business-related journals via ProQuest. Some full text available.
• American Law and Economics Review
  For off campus access, go to Research Port. After logging in, select the “Journals” tab and search by title.
• Bloomberg BNA
  Leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals
• Business Source Premier
  Provides full-text for nearly 8200 serials, with full-text for some back to 1965
• Lexis Advance

Education

• ERIC Index of articles related to education

Foreign & International Law

• American Society of International Law
  Information resources on International Law
  • Electronic Information System for International Law An ASIL research tool
• British and Irish Legal Information Institute
• Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
• English Reports (1220-1873)
• Europa European Union Sources
  • Official Site of the European Union
  • EUR-Lex Official access to European Union Law
  • Delegation of the European Union to the United States
  • European Parliament
• FindLaw: International Law Resources
• Flare Index to Treaties
• Foreign Law Guide
  A tool for finding information on sources of foreign law for approximately 190 jurisdictions around the world. Includes bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations where available and selected references to secondary sources in English.
• Hein Online
  This Library consists of a collection of over 1,800 law and law-related periodicals with more than 26 million pages of articles, comments, book reviews, decisions, and legislation. Full-text is available, in graphical image format.
• International Court of Justice
• International Law Library World Legal Information Institute
• Law Library of Congress: Nations Foreign Law online
• LLRX's International Law Guides
• Multilateral Treaties - Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy Archived – no longer being updated
• OAS – Organization of American States
  • OAS Official Documents
• Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
  For off campus access, go to Research Port. After logging in, select  the “Journals” tab and search by title.
• United Kingdom Statute Law Database
• United Nations Official Website
  • United Nations Documents A selection of official United Nations documents
  • United Nations Humanitarian Affairs
  • UNRIC (United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe) Library Backgrounders
    The UNRIC Info Point & Library issues backgrounders on various subjects that list relevant URLs within the UN system
  • United Nations Treaty Collection
  • United Nations Yearbook
• World Trade Organization

General/Multidisciplinary

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
  Provides abstracts and indexing for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications.
• Britannica Online Encyclopedia Full text and interactive version
• E-Book Collection (EBSCOhost) (formerly netLibrary) A general collection of electronic texts
  • Civil Rights E-book Collection
• E-Book Library (USMAI)
  A web-based ebook lending platform) Select the University of Baltimore Law Library and log in using your UB username/password.
• Google Scholar
• Hathitrust Digital Library
  (Disclaimer about Hathitrust: Full text access to some Hathitrust materials may not be available to the UB Community.)
• JSTOR
  Full-text scholarly journal articles in such areas as economics, history, political science, sociology, philosophy, archaeology and classics.
• Library of Congress: American Memory
• Library of Congress: Chronicling America
• MasterFILE Premier
  Indexes over 27,000 periodicals (and full-text searching for 1,800 periodicals) on general interest topics such as health, business and culture
• Oxford English Dictionary
  The OED Online contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition, together with the 1993 and 1997 three-volume Additions Series
• WorldCat
  The WorldCat database is the OCLC Online Union Catalog. It contains more than 32 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world.

Health & Medicine

• MEDLINE Index of articles relating to medicine

News & Current Events

• Bloomberg BNA
  Leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals
• C-SPAN Video Library
• CQ Researcher
  Features comprehensive and in-depth analysis of issues in the news. Includes coverage on such topics as law and justice, government functions, international affairs, U.S. Supreme Court and judicial system, and business and economics.
• Lexis Advance
• LexisNexis Academic
• News & Newspapers via ProQuest
  The collection includes the full text of the Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post
• WestlawNext

Online Research Guides

• Free and Low Cost Resources for Legal Research (Pace University)
• How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers (courtesy of AALL)
• Law Library of Congress' Guide to Law Online
• Law Student Guide to Free Legal Research

Science and Technology

• Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
  Fosters the beneficial and ethical understanding of intellectual property (IP) law and related fields as they affect public policy, business, science and technology.
• Berkman Center for Internet and Society
  A research center at Harvard University focused on the impact of technology on society.
• Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School
  The study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
• Committee on Science, Technology, and Law (CSTL)
  explores pressing issues, improves communication and helps resolve issues between the science and engineering community and the legal community
• ITechLaw (International Technology Law Association)
  A forum for the exchange of ideas and in-depth examination of information technology and telecommunications law issues.
• MEDLINE Index of articles relating to medicine
• NCSTL.org
  A forensic research database that helps you find thousands of resources about forensic science & technology, the law of scientific evidence & expert witnesses, and more.

Social Sciences

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
  Provides abstracts and indexing for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications.
• Adoption Quarterly
  For off campus access, go to Research Port. After logging in, select  the “Journals” tab and search by title.
• Family Court Review
  For off campus access, go Research Port. After logging in, select  the “Journals” tab and search by title.
• Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
  For off campus access, go to Research Port. After logging in, select  the “Journals” tab and search by title.
• Hathitrust Digital Library
  (Disclaimer about Hathitrust: Full text access to some Hathitrust materials may not be available to the UB Community.)
• JSTOR
  Full-text scholarly journal articles in such areas as economics, history, political science, sociology, philosophy, archaeology and classics.

State and Local Law & Government

• The Baltimore City Charter, City Code and Public Local Laws
• COMAR - Code of Maryland Regulations
• Current Maryland Statutes from the General Assembly of Maryland
  You must know the article and section number
• Ghosthunting: Searching for Maryland Legislative History by Michael S. Miller, Director of the Maryland State Law Library, in 1998. The Library has retained his original text, but has added or updated links as appropriate. Researchers also may be interested in the Library's companion document, Checklist for Maryland Legislative History Research.
• Governor's Homepage
• Maryland Appellate Court Opinions
• Maryland Code via the Maryland State Law Library
• Maryland Code & Court Rules (Code of Maryland Unannotated and Rules)
• Maryland Courts - Judiciary
• Maryland General Assembly Homepage
  Provides information about legislators, committee reports, bills, proceedings and more
• Maryland Judiciary Case Search
• Maryland Session Laws via the Archives of Maryland Online

Executive & Administrative Materials

• Maryland Attorney General Opinions
• Maryland Codes Administration
  Contains building, fire and other codes information for the State of Maryland and includes information from those local jurisdictions that adopt and enforce these codes
• Research Guide for Maryland Regulations published by the Division of State Documents, 1992

General Information

• Baltimore City Official website
• Maryland Bar Exams State Board of Law Examiners
• Maryland Daily Record A login is required to access full-text of articles
• Maryland Historical Society's H. Furlong Baldwin Library of Maryland History
• Maryland Manual Guide to Maryland & its government
• Maryland State Bar Association
• Maryland State Government Website Archive
  Maryland State Archives site that provides information about all the branches and agencies of the Maryland State Government
• Maryland State Law Library
• Maryland State Telephone directory Searchable by name as well as department
• The People's Law Library of Maryland
  A source for legal and self-help information on Maryland and federal law
• SAILOR Maryland's Online Public Information Network
• Stateline Politics & policy news, for Maryland

Local Government & Other States

• Emory Law Library's Free Legal Web Resources By subject
• General Code Online eCode360 Search-by-state electronic codes
• Municipal Code Corporation List of Codes Provided by Municipal Codes Online
• State Legislatures, State Laws and State Regulations LLSDC
• Stateline Politics & policy news, state by state
• WashLaw Web Washburn University School of Law's State Law & more

Taxation & Accounting

• ABI/INFORM Global
  Business-related journals via ProQuest. Some full text available.
• Bloomberg BNA
  Leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals
• Business Source Premier
  Provides full-text for nearly 8200 serials, with full-text for some back to 1965
• Thomson Reuters Checkpoint
  Provides both analytical and primary source information relating to tax law.

United States Law & Government

• Administrative Decisions via University of Virginia Library
• Administrative Law via Cornell University Law School
• Adoption Quarterly
  For off campus access, go to Research Port. After logging in, select  the “Journals” tab and search by title.
• American Law and Economics Review
  For off campus access, go to Research Port. After logging in, select  the “Journals” tab and search by title.
• The American Presidency Project
• Bloomberg BNA Leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals
• CFR - Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
• CFR Code of Federal Regulations, via GPO
• Clearinghouse Review
  Journal Published by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
  Users must first register for a username and password at the publisher's web site using a PC on campus. Access to full-text of articles is then available from any computer after logging in with these account credentials. Users must log in to the publisher's web site from a PC on campus at least once every 60 days to renew their subscription status.
  
  Full-text of articles is also available off campus via Research Port. After logging in, select  the “Journals” tab and search by title.
• Compilation of Presidential Documents
• Compilation of Presidential Documents via GPO
• Congress.gov - Legislative Information on the Internet
  Library of Congress site that provides access to bills, committee reports and the Congressional Record
• Congressional Directory
• Family Court Review
  For off campus access, go Research Port. After logging in, select  the “Journals” tab and search by title.
• FDsys GPO's official system of record for online government information
• Federal Agency Directory via Louisiana State University Libraries
• Federal Judicial Center
• Federal Judicial Homepage
• Federal Register
• Federal Register via GPO
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• FindLaw: United States Constitution
• Google Scholar
• GovSpot
• Hein Online 
  This Library consists of a collection of over 1,800 law and law-related periodicals with more than 26 million pages of articles, comments, book reviews, decisions, and legislation. Full-text is available, in graphical image format.
• House of Representatives Homepage
• Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full-text
  Indexes legal journals, books, and newspapers. Includes the full-text of some articles.
• Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective
  Covers the period from 1908 - 1981, with indexing for over 500 law reviews and journals.
• Legal Information Institute via Cornell University Law School
• LegalTrac Indexes legal journals and newspapers
• Lexis Advance
• LexisNexis Academic
• LLRX.com Law and technology resources for legal professionals
• LLRX's Web Guide to United States Supreme Court Research
• Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926
  A digital collection that includes a wide range of resources for research in United States and British legal history. Resources include casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters and speeches. Full-text searchable.
• Making of Modern Law: Supreme Court Records & Briefs, 1832-1978
  A digital collection of records and briefs brought before the United States Supreme Court by leading legal practitioners. Includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases. Full-text searchable.
• A Multimedia Archive of the Supreme Court of the United States
  The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
• National Governors Association
• ProQuest Congressional
  Provides access to Congressional level publications, policy documents and the US Statutes at Large
• Public Papers of the President
• Reginfo.gov
  Links to the Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan and information on current regs
• Regulations.gov Comment on proposed regulations
• Roll Call Newspaper Online
  Congress, Capitol Hill, political campaigns, elections & Washington, D.C.
• Senate Homepage
• The Supreme Court Collection
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Thomson Reuters Checkpoint
  Provides both analytical and primary source information relating to tax law.
• United States Code
• United States Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
• United States Government Federal Agency Directory
• USAgov
• WestlawNext
• White House Homepage