HIST
440
History of the Common Law
Jeffrey Sawyer
Spring 2008
Individual course index /sp08/hist440_sawyer.htm
Books | Legal & Historical databases | Other databases | Book catalogs | Suggested Websites | Other helpful information
Introduction:
This guide provides information on locating and accessing print and online
resources from Langsdale Library.
For questions,email
us at langref@ubalt.edu or phone
us at (410) 837-4274. You can also contact the librarian for this course, Thomas Arendall-Salvetti, at tarendall-salvetti@ubalt.edu or (410) 837-4275.
Class Session Materials
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Scholarly Journal or Popular Magazine? (MS Word document)
Books:
This list describes books which should provide you with background on your topic. For additional
resources, see our History
Reseach Guide or the Law Library's State Constitutional History guide.
Black, H. C. (2004). Black's law dictionary. St. Paul, MN: West Group. (Reference - 1st floor: KF156 .B53 2004)
Chase, A. (1997). Law and history: the evolution of the American legal system. New York: New Press. (3rd floor: KF 352 .C46 1997)
Epstein, L. (2007). Supreme Court Compenium. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. (Reference - 1st floor: KF8742 .S914 2007 )
Gifis, S. H. (1998). Dictionary of legal terms: a simplified guide to the language of law. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's. (Reference - 1st floor: KF 156 .G53 1998)
Holmes, O. W. (1923). The common law. Boston: Little, Brown. (3rd floor: K 588 .H56 1923)
Kritzer, H.M. (ed.). (2002). Legal systems of the world. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. (Reference - 1st floor: K 48 .L44 2002).
Maddox, R.L. (2002). The U.S. constitution A to Z. Washington, DC: CQ Press (Reference - 1st floor: KF 4548 .M33 2002).
Oran, D. (2008). Oran's dictionary of the Law . Clifton Park, NY: Thomson. (Reference - 1st floor: KF156 .O69 2008)
Legal & Historical
databases
This list includes the major databases for finding journal articles in the fields of law and history. For
more databases, see full list of Electronic
Databases.
America: History and Life [on campus] [help]
Coverage: 1964 - present. America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. The database comprises almost 400,000 bibliographic entries from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.Historical Abstracts [on campus]
1954 to the present: Information on articles, books, and dissertations about non-U.S. and non-Canadian history from 1450 to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals in 50 languages. Includes links to full text of selected journal articles.
HEIN ONLINE: [On-campus]
Coverage: varies. A retrospective collection of over 90 law reviews, with over 200,000 articles. Full-text is available, in graphical image format.Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals. Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.
Other databases:
This is a list of other databases which may be useful for finding journal articles or other information .
Academic Search Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).Biography Resource Center [on-campus] [help]
The Biography Resource Center (BioRC) is a comprehensive database of biographical information on over 320,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 400,000 biographies from over 800 volumes.Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts from Proquest) [on-campus]
Coverage 1861 – present. Indexes U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses; dissertations abstracted since 1980, theses abstracted since 1988. A 24 page preview of dissertations published since 1997 is available. The full text of dissertations may be obtained by clicking the free download button.Humanities Abstracts [on-campus]
Coverage: 1984 - present. Indexes/abstracts articles in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature.JSTOR [on-campus]
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
Book
catalogs:
Use
these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), videos, and
government documents.
UB Catalog [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in Langsdale Library.Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Suggested Websites
These may provide useful information or agencies or organizations who may be sources of information.
AMDOCS: Documents for the study of American history
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/Archives of Maryland Online
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/
sc2900/sc2908/html/index.htmlAvalon Project
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htmBritish Legal History
http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/resources_history.phpDocumenting the American South
http://docsouth.unc.edu/English Legal History Materials
http://vi.uh.edu/pages/bob/elhone/elhmat.htmlGuide to Law Online
http://www.loc.gov/law/public/law-guide.htmlInternet Medieval Sourcebook: Medieval Legal History
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook-law.htmlMaryland Historical Society
http://www.mdhs.org/NARA: U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
http://archives.gov/Voice of the Shuttle: History
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2713
Barcode registration
Use this online form to apply for a library barcode (or renew your existing library barcode).Citation Styles
Guides to MLA, APA, and other citation styles.Evaluating Web Resources
Guide to evaluating material obtained via the Internet.Interlibrary Loan
If you would like a book, article, or other item which Langsdale Library does not own, we can get it for you. Journal articles can usually be delivered online. The service is free, but it takes 1-2 weeks.Research Help
Series of subject bibliographies and tutorials.
For more information email langref@ubalt.edu, call 410-837-4274 or Chat with a Librarian at http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/info_services/contact.htm.
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