Particularly strong collections in the areas of the social sciences,
history, economics, and presidential papers
Periodicals and periodical indexes
Law reviews, bar journals, and other law-related periodicals (both
bound and unbound issues) as well as a number of print periodical indexes
Government documents
A collection of law-related government documents, including older
Congressional hearings
Microforms
Materials in microformat, including 16 mm and 35 mm microfilm and
microfiche
Level 2
Library entrance and User Services Desk
Reference materials
A core collection of directories, indexes, legal encyclopedias, and
annotated reporters
American legal treatises and topical reporters (KF)
An extensive collection of treatises, multi-volume works, and topical
reporters relating to all aspects of general American law
Maryland legal materials (KFM)
A comprehensive collection of Maryland legal materials, both primary
and secondary
Reading Room collection
Hornbooks and nutshells (single volume works designed to be used with
courses taught in law school), current newspapers, both general and
legal, and popular magazines
Level 3
Federal materials
Comprehensive collection of primary sources, for statutes, administrative
law, and case law, along with finding aids and updating sources
Regional materials
The seven regional reporters, the four regional digests, and the "mini-regionals"
the New York Supplement and the California Reporter
State materials
All sates other than Maryland, including codes for all states, most
official state reporters through the mid-1990s, and digests for all
states not represented by a current regional digest
Media collection
Commercially and in-house produced audio and video materials chosen
to support the curriculum of the law school
Level 4
International legal materials (JX-JZ, KZ-KZD)
United Nations materials, compilations of treaties, and materials
related to the foreign policy of the United States
Comparative legal materials (K)
Foreign legal materials (KBB-KEZ, KG-KWX)
Collections of British and Canadian materials to support research
appropriate to our common law heritage, collections of French and German
legal materials,
both primary sources and secondary sources, most in the original language,
to support faculty research, and materials relating to the European
Community