Legal Reference Guide
Last updated: September 2004
The purpose of this pathfinder is to introduce some of the resources available at the Charles County Public Library in the subject area of law. The various types of library materials that may be useful are described along with a few examples of each type. |
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IMPORTANT: The librarians are available to help find law books and other legal resources but are not allowed to give legal advice or do legal research. They cannot tell you what you should do or what rule, law or statute applies to your situation.
A good place to start your research is with the library’s CATALOG, which can be accessed
online at: http://cosmos.somd.lib.md.us. Books on law and legal matters may be located by using SUBJECT or WORDS or PHRASE search. You might try:
- Law (General)
- Adoption law and legislation
- Aged legal status
- Civil rights
- Constitutional law
- Criminal law
- Divorce United States
- Discrimination
- Employee rights
- Estate planning
- Labor laws
- Law forms
- Maryland law
BROWSING through the library’s books in the following call numbers may also be helpful:
- 340s-350s and R 340s-R350s
- 362.82s and R 362.82s
REFERENCE books (used only in the library) that may be helpful in regard to general legal research include:
R 340.072 Legal Information: How to Find It, How to Use It. Olson, Kent C.Oryx Press, 1999
R 344.7301 The employee rights handbook: the essential guide for people on the job. Sack, Steven Mitchell. Warner Books, 2000.
R 346.73 The complete book of corporate forms. Ray, James C. Sphinx Pub., 2001.
R 346.7302 The complete book of personal legal forms. Nova Pub. Co., 2001.
R 349.73 American Bar Association Family Legal Guide. Random House, 2004.
REFERENCE books that may be helpful in regard to Maryland law include:
MD R 343.752 The Maryland vehicle law. Motor Vehicle Administration, 1997.
MD R 346.7952 How to get a divorce in Maryland. Granat, Richard S. Washington Book Trading Company, 1998.
MD R 348.752 The annotated code of the public general laws of Maryland. Michie Co., 1974-(also called “the Maryland Code” or “the Code”)
MD R 349.752 Code of Charles County, State of Maryland. General Code Publishers Corp., 1994.
MD R 348.7524 Code of the Town of La Plata, Charles County. Book Publishing Company, 1998.
INTERNET sites that may be useful include:
Cornell’s Legal Info Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/
Emory Law Library Electronic Reference Desk
http://www.law.emory.edu/erd/
Findlaw.com http://www.findlaw.com/
Legal Encyclopedia and Dictionary -
Nolo.com
http://www.nolo.com/
MARYLAND sites that may be useful include
La Plata Town Code http://municipalcodes.lexisnexis.com/codes/laplata/ or http://snipurl.com/8xvw
Charles County Code
http://gcp.esub.net/ and scroll down to Code of Charles County, Maryland or http://snipurl.com/8yii
Code of Maryland Agency Regulations (COMAR)
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/
Name Change
http://www.courts.state.md.us/family/forms/namechange.html or http://snipurl.com/8xw3
Lemon Law
http://www.mva.state.md.us/AboutMVA/lemonlaw/default.htm or http://snipurl.com/8xvz
Maryland Attorney General
Consumer Protection
and Other Issues
http://www.oag.state.md.us/
Maryland Code and Rules
http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/
Maryland Judiciary
http://www.courts.state.md.us/
Maryland’s Peoples Law Library
http://www.peoples-law.org/
MD Small Business Development Center
http://www.sbdchelp.com
OTHER PLACES to go for Maryland legal information:
Maryland State Law Library
361 Rowe Blvd.
Annapolis, MD 21401-1697
1-888-216-8156
http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/
Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland
520 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
1-800-492-1964
http://www.probonomd.org/
Charles County Public Law Library
Courthouse, 200 Charles St.
La Plata, MD 20646 301-932-3322
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