RESEARCH GUIDES

• Print:
  • Massachusetts Legal Research (E. Joan Blum) KFM2475 .B58 2010
  • Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts (3rd edition) KFM2475 .H36 2009
• Internet:
  • Massachusetts Materials (Boston College Law Library)
  • Massachusetts Resources ( New England School of Law Library)
  • Massachusetts Laws by Subject (Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries)
  • Massachusetts Primary Law (Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries)
  • Guide to Massachusetts Administrative Law (Suffolk University Law Library)
  • Massachusetts Case Finding Guide (Suffolk University Law Library)

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Lexis: MA - Massachusetts Constitution
• Internet: Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  • Annotated Laws of Massachusetts KFM2430 1932 .A4
  • Massachusetts General Laws Annotated KFM2430 1958 .A4
  • General Laws of Massachusetts (Official, unannotated, not available in GULL)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: MA-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: MA - Annotated Laws of Massachusetts, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
• Internet: The General Laws of Massachusetts

Legislative History

• Session Laws:
  • HeinOnline (1661 - , including the Colony of Massachusetts )
  • LLMC Digital (1901 - 2000)
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves (1629 - ) (State Library of Massachusetts)
    

Legislature

• Session Laws (1997 - ,General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
• Bill Tracking
• Massachusetts Legislative History (State Library of Massachusetts)

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print:
  • Weil's Code of Massachusetts Regulations KFM 2435 1995 .A22 (Subscription cancelled in 2008)
  • Code of Massachusetts Regulations (official) KFM2435 1987 .A2 (Subscription cancelled)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: MA-ADC
  • Lexis: MA - Code of Massachusetts Regulations
• Internet: Code of Massachusetts Regulations

Agencies

• Governor
• Massachusetts Executive Orders
• State Agencies
  
• Attorney General Opinions:
  • LLMC Digital (1893 - 1975)
  • HeinOnline (1977 - most recently published volume)
    
  • Westlaw: MA-AG (1976 - )
  • Lexis: MA Attorney General Opinions (1977 - 2001)
  • Internet: Attorney General's Opinions
    

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • Northeastern reporter (1st series, 1885-1936) KF135 .N6
  • North eastern reporter. Second series (1936-1988) KF135 .N612
  • West's north eastern reporter. Second series (1988 - ) KF135 .N612
  • Massachusetts reports KFM2445 .A2
  • Massachusetts Appeals Court reports KFM2448 .M3
  • Reports of Massachusetts appellate division KFM2449 .A4
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw:
    • MA-CS (state cases)
    • MA-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis:
    • MA State Cases, Combined (state cases)
    • MA Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases)

Courts

• Massachusetts Court System
• Office of Reporter of Decisions of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court (Unofficial)
• Superior Court Opinions (Unofficial)
• Massachusetts Appeals Court: A Pathfinder (Western New England College of Law Library)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Commonwealth Communities
• Municipal codes (select): E-codes: Massachusetts & Municode: Massachusetts

LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Boston College Law Review
  • Print: K2 .O727 (Library has v. 19 1977-2010. Subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic versions (1959 - )
• Boston University Law Review
  • Print: K2 .O75 (Library has 1921 - 2011. Subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic versions (1921 - )
    
• Harvard Law Review
  • Print: K8 .A85 (1887 - )
  • Electronic versions (1887 - )
    
• Massachusetts Law Review (Massachusetts Bar Association)
  • Print:: K13 .A8 (v. 63 1978 - 2011. Subscription cancelled)

ETHICS

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Ethics Opinions (1973 - present)
• Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct
• Westlaw: Not available
• Lexis: Massachusetts State Case Law & Ethics Opinions (Selected opinions from 1992 - present)

GENERAL

• Print: Massachusetts Practice KFM2480 .M3
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: MAPRAC
  • Lexis: Not available
• Internet:
  • Massachusetts Practice Materials: A Selected Bibliography (Western New England College of Law Library)
  • Board of Bar Overseers/Bar Counsel
  • Social Law Library
  • Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries
  • Massachusetts Tax Forms
  • Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
    
  • FindLaw: Massachusetts
  • Internet Law Library: Massachusetts
  • Legal Information Institute: Massachusetts Legal Materials
  • Law Library of Congress: Massachusetts

  Updated 08/2008 (MK)
  Updated 07/2010 (ET)
  Updated 06/2011 (ET)
  Updated 08/2012 (ET)