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Do you often access the Thurgood Marshall Law Library's extensive collection of books, ebooks, licensed databases and online journals while off-campus? If the answer is yes, the Maryland Carey Law community of students, faculty, and staff can use any of the following resources to authenticate.

1. Access the Law Library and the USMAI Libraries collections in our Law Library Catalog and Collections search interface (Catalog) on the homepage of the Law Library website. The Catalog search interface provides simple, one-stop searching for books, e-books, videos, articles, digital media, and more. Some content, such as full-text articles and ebooks, may require you to be signed in to see them. Sign into your account using your UMID and password to:

• Renew books and videos
• Create favorites lists
• Export citations
• View full search results.

When you select the Law Library Collection, you are searching for items (e.g., books, ebooks, articles, etc.) owned by the Thurgood Marshall Law Library. When you select USMAI Libraries, you are searching for items owned by the University Systems of Maryland & Affiliated Institutions (USMAI), a consortium of 17 academic libraries in the State of Maryland.

2. Access the library's proxy authenticated links in the A-Z Databases list on the homepage of the Law Library. While off-campus, you will be prompted to log in with your UMID and password. Databases of law journals include HeinOnline, DigitalCommons@UM Law, and more.

3. The Online Journals finder is a tool that links to the full-text content of journals, as well as newspapers and magazines. You can use it to search for a particular periodical by title or ISSN. Use it to find periodicals that don’t turn up in a Catalog search and if you don’t know in which database the journal is accessible.  From the Library's homepage, select "Online Journals."

4. Another efficient option is to install the Library's proxy bookmarklet, LawLibLoquitor. Use LawLibLoquitor to connect to the Law Library's subscription-based online resources off-campus. Simply add a LawLibLoquitor button to your browser's bookmark toolbar to streamline off-campus authentication. Once you have installed the LawLibLoquitor, whenever you are on a site that requires licensed access:

• click on the LawLibLoquitor link in your bookmarks toolbar;
• enter your UMID and password; and
• you can now view the resource through the Library's subscription.

NOTE: The LawLibLoquitor proxy bookmarklet works for most, but not all Library subscriptions. For more information, follow the instructions in our guide to LawLibLoquitor.

5. Google Scholar. The Maryland Carey Law community can use Google Scholar to access the full text of articles in select subscription databases at the Thurgood Marshall Law Library such as journals from HeinOnline and JSTOR. To show library links for full-text access to select Thurgood Marshall Law Library collections, update your Google Scholar settings:

• Go to Google Scholar and click the three horizontal bars in the corner to view the menu. 
• Select Scholar Settings (cog icon). 
• Select Library Links and search for University of Maryland School of Law - Find It @ TMLL, click the check box, then save.
• The Find It @ TMLL link will now appear next to select articles in your search results. Select Find It @ TMLL to log in and access the full text of the article.

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For further assistance, you're welcome to email the Electronic Resources team at elecres@umaryland.edu, or just ask the library by chat or email.