LAW Finding Law Journal Articles
This guide is intended to help researchers find journal articles, blogs and other periodicals.
Lists
Some law libraries provide lists of links to internet databases that are useful for finding full-text, sometimes free access web sites:
- Database of Law Journals Available Electronically and at the Bora Laskin Law LibraryVery useful for finding database codes for Quicklaw, and Westlaw Canada as well as links to other database and internet locations.
- Tables of Contents for Canadian Law JournalsSource for TOC's provided by Bora Laskin Library at UofT.
- DOAJ Directory of Open Access JournalsThe aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The DOAJ aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content.
- JournalTOCsThis service has newly published scholarly material that can be browsed, viewed, saved, and searched across thousands of journal tables of contents from hundreds of publishers.Free registration allows creation of a customized list of journals, and includes export options such as email alerts and RSS feeds.
- Canadian Law Blogs ListOpen directory with free listings available to blogging lawyers, law librarians, marketers, IT professionals or paralegals in Canada.
- Supreme Court of Canada Library ResourcesSCC library. Find print or electronic resources using the search box.
Full-Text Articles from Legal Databases
There are four priniciple sources for full-text law journal articles:
- the journal collection in the law library
- full-text titles on legal database systems
- other paid subscriptions on the web
- via our document delivery service.
Some of the best sources for full-text include:
- The Law Review CommonsContains over 75,000 articles from open-access law reviews with issues dating from 1904.Current issues and archives are freely available online through law schools’ Digital Commons repositories.
- Legal Scholarship NetworkLSN is part of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 510,800 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 417,700 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
- LLMC Digital(U of C access only)LLMC Digital is a project of the Law Library Microform Consortium, a law-library-based, non-profit, cooperative dedicated to the twin goals of preserving legal titles and government documents. It is a database of full-text legal materials for a variety of jurisdictions: U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, South Africa, etc. It includes historical legal materials such as case reports, administrative decisions, statutes, regulations and texts or treatises.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowHeinOnline provides full text access to legal journals, from the first volume of each title.Contains the full text of numerous legal journals and monographs, U.S. government documents, foreign and international law materials, legal classics, world trials and more.
- Lexis+ AI Canada This link opens in a new window
- Available to Faculty of Law students only
- Password access only
Content includes Canadian, US, UK, international and foreign legal materials, and Practical Guidance. - Westlaw Canada This link opens in a new windowIncludes Canadian and foreign law journal articles and indexes. Westlaw includes nearly 15,000 databases and over 700 full text law reviews.Platform for database products published by Thomas Reuters Canada. Includes primary sources, commentary, court documents, forms and precedents, and finding tools. Full text source for Canadian law resources. Includes the Canadian Abridgement Digests and Canadian Encyclopedic Digest; cases (reported and unreported), commentary, legislations, journal articles covering the areas of general law, family law and criminal law.
- Westlaw Edge (UofC Law School only) This link opens in a new windowFaculty of Law students and faculty may obtain an individual password.Westlaw Edge is a full text and indexing database that provides access to a variety of law and finding tools. It includes Canadian statutes and regulations, reported decisions from Canadian courts and tribunals, Canadian law journals and law reviews. Westlaw includes nearly 15,000 databases covering most US primary and secondary legal materials and legal research tools. It also includes over 700 full text law reviews and has legal material from the UK, Australia and the EU.
- PAIS Index This link opens in a new windowPAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Index includes PAIS International and PAIS Archive. PAIS International database contains continually updated records for over half a million journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more. PAIS Archive is a retrospective conversion of the PAIS Annual Cumulated Bulletin, and covers monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, and analytics.
Blogs
Law blogs can be a source of commentary on current legal topics and timely analysis that will often quickly summarize an issue.
- Canadian Law Blogs ListOpen directory with free listings available to blogging lawyers, law librarians, marketers, IT professionals or paralegals in Canada.
- ABlawgThe University of Calgary Faculty of Law Blog on Developments in Alberta Law includes commentary by faculty members, sessional instructors, research associates at our affiliated institutes, and students on Alberta court and tribunal decisions as well as legislative and policy developments in the province.
- CanLII ConnectsLegal commentary, in particular blog postings, on Canadian court decisions.
- SlawSlaw is Canadian, co-operative, and about any and all things legal."We began in 2005 as a blog with a focus on legal information and research, but we now consider any aspect of law our meat and drink. And our offerings have expanded: as well as blog posts, we publish columns, offer tools we've made, and link to a sister site that publishes daily tips. Our audience is primarily lawyers, law librarians, and others working in or studying law. As ever, our aim is to share knowledge, offer advice and instruction, and occasionally provoke. But please note: we do not offer legal advice, even in the most vague terms."
- The StreamCourthouse Libraries BC Blog
- Justia BlawgSearchU.S. based but links to law blogs world-wide.
Full-Text Articles from General Databases
- ProQuest One Business (formerly ABI / Business Premium Collection) This link opens in a new windowProQuest One Business is an intuitive and comprehensive business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more. Designed to help business researchers balance theoretical and practical learning, and acquire research skills that will make them successful in their courses and careers. ProQuest One Business content includes: company, industry, and country reports from providers such as Fitch Solutions and Economist Intelligence Unit, and in-depth analyst reports from J.P. Morgan; scholarly journals and ebook coverage from hundreds of publishers; full text of the three major global business news sources: The Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and the Financial Times; and a robust collection of videos.
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete provides a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,500 journals and a total of more than 10,000 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
- Canadian business & current affairs database This link opens in a new windowCanadian Business & Current Affairs Database combines full text and indexed content from all four subsets (Business, Current Events, Education, and Reference). Content comes from a broad range of Canadian sources and includes millions of full-text articles and records from 1933 to current, providing an ideal research environment for those interested in Canadian current events, business, science and technology, medical, humanities and the arts, and hundreds of topics.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive digital edition of The Eighteenth Century microfilm set, which has aimed to include every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800. Consists of books, pamphlets, broadsides, ephemera. Subject categories include history and geography; fine arts and social sciences; medicine, science, and technology; literature and language; religion and philosophy; law; general reference. Also included are significant collections of women writers of the eighteenth century, collections on the French Revolution, and numerous eighteenth-century editions of the works of Shakespeare. Where they add scholarly value or contain important differences, multiple editions of each individual work are offered.
- Emeraldinsight This link opens in a new window
- Access to subscribed content only
Emerald Insight is a collection of journals, books and case studies with full text access. Covers all disciplines of the business and management sectors plus a wide variety of other disciplines including education; engineering; health & social care; library studies; sociology; tourism & hospitality; and transport. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Access to subscribed content and open access eBooks
JSTOR is a shared digital library which includes over 2,300 academic journals (dating back to the first volume ever published), along with thousands of monographs and other materials relevant for education. JSTOR also includes articles in the public domain, including Early Journal Content (U.S. content published before 1923 and non-U.S. content published prior to 1870). - Oxford Journals This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text online access to electronic journals published by the Oxford University Press. Disciplines covered are arts & humanities, law, medicine & health, science & mathematics, and social sciences.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new window
- Access to journal collection
Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. Since 1995 the MUSE journal collections have supported a wide array of research needs at academic, public, special, and school libraries worldwide. MUSE is the trusted source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. - SAGE Journals This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text online access to electronic journals published by SAGE Publications. Disciplines covered are: health sciences, social sciences & humanities, materials sciences & engineering, and life & biomedical sciences.
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