Journals
Researching the legal journal literature can be done in two different ways: by looking at journal index databases which offer the advantage of covering a wide range of journals with abstracts and some subject analysis which makes it easier to search for articles by topic; or secondly, there are an increasing number of law journals available full-text online, which may be searched, perhaps for similar terms, facts, quotes, etc.
Indexes to the Journal Literature
Law journal indexes contain information on articles published in a range of journals. This information usually contains some subject analysis which makes law journal indexes an excellent way to search for articles by topic.
| Search tip! How to search journal indexes |
| Australian Law Journals | |
|---|---|
| AGIS Plus Text | Attorney-General's Information Service via the Informit platform. Other relevant legal databases on Informit include CINCH (Criminology) and AFPD (Police). |
| LexisNexis AU | Citations to journal articles are given, with links to full text for those journals listed under My Sources. The article citations also feature case citations of cases discussed within the article, with links to the CaseBase digest record for the cases. |
| Foreign Law Journals | |
| Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective 1918-1981 | An index of older articles covering the years 1918 to 1981, on the WilsonWeb platform. Links from the index to the full-text journal article are available where we have online full-text access. |
| Legal Journals Index | An index to UK and European legal journal articles, available via Westlaw. Legal Journals Index also links to the full-text article where that journal is available on Westlaw. |
| Legal Resource Index (aka LegalTrac) | A legal index which is the online equivalent of Current Law Index, it provides coverage of over 700 US, UK, Canadian and Australian law journals |
| Google Scholar | Google Scholar enables you to search the scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books and technical reports from all areas of research, not just law. It also allows University of Adelaide users to search across databases to which University of Adelaide staff and students have access through Library subscription. |
| Mutlidisciplinary Journal Indexes | |
| Academic OneFile | A database of articles from over 8,000 journals from the physical and life sciences and social science. Some full-text or links to full-text options where available on other platforms. |
| Web of Science | The largest online index and citation database covering the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. |
Journals – Full-Text Online
Full-text journals online enables the searcher to retrieve, read and print full-text articles. They offer a different way to search from journal indexes, which is less topic or subject focussed. Instead they offer the ability to search for facts, circumstances, quotes or concepts.
| Search tip! How to search full-text journals |
| Australian Journals full-text | |
|---|---|
| Journals on Legal Online (formerly LawBook online) | 21 Thomson law journals are available on this platform, with full-text available from 2001. |
| Australian journals on LexisNexis AU | Includes a selection of the Australian law journals published by LexisNexis Butterworths, including Australian Bar Review; Australian Journal of Labour Law; and Torts Law Journal. Articles are available in PDF format, so pagination is included. |
| AustLII journals | A range of freely available Australian law journals. However, generally the most recent years are not available. |
| Foreign Journals full-text | |
| Hein Online | Hein Online is a full-text database of law journals from vol.1 of each title. It covers mainly US titles but an increasing number of international and Australian titles and includes, Yale law journal, Australian yearbook of international law, Cambridge law journal, Green Bag, and the Law quarterly review |
| Kluwer Law International | Kluwer law journals online provides online fulltext access to Kluwer journals. You can browse the titles or click on Advanced Search (top right of screen) for keyword search options. |
| LexisNexis Journals | From the LexisNexis homepage, select Secondary Legal / Law Reviews & Journals |
| Oxford Journals Online | The Library has online access to all the academic journals published by Oxford University Press. These journals may be browsed by title, volume and issue; or searched by keyword. The journals are grouped by category, so it is easy to view all law journals available in this package. |
| World Journals on Westlaw | Select the World Journals tab to search within this database library, or select an individual journal by searching by journal title in the Search these databases box. |
