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E-Resources: Law
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 E-Resources: Law
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The Library's e-resources are strictly licensed. You may not systematically print or download substantial quantities, or distribute information to unauthorised third parties. [more information on permitted use] SEE ALSO: Search Research Pro This facility searches across a number of Library resources such as databases, other library catalogues and major web portals. The following is an A to Z list of major
resources for Law Help with our e-resources login procedures can be
found by
clicking on the following
BAILLI (British and Irish Legal Information Institute) The British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) provides access to the most comprehensive set of British and Irish primary legal materials available for free on the internet. It includes 46 databases covering 7 jurisdictions. The system contains around 7.5 gigabytes of legal materials and around 400,000 searchable documents with about 15 million internal hypertext links. See also: BIALII Openlaw Project. Free Website. Casetrack (Requires unique login: get login) Casetrack includes transcripts from the Court of Appeal, High Court, and Employment Appeals Tribunal. Contains the full text of conventions and agreements in the European Treaty Series (ETS), plus status of ratification and explanatory notes. The site is fully searchable or can be browsed using the numerical list. Free Website. The database of adopted EU legislation. It contains the full text of the consolidated treaties and all legislation in force. It also has the full text of the Official Journal C and L series for the last 40 days as well as recent judgements of the Court. Free Website.
FLAG is a collaborative Internet gateway to the holdings of foreign,
international and comparative law in UK universities and national libraries.
Free Website.
The Foreign Law Guide contains current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world, it is a comprehensive source for essential information on foreign law from nearly 200 jurisdictions. Click on subscriber login to access. Halsbury's Laws of England covers the whole spectrum of English law and provides the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales. Written by or in conjunction with leading lawyers, both practitioners and academics, Halsbury's Laws of England covers every proposition of English law (whether statutory or common law), and is divided into alphabetically arranged titles, making it convenient to use and enabling quick and easy research into any area of law. The text of those titles is supplemented by regularly updated annotations: all primary and secondary legislation, all leading law reports, and many specialist series of case reports are monitored for developments which affect the law set out in Halsbury's Laws. Lexis-Nexis training and information is available from the University of Essex Student Associate. Please contact:
HeinOnline : the modern link to legal history
HeinOnline is a database produced by U.S. legal publisher William S. Hein in collaboration with Cornell Information Technologies and the Cornell University Law Library. The database includes an extensive library of image-based full-text legal journals from the inception i.e. from volume one, number one, issue one onwards, to one or two years prior to the current year. HeinOnline includes many leading U.S. scholarly law journals, and also many non-US titles included, such as the Modern Law Review, Cambridge Law Journal, British Yearbook of International Law, Law Quarterly Review, and many more. The collections can be browsed or searched. All individual HeinOnline titles are indexed in the Library catalogue and can be found using the Periodical title search or title search. A to Z list of The Albert Sloman Library subscriptions. A searchable full-text database of the case-law of the European Court and Commission of Human Rights, from the Council of Europe. Includes decisions, judgments, reports and resolutions. Search by case title, state, application no. etc. Free Website. Published by H.W. Wilson's and available via Lexis Nexis Butterworths, the Index to Legal Periodicals provides an index to articles from more than 500 legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organizations, university publications, law reviews, and government publications. This database provides bibliographic references only, to find the full text check The Library catalogue using Periodical Title Search.
Daily updated index of unreported cases, with summaries back 20 years; index of
articles from major UK legal publications; legislation and case citator; statute
summaries and legislation tracking service (commencement and repeals, Bills and
Command Papers) and jobs.
Legal Journals Index (LJI) (via Westlaw)
The LJI database indexes articles from legal journals published in the United
Kingdom and Europe and journals covering topics pertaining to the laws of the
European Community and of its Member States. More than 430 United Kingdom and
English language journals are covered. A document is an index entry or abstract
of a case report or comment, legislative text or comment, a commission decision,
company data, a question and answer, a letter, an editorial, or a publication
review. Coverage begins with 1986.
Lexis
Library
Lexis Library (formerly Lexis Nexis Butterworths) provides access to
full-text case law and legislation for the UK, US (federal and State), EU and
other jurisdictions. It also provides access to a large number of full-text
legal journals, local and national newspapers and business information. Useful journal article files on LNB see:
Index to legal periodicals
(bibliographic) &
U.S. and Canadian Law Reviews Combined (full text). This database gives access to full-text Parliamentary Papers (Command Papers, House of Commons and House of Lords Papers, Bills, Explanatory Notes, Public Bill and Standing Committee Debates) for the 2006/07 Parliamentary Session onwards. Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Site offers a searchable database of published papers with abstracts and full bibliographic descriptions relating to the social sciences which are available for viewing or downloading. Free Website. The UK Statute Law Database (SLD) is the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online. Free Website. UKOP: United Kingdom Official
Publications
UKOP is the official catalogue of UK official publications since 1980.
Containing 450,000 records from over 2000 public bodies, it is the most
comprehensive source of information on official publications available. Using
UKOP you can: Search for records using basic and advanced search tools, enabling
you to specify exactly what you are looking for Browse through records using the
A-Z index of issuing bodies and departments Access the full text of over 30,000
documents, or where the full text is not available, find out where to obtain a
printed copy.
UNBISnet: Dag Hammarskjöld Library Catalogue of United Nations(UN) documents and publications indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included are commercial publications and other non-UN sources held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. The coverage of UNBISnet is from 1979 onward, however, older documents are being added to the catalogue on a regular basis as a result of retrospective conversion. Also provides access to a growing number of full text resources. Free Website. The United Nations Official Documents System (ODS) is the electronic repository for official documents published by the United Nations. The full text of documents is accessible in PDF format in all official languages of the United Nations--Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and ish. Documents are stored in two databases: UN documentation with comprehensive coverage beginning in 1993 and selected earlier coverage, and UN Resolutions, which includes the official records version of resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship Council since 1946. Free Website. UN Treaty Collection (Requires unique login: get login) Contains a number of different databases together include the text of over 34,0000 bilateral and multilateral treaties in their authentic language plus translations in English and French. The databases include: Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General; United Nations Treaty Series (14 December 1946 - January 2005); League of Nations Treaty Series (5 July 1920 - 3 October 1944); and Texts of Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties. Plus photos of signing ceremonies, treaty handbook, and treaty reference guide including a glossary of treaty terms and more. West Group's online source of legal & business information. Full text legislation, case law, law reviews, texts and newspapers from across the world. |
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