The Library |
| Library Catalogue |
| Reading Lists |
| Databases |
| Electronic
Journals |
| Exam Papers |
| Subject Guides |
| Research Support |
| |
| Opening Hours |
| Renewals |
| Contact Us |
| |
| Social Sciences |
| Social Sciences Subject Team |
| ISD Newsletter |
Support for
Academic Staff |
| Research Support |
| Recommendation for Book Purchase |
| Faculty of Social Sciences |
|
|
|
University of Ulster
Law
resources |
|
|
|
Law Databases
The Library's
Databases
page gives an
A-Z of
databases available to students and staff. The
following are of particular interest to Law
students. Click on a database name for access. Unless
stated, all are available both on and off-campus.
|
|
Quick links:
A - Z list of law resources |
Passwords
guide
Law resources home
|
|
Using law
databases Most of these databases
require Athens
authentication. The
passwords guide
will provide more information about library passwords.
|
|
Database |
Coverage details |
|
Westlaw UK
|
This database gives access to UK
primary & secondary legislation (not including Northern Ireland
Acts), a legal updater and legal news.
It has UK, European and international case law (but not
Northern Ireland cases) and access to
a wide range of full text legal journals.
It also includes the Legal Journals Index which indexes 800+ UK,
Irish and European law journals.
Comprehensive current
awareness and citator service available.
Westlaw also provides
access to Commentary sources such as:
Archbold
Civil Procedure Rules
(The White Book)
Woodfall, Law of Landlord and Tenant. |
|
LexisLibrary
|
This database gives access to UK
primary & secondary legislation (not including Northern Ireland
Acts), a legal updater and legal news.
Extensive coverage of UK and European case law (including Northern Ireland
and Irish cases)
Comprehensive
coverage of U.S. Federal and State legislation, cases and journals.
Access to a range of full text UK and international legal journals
and alerts
LexisLibrary contains a
number of important Commentary sources, such as:
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents
Atkin's Court Forms
Halsbury's Laws of England
Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law
Ross on Commercial Leases
Clark Hall & Morrison on Children
Sergeant and
Sims on Stamp Duty and many others.
Wylie Irish Land Law
Wylie Irish Conveyancing Law
|
|
Justis
|
Comprises Weekly
Law Reports
The English Reports
Celex
- the legal database of
the European Union.
Official
Journal "C" Series - official journal of the EU
UK
Statutes and UK
Statutory Instruments
BLISS
- Building Law Information
|
|
HeinOnline
|
Full text access to a large archive of full
text legal journals. HeinOnline is particularly useful for
international law and also provides the Northern Ireland Legal
Quarterly online up to (currently) 2004.
HeinOnline has access to the English Reports as part of its holdings
and provides access to documents from the European Centre for
Minority Issues.
HeinOnline provides access to a number of classic legal texts
(mostly US but some prominent English works on jurisprudence and
legal history)
HeinOnline contains excellent help screens, blogs
and wikis to help users with all aspects of searching and retrieving
material. |
|
|
|
|
Current Legal Information
on
campus only |
CLI contains both the Legal Journals
Index and Financial Journals Index also found in Westlaw, but in
addition it has a very important index: LRDI
- The Legal and Regulatory Development Index, also known as the Grey
Paper Index.
This is extremely useful as it covers
material from 1994 onwards, which otherwise is difficult to locate.
This includes: press releases, newspaper articles, parliamentary
publications such as command papers, green and white papers,
English, Welsh and Scottish SIs and Northern Irish SRs, European
Commission documents and practice directions
|
|
All
England Cases
|
The All England Law Reports, the All England Reporter and a
comprehensive archive of official transcripts available via the
LexisLibrary service. Lexis offers a CaseSearch option on All England
Reports only, which provides the judicial history of the
case.
|
|
Halsbury's
Laws
|
Halsbury's Laws of England is THE legal encyclopaedia. It is available via the LexisLibrary service.
|
|
Casetrack
|
Definitive source of full text
judgments on the Internet.
|
Other useful databases
|
Swetswise
|
This database gives access to
a large and growing range of full text law journal titles, as well as tables of
contents and abstracts. There is also a subject search
facility.
|
|
CSA Illumina
|
Collection of cross-searchable
databases, including:
ASSIA
- Applied Social
Sciences Index and Abstracts
NCJRS
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Social
Services Abstracts
Sociological
Abstracts
|
|
ABI Global
|
Full Text Business and Management database, but with some legal
and social science coverage and source of online version of the
Financial Times
|
|
Business Source Premier
|
Another business database, but contains
full-text law journals (mostly US titles).
|
|
Nexis UK
|
Nexis UK is a major news and business database which provides access
to the full text of local, national and international newspapers
|
Back to top
Law resources home
| Contact Details for Social Sciences Library Subject Team |
|---|
| Niall Burns | Sub-Librarian | +44 (0)28 9036 6970 | nd.burns@ulster.ac.uk |
| Jane Starrs | Coleraine Library | +44 (0)28 7032 4158 | jm.starrs@ulster.ac.uk |
| Joanne Knox | Jordanstown Library | +44 (0)28 9036 8178 | j.knox@ulster.ac.uk |
| Janice McQuilkin | Magee Library | +44 (0)28 7167 5066 | j.mcquilkin@ulster.ac.uk |
Return to Social Sciences Faculty Subject Guide |
|---|
Last updated: 07/07/10
Copyright Statement
|