Research Guides: English Legal Materials: Secondary Sources

Journal Articles

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full-Text and Retrospective [Electronic]
1908 - present
Covers all areas of law from the United States and Commonwealth countries.

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books [print]
1994 - 2013 (subscription cancelled; note - the series Index to Legal Periodicals, located next to this set, goes back to 1908)
Covers all areas of law from the United States and Commonwealth countries.

Hein Online Law Journal Library [HeinOnline]
Coverage beginning with first issue of law journals to present.
Legal Resource Index [Westlaw]
1980 - present
Abstracts from journals throughout the world. Also available in print as Current Law Index (subscription cancelled in 2007.)
Public Affairs Information Service International
1992 - present
Indexes journal articles and other forms of printed literature from around the world.
Current Index to Legal Periodicals [Electronic]
Citations to current law journal articles by date, topic, & journal title.
Current Index to Legal Periodicals [Westlaw]
Citations to current law journal articles by date, topic, & journal title.
European Legal Journals Index
1993 - 1999
Covers journal titles that are published in Europe in English. Complements Legal Journals Index.
Legal Journals Index [Westlaw]
1986 - present
Articles from the UK and Europe.
Legal Journals Index [Print]
1986 - 1999 (subscription cancelled)
Articles from the UK and Europe.

Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th ed. [Print]
Encyclopedic treatment of statutory law, with extensive footnotes to statutes, cases, and court rules. (subscription cancelled in 2010)
The New Oxford Companion to Law [Electronic]
Deals primarily with UK law and legal tradition, as well as EU law, international law, the law of Commonwealth countries, the US and Western Europe.

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