5. Legal Citation-Journals
[2002] 61 CLJ 684
Year article was written
Journal in which article appears
Volume of the Journal
Page in the journal where article appears
(The article appears in the Cambridge Law Journal
2002,Volume 61 page 684)
6. Title Abbreviations?
Use this website to
quickly find the full
title of an
abbreviated journal
or law report title
7. Find This
[2010] 37 Journal of Law and Society 387-411
What is the titleof the article?
Hint! Use the Ebsco Link
8. Electronic Journals
• Have citation/title?-use the catalogue or
databases
• Subject searching- Use databases
9. Databases-Quick Facts
Heinonline
• -Used to locate journal articles
• Does not provide cases(Modern) or legislation
• English Reports(pre 1865 cases)
Westlaw and Lexis Library
• Access to legislation case law, journal articles
• Also current awareness(status updates legislation
and cases)
• EU legislation,cases,journal articles
15. Status of the Law
Be aware
of the staus of the
law
In Force?
16. Databases/Cases
• Law Reports
• Hundreds of law report series
• Law library has many in print(in house use)
• Electronic access-must log in to My UniHub
17. Legal Citation-Cases
Party Names
• Party Names-Fisher v Bell
[1960] 3 WLR 919
Date-Year case was reported
Law Report Series where it was reported
Volume of Law Report Series
Page in Law Report Volume
24. Cases and Journal Articles /Subject
Searching
• Can do general searches-BROAD Results
• Specific Searches-Narrow Search terms
• Synonyms-Need to think of them
“fundamental rights”
X The fundamental aim was to discuss her rights
√ Her fundamental rights had not been upheld
25. Terms and Connectors
Boolean Logic
• Most databases use terms and connectors
• They help you to search more efficiently
• Some of the most useful are :
/p find in same paragraph
/s find in same sentence
Use “ Quote marks” around a phrase BUT NOT Lexis!!
Truncation employ*(employee, employer,employment)
Spelling-organi?ation-organization,organisation
30. Quiz Questions
Using Westlaw
1. Regarding the Human Rights Act 1998. What does
s.6 refer to?
2. Regarding the Citation (1842) 2 QB 851. Give the
names of the parties contesting the case
3. Regarding the case of D&C Builders Ltd v Rees.
Where was this case reported?
4. Looking at the Citation [1966] 2 QB 617 . Name the
solicitors represented
31. Quiz Questions
5. What is the Weekly Law Report citation for the case Collier v P&M Wright
Ltd? Choose the correct one from the following
[2008 1 WLR 463
[2008] 1 WLR 634
[2007] 1 WLR 643
[2005] 1 WLR 463
[2008] 1 WLR 643
6.Is the Criminal Law review indexed(Full Text) in Westlaw? In what year does
the coverage start?
43. Quiz Questions
Using Lexis Library
1. Is the New Law Journal indexed in Lexis
Library?
2. Regarding the case [1998] 3 ALL ER 876. Give
the party names contesting the case.
