4. What isWestlaw?
• Legal database providing access
to cases, legislation, books,
journals and other material
• This content is not freely available
online
• Academics will expect you to use
this database regularly
• Many law firms subscribe to this
database so it might be
something you refer to in your
career
5. Westlaw Insights
• Provides basic information about
the subject and links to other
articles
• Regularly updated and provide
quick and easy access to
information
• Useful starting point
6. Westlaw Cases
• Access to hundreds of cases
• Will detail which law report
this has been published in
• Contains case analysis –a
way to find other
information about the case
• Case digest – summary of
the case
• Descriptors will be used (see
Appendix 2 for a full list)
• Status icons – again full list
in Appendix 1
7. Westlaw Legislation
• Contains full text UK
legislation covering
Acts since 1267 and
Statutory
Instruments (SIs)
since 1948
• Appendix 1 explains
the status of each
section
8. Westlaw Journals
• Full text articles, as
well as articles with
just an abstract
• If there is an article
you can’t read in full
viaWestlaw try
searching for it on
library search
• Lots more academic
journals available via
library search
9. Westlaw Books
• Cannot be searched from the
homepage
• Practitioner texts
• Search library search to find more
online ebooks
10. Westlaw Certification
• A way to develop your
Legal Research Skills
• Can work through
online tests and guides
to get a certification to
show evidence of your
legal research skills
• Can put this on your CV
or mention in interviews
• Link to this is in your
handbook
11. More help
• Law subject guide
• Help pages on
Westlaw
• Contact me or book
an appointment
Academic sources – really important to use academic sources like books, journal articles, cases and legislation found on law databases. Sources from the internet are not as reliable and you could be marked down if you use an unreliable source with incorrect information
Not freely available – we subscribe to online resources for you and the items I am going to show you today are not freely available online so searching Google will not provide you access, so you must go via the library to access them
Recommend by your department – I work with your academics to purchase these resources for the library and they expect you to use these resources. Especially in terms of referencing, academics will see where you have referenced from. We will be covering referencing next weel
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Go to your Subject Guide for resources, and help
Sign up for group training sessions
Visit the Library helpdesks
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