Family Law 2014-15

1. Family Law: Finding information
for your coursework
Sarah Crofts
Senior Academic Services Librarian
Law and Criminology
20th February 2015

2. By the end of this session you will
be able to:
 Access resources from off campus,
 Use LibrarySearch to find resources for your
topic,
 Select relevant databases for the topic,
 Find cases and journal articles for your
project.

3. E-Library: Library Databases

4. Off-campus access to databases
 For off-campus access to JustCite, Jordans
and others, please see the Access guide at:
 http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/ils/ls/guides/librarysearch
 Linked from the Portal:

5. And don’t forget eBooks
 Dawsonera and MyiLibrary both include
recent Family Law eBooks, e.g.
 Routledge Handbook of family law and policy,
2014
 Herring, Family Law, 6th ed., 2013,* (7th edition
due end of April)
 Search hints…Advanced Search generally
produces more focussed results in
Dawsonera.

6. Dawsonera: Advanced Search

7. JustCite Searches
 Cases:
 Re G (Children) [2006] UKHL 43
 Carr (M) v Carr (AK) [1974] 1 W.L.R. 1534
 Legislation (add section number if required):
 Family Law Act 1996
 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 s1
 Journals: JustCite only links to a very few
titles – you still need to search the individual
databases.

8. Jordans Family Law Online:
Coverage
 Family Law,
 Family Law Reports,
 Child & Family Law Quarterly,
 International Family Law Journal,
 Legislation and Forms.
 The subscription does not include
International Children Law Focus, Books
Online and Private Client.

9. Jordans Home Page

10. Jordans Family Law Online

11. Jordan’s Family Law - searching
 Case Search: searches within the Family
Law Reports
 Casename: M v C and Calderdale [1993] 1 FLR
505
 Citation: [2006] EWCA Civ 551
 Assisted Search: searches within all
subscribed content
 This exact phrase: legal parent

12. LibrarySearch
 For Guides and Help:
 Advanced Search:

13. Lexis: Quick Find
Find a source: Family Law
Find a legal term: Parent

14. Lexis Library Practice Areas

15. Family Law Practice Area

16. Lexis: Cases

17. Searching in Lexis:
Choose key terms
 These could be a phrase such as:
 “separation order”
 “care orders”,
 “civil partnership proceedings”
 “assisted reproduction”,
 Lexis always searches words as a phrase, unless you instruct
otherwise and will return results with words in that order.
 Or individual words, such as “maintenance”,
parent,

18. Lexis Family Law blog
 http://lexisweb.co.uk/blog/family/

19. Westlaw: Index of Legal Terms
and Insight

20. Westlaw Cases search

21. Westlaw: Journals
No specific Family Law (other
than Family Law Bulletin) titles
but general journals such as the
Cambridge Law Journal include
relevant topics.

22. Westlaw Search tips:
 To search for words as a phrase in Westlaw,
you need “quote marks”
 E.g. “separation orders”
 Too many results?
 Try “Search Within” or add more search terms to
narrow your search down.

23. Lawtel Login Screen

24. Lawtel Home page

25. Material not held by UoG library
 Journal articles and Books
 Some finding tools:
 SearchM25: http://www.search25.ac.uk/
 COPAC: http://copac.ac.uk/
 Use SCONUL Access scheme to visit
libraries with items you need:
 http://www.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access

26. Thank you and success in your
research
 Senior Academic Services Librarian: Sarah Crofts
 Email: cs02@gre.ac.uk, x9078
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