1. Library BitesizeLocating Legal Journal Articles Catherine Funnell Senior Liaison Librarian Sheppard library c.funnell@mdx.ac.uk

2. LOCATING JOURNAL ARTICLES There are different methods to use to locate journal articles If you have the Citation details(know the title of the journal, dates etc) the most straightforward way is to use the library catalogue-see the next few slides 2

3. LEARNING RESOURCES MAIN PAGE 3

4. LIBRARY CATALOGUE-JOURNAL KEYWORD 4

5. DISPLAY DETAILS-ELECTRONIC AND PRINT 5

6. RESULTS 6

8. The PRINT copies , 1979-present , are available in the Law Library on the 2nd floor of the Sheppard Library7

10. There are photocopiers throughout the building and students may make one copy for their own use8

11. ELECTRONIC VERSION 9

12. HEINONLINE 10

13. HEINONLINE Heinonline is essentially used to locate legal journal articles. It does NOT provide information on Cases(Modern) or Legislation(also known as Acts or Statutes) It does provide access to a series called “The English Reports” which gives access to Cases pre 1865 only 11

14. CHOOSE A DATE 12

15. COVERAGE& FORMAT-2006 AND FULL TEXT DISPLAYED 13

17. When you find the title of the article you need click on the page numbers and the article will be displayed in the Main Frame of the screen

18. You can read, download or email the article14

19. FINDING THE DATABASES USING ATHENS To find the databases using your Athens Username and Password follow these steps Go to the Learning Resources homepage and click on the Resources Tab/Button across the top of the page From the drop down window choose the option Athens Authentication-see next slide 15

20. LEARNING RESOURCES HOMEPAGE 16

21. NEXT STEPS 17

22. ATHENS USERNAME AND PASSWORD 18

23. MYATHENS HOMEPAGE 19

24. LEXIS LIBRARY-HOMEPAGE 20

25. CHOOSE JOURNALS 21

26. CHOOSE MORE SOURCES 22

27. CHOOSE LEGAL JOURNALS 23

28. SELECT TITLES TO SEARCH 24

29. SEARCH WINDOW FOR SUBJECT KEYWORDS 25

30. RESULTS-CHOOSE FROM LIST 26

31. FULL TEXT-KEYWORDS IN CONTEXT 27

32. WESTLAW You can reach Westlaw via the MYATHENS Homepage so simply follow the same steps we did earlier to get to Lexis Library this time choosing Westlaw from the MYATHENS list of databases 28

33. WESTLAW 29

34. SEARCH OR BROWSE 30

35. BROWSE FEATURE 31

36. TITLE AND DATES 32

37. CHOOSE ISSUE NUMBER 33

38. USING SEARCH WINDOW AND SEARCH KEYWORDS 34

39. RESULTS AND SELECT 35

40. FULL TEXT ARTICLE 36

41. JOURNAL SEARCHING 37

42. LIST OF TITLES 38

43. LEGAL JOURNALS 39