This document provides information about electronic legal resources available at the library for LLM students. It discusses accessing cases and journal articles through databases like Westlaw, Lexis Library, and HeinOnline. It covers using legal citations and how to search for cases and journal articles. Tips are provided for effective search techniques using terms, connectors, and proximity searching to narrow results. The document also discusses tracking current developments through current awareness tools on Westlaw and Lexis Library.

1. LLM 4160
LLM Session 2
E Resources
Cases, Journal Articles,Current
Awareness

2. Recap
• Last week we looked at UniHub, My UniHub
• Library catalogue
• My Subject Guide
• My Calendar
• SCONUL
• Interlibrary Loan

3. This week
Electronic Format
• Cases(Law Reports)
• Journal Articles
• Databases
• Current Awareness

4. Google
• If you must use Google at least use Google
Scholar or Advanced
• Allows for a much more structured search
• More options than basic Google

5. Remember-use My UniHub!!
For Logging in

6. 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)

7. Title Abbreviations?
Use this website to
quickly find the full
title of an
abbreviated journal
or law report title

8. Find This
[2010] 37 Journal of Law and Society 387-411
What is the titleof the article?
Hint! Use the Ebsco Link

9. Electronic Journals
• Have citation/title?-use the catalogue or
databases
• Subject searching- Use databases

10. 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

11. 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

12. Westlaw/Cases
BROWSE Feature-if you
know the Law Series
Search Feature-
Subject, Citation,Free
Text

13. 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

14. Cases/Citation Search
• Case Analysis useful for
Summary/Update
• Used as an Alerter to ensure you are
using ‘good’ up to date law(Coloured
Icons)

15. Try Finding These
Find:
Theodor Meron,”The Meaning and Reach of the International Convention on
the Elimination of all Forms of Racist Discrimination”,79 American Journal
of International Law(1985),p283
Name the Parties involved in the following Case
[1914] 3 KB 259
[2005] Crim LR 901
What is the article title at the following Citation?
What is the author’s name?

16. Cases/Subject Search
• 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

17. 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

18. Broad Search
Use a proximity
connector to narrow
the search
Far too many
results!
So........

19. Proximity Searching/Results

20. Your Turn
• Using the phrase European Union construct a
search
• Use a terms and connectors to narrow the
results making it more specific or focused

21. International Journals

22. International Journals
Steps to searching for
journals from other
countries/jurisdictions

23. Phrase and Single Word

24. Results

25. Lexis
Journals/Subject Searching
Click on Sources

26. Find Sources Page
• Click on Keyword
• Filter By
• -Publication Type
• -Topic
• Choose Journals by title

27. Heinonline
Law Journal Library
Choose Advanced
Search
Phrase in Quote Marks

28. Subject Searching
Narrow
Broad

29. Results
Scroll through Results
Use Matching Text Pages
To see how Phrase has
been used

30. Article/Full Text

31. Current Awareness
• On Westlaw and Lexis Library
• Useful for keeping you up to date
• Tracking bills etc
• Case developments

32. Problems?
Appointment!