| Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals, and Other Legal Periodicals Legal Researchers in search of persuasive authority and contemporary legal scholarship have several options for accessing periodical literature. Strategies and resources for locating articles include subject searching using indexes, and full text searching of a variety of electronic databases. Note: Lexis/Nexis and Westlaw links require a valid password; OhioLINK databases require a valid CSU student ID or visit to a campus library.
Locating Journals in the Library Collections Use Journal Finder to help you find out which journals, periodicals, magazines, newspapers, & newsletters the University and Law Libraries provide in either our print or online collections. You can also search for journal titles in the two libraries' combined catalog, SCHOLAR. Subject Searching Using Indexes Indexes provide access to articles organized by subject, author and perhaps other criteria, and often provide links to the full text of the articles as well as their citations. When you use an index, you are the beneficiary of the work of a subject expert who has read the material and assigned relevant subject headings to describe it. Online indexes offer several fields for searching although the historical depth of the index may not equal its print counterparts. In an online index, you will often have the ability to search both by subject (from a standard list applicable to all items in the database) and keyword (words appearing anywhere in the citation).
Legal Resource Index ( Westlaw , LexisNexis ) Index to articles from more than 850 journals from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and Australia, including law reviews, bar association journals, and legal newspapers. The print version is called Current Law Index , contains coverage from 1980, and is located in the Law Library reference collection. K33 .C87 Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Multilingual index to articles and book reviews published worldwide. Also analyzed are the contents of legal essays, festschrifts, melanges, and congress reports. The print version of the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals is located in the Law Library reference collection and contains coverage from 1960. K33 .I38 The online version is accessible from the Law School network. Subject Searching Full-Text Full-text searching options include searching the full electronic text of a particular issue or run of issues of a periodical or group of periodicals. If you are looking for a unique phrase or concept, struggling with a partial citation, you wish to examine a subject as covered in a particular group of periodicals, or are hoping to locate material not yet caught by indexers, full-text searching offers opportunities to customize your research. LexisNexis (Legal – Secondary Legal – Law Reviews and Journals): Search combined files of US Law Reviews and Journals, US and Canadian Law Reviews, Canadian combined, ABA Journals, United Kingdom Law Journals, as well as journals arranged by jurisdiction and area of law and individual journals. LexisNexis Legal News Search files arranged by practice area, jurisdiction, and other, as well as Mealey’s Legal News Briefs LexisNexis Academic Law Reviews (via OhioLINK) Westlaw (Law Reviews, Bar Journals and Legal Periodicals): Search Journals and Law Reviews Combined, Legal Newsletters, Legal Newspapers, Law Practice Database, Texts and Periodicals, as well as journals and law reviews arranged by jurisdiction and specific publishers. Also, appear as searchable under specific Topical Areas of Law HeinOnline Image based collection of nearly 400 legal periodicals from inception (pre-1980 coverage unique to this service); includes charts, graphs photographs. Can search US Law Journal Library, Most Cited Law Journals, Core US Law Journals, International and non- US Law Journals Legal Collection (via OhioLINK) Centered on the discipline of law and legal topics, Legal Collection is a collection of scholarly peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies. Legal Collection offers full text for nearly 250 law journals. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information dates as far back as 1965. Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) See especially subject cluster Social Sciences - Politics, Political Science and Law JSTOR 1838- Back files only of selected academic journals, no current issues. EBSCOHOST databases See especially Academic Search Premier, Newspaper Source
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