Library guides: Finding books and journal articles: Journal articles

Explore Law journals

Find top journals in BrowZine, a browsable news stand where you can easily discover, read, and monitor the library's key journals.

Library Search
Search for a particular title, author or keyword. Check which journals are available in print or electronically. Use the drop down to search only for Articles. Or browse Journals A-Z.
Law Databases A-Z
Utilise the 29 legal databases available, many of which host journal articles.

Westlaw UK
Westlaw's Legal Journals Index contains details of UK legal periodicals back to 1986, with over half a million article abstracts. It is a useful discovery tool for finding relevant articles on a topic. You can then use Library Search to check if we have access via another database or in print.

UK cases, legislation and law reports.

Lexis+
Access to over 126 full-text legal journals, with thousands of full-text articles.
It incorporates and replaces both the previous Lexis Library (cases, legislation, articles, Halsbury’s Laws of England, Blackstone’s Criminal Practice, All England Law Reports and more) and Lexis Practical Guidance (practitioner database with practice notes and practical legal research sources). Includes access to Lexis' Smart Forms.
Limitation
- Users may print and download for personal use only single copies of up to ten documents in full text format from the results of one search.
- Users are prohibited from downloading substantial parts of the database and materials cannot be stored for longer than 90 days.
- Only the command buttons in Lexis+ can be used to download materials.
- Lexis+ cannot be used for any non-academic purposes and text data mining is not permitted.
- For further information please see Library Services’ Online Resource Policy.
HeinOnline

Full access to law and law-related journal articles from many US, UK and international publications.

HeinOnline does not always give you access to the most recent year of the publication.

HeinOnline Guide to the Law Journal Library
This guide includes tips and advice on how to get the most out of HeinOnline's Law Journal Library.
Google Scholar
Search for freely available articles by using Google Scholar.

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In order to carry out more refined searches on Google Scholar, remember to click on the downward arrow in the search box to access 'Advanced Scholar Search'.