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Law 1104Legal Method
Electronic ResourcesCatherine FunnellNovember 2012
This weekElectronic Format
• Cases(Law Reports)• Journal Articles• Databases• Legislation
• If you must use Google at least use Google Scholar or Advanced
• Allows for a much more structured search• More options than basic Google
Remember-use My UniHub!!For Logging in
Legal Citation-Journals
[2002] 61 CLJ 684
Year article was writtenJournal in which article appears
Volume of the JournalPage in the journal where article appears
(The article appears in the Cambridge Law Journal 2002,Volume 61 page 684)
Title Abbreviations?
Use this website to quickly find the full
title of an abbreviated journal or law report title
Find This
[2010] 37 Journal of Law and Society 387-411
What is the titleof the article?Hint! Use the Ebsco Link
Electronic Journals
• Have citation/title?-use the catalogue or databases
• Subject searching- Use databases
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
Legislation-Westlaw
Searching by Title-Results
Arrangement of Act
Non-Amended Legislation
After receiving
Royal Assent
Legislation-By Subject
Status of the Law
Be awareof the staus of the
lawIn Force?
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
Legal Citation-CasesParty Names
• Party Names-Fisher v Bell
[1960] 3 WLR 919Date-Year case was reported
Law Report Series where it was reportedVolume of Law Report SeriesPage in Law Report Volume
Westlaw/Cases
BROWSE Feature-if you know the Law Series
Search Feature-Subject, Citation,Free Text
Cases-By Party Names
Case Analysis
Case AnalysisUseful for Summary
Update-Alerter
Cases-By Citation
Click on the Citation Text of the Case
Fisher v Bell
Cases and Journal Articles /Subject Searching
• 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
Terms and ConnectorsBoolean 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 sentenceUse “ Quote marks” around a phrase BUT NOT Lexis!!Truncation employ*(employee, employer,employment)Spelling-organi?ation-organization,organisation
Cases/Subject Searching/Phrase“ Fundamental Rights”
Results
Use terms in context to
see how subject
phrase has been used
Journal Articles/Subject Searching
ResultsAbstract OR Full Text
Quiz Questions
Using Westlaw1. Regarding the Human Rights Act 1998. What does
s.6 refer to?2. Regarding the Citation (1842) 2 QB 851. Give the
names of the parties contesting the case3. Regarding the case of D&C Builders Ltd v Rees.
Where was this case reported?4. Looking at the Citation [1966] 2 QB 617 . Name the
solicitors represented
Quiz Questions
5. What is the Weekly Law Report citation for the case Collier v P&M Wright Ltd? Choose the correct one from the following
[2008 1 WLR 463[2008] 1 WLR 634[2007] 1 WLR 643[2005] 1 WLR 463[2008] 1 WLR 6436.Is the Criminal Law review indexed(Full Text) in Westlaw? In what year does
the coverage start?
Lexis/Journals
Title Name
Limit By Topic
Choose From Topics
Lexis-Journals and Subject Searching
Results
Large number of results
Add another term or phrase to Limit
results
Limiting Results
Searching the phrase civil liberty in the same paragraph as the word
terrorism
Fewer Results
Legislation and Commentary
Use Halsbury’sIs It in Force?
Status of legislationAmendments
Commencement Provisions
HeinonlineLaw Journal Library
Choose Advanced Search
Phrase in Quote Marks
HeinonlineLaw Journal Library
Choose Advanced Search
Phrase in Quote Marks
Advanced SearchingResults
Quiz Questions
Using Lexis Library1. Is the New Law Journal indexed in Lexis
Library?2. Regarding the case [1998] 3 ALL ER 876. Give
the party names contesting the case.