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Australian journal indexes
AGIS plus text - comprehensive coverage of Australian legal journals; selected full text- APA full text - Australian social and legal issues; selected full text
- CaseBase - a case citator useful for finding journal articles
Australian full text journal databases
- AustLII - selected Australian and New Zealand journals freely available online
- WestLaw AU (previously Legal Online) - selected journals published by Thomson
- LexisNexis AU - selected journals published by LexisNexis AU
International journal indexes
- Legal Journals Index - indexes 400 journals from the UK and Europe
- Index New Zealand - indexes and abstracts New Zealand and Sth Pacific newspapers and journals
International full text journal databases
Why use journal articles?
- Journal articles are written by experts, about recent issues and developments in law.
What are journal indexes?
- Journal indexes provide details about journal articles, such as author/s, article title, journal title, volume and year of publication.
- An abstract or a brief outline of the article is often provided.
How do I find the full text?
- The content of full text articles can be viewed online. To locate:
- 1. Search a journal database using key words
- 2. Choose the article you want to locate
- 3. Click on the pdf or html link (if available)
- 3. OR If full text is not available, search the library catalogue by the journal title to see whether another online database has full text access or if the journal is available in print on the library shelves.
