Keep up-to-date
The Law Library subscribes to various alerting tools to help you keep up-to-date with developments in the law, new government policy, amendments to legislation, new publications and other news. Generally alerts can be sent to you as e-mails or as RSS feeds. You can choose how often you receive them and for how long you want to continue receiving the alerts etc.
Books
- TROVE - the catalogue of the National Library of Australia, which includes the catalogues of hundreds of Australian libraries. A search must be performed first and then an RSS feed alert can be created. Please note that email alerts are not pssible from TROVE.
Journal Articles
CONTENTS PAGE ALERTS - receive the latest contents pages of individual journal titles as soon as they are published
- SmartCILP - US journals Subscription alert service
- please note that this alert must be set up by the library - contact law-library@unimelb.edu.au
- Journal TOCs - free alert service containing 400 law titles. Mainly UK journals, but also contains many non-UK titles.
SAVED SEARCH ALERTS - conduct a search and save it, and you will receive an alert each time a relevant article is added to the database.
Please note that a search must be performed before an alert can be set up.
- AGIS - Australian journals - subscription service.
- Legal Trac - worldwide journal coverage - subscription service
- Index to Legal Periodicals - worldwide journal coverage - subscription service
- Westlaw Watch - US, UK, Canadian journal coverage - subscription service
- please note that this alert must be set up by the Law Research Service and is only available to Law Faculty academic staff - contact law-libraryresearch@unimelb.edu.au
BROAD SUBJECTS - alerts on broad topics eg: IP law
- SmartCilp
- please note that this alert must be set up by the Law Research Service and is only available to Law Faculty academic staff - contact law-libraryresearch@unimelb.edu.au
Cases
Receive details of unreported judgments as soon as they are handed down.
ALL DECISIONS OF PARTICULAR COURTS
- BarNet JADE - Australian - free alert service
- Westlaw Watch - US, Canadian, Australian, UK cases from federal courts and state superior courts.
- please note that this alert must be set up by the Law Research Service and is only available to Law Faculty academic staff - contact law-libraryresearch@unimelb.edu.au
BROAD TOPICS
- LexisNexis Daily Unreported Judgments Notifier - Australian cases - free alert service
- Alert24 - Australian cases
- BarNet JADE - Australian - free alert service
SAVED SEARCHES
Detailed search terms can be saved and particular jurisdictions and/or courts can be added. Please note that a search must be performed before an alert can be set up.
- BarNet JADE - Australian - free alert service
- Westlaw Watch - US, Canadian, Australian, UK cases from federal courts and state superior courts.
- please note that this alert must be set up by the Law Research Service and is only available to Law Faculty academic staff - contact law-libraryresearch@unimelb.edu.au
Australian Legislative Activity
Act amendments, repeals, bill tracking etc
- Capital Monitor
- please note that this alert must be set up by the Law Research Service and is only available to Law Faculty academic staff - contact law-libraryresearch@unimelb.edu.au
Australian Legal News & Developments
- Capital Monitor
- please note that this alert must be set up by the library - contact law-libraryresearch@unimelb.edu.au
Developments in international and foreign law
For information on multidisciplinary alerting services (such as alerts for new books) see the University Library's guide Staying Current: Keep Your Research Up-to-date.
Law Research Service Librarians can build a tailored alert package to meet the information needs of academic staff of the Law Faculty. Please contact law-libraryresearch@unimelb.edu.au to discuss your requirements.