Popular Databases
SuperSearch is the new delivery method for electronic resources from the University of Melbourne Library. IMPORTANT: In most cases you will need to authenticate with your email username/password, NOT your surname and library barcode. |
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| Academic Search Premier * Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,250 journals in the collection. |
AGIS * Attorney General's Information Service. Index of Australian legal articles from 1975+. Full text journals from 1995+ . |
| AustLII * Primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access. | Cambridge Journals * Full-text journals |
| Capital Monitor * Full-text database of Australian government information and publications. | CaseTrack * Full text UK judgments 1996+. Click here to get password. You then may need to click on "Login as a different user". Full text UK judgments may also be accessed on Westlaw and Lexis. |
| CCH Online * Full-text of Australian CCH loose-leaf services and law reports | CLJ Legal Network Database of Malaysian Law. Click here to get password. You then may need to click on "Login as a different user" |
| ComLaw/FRLI Full-text legislation and legislative instruments. ScalePlus replacement. | Connect4 * Australian Annual Reports and Company Prospectuses. |
| Current Contents * Multi-disciplinary database which covers agriculture, art, biology, computer science, earth sciences, engineering, environmental studies, humanities, life sciences, medicine, science, social sciences and technology. | Expanded Academic ASAP * Multi-disciplinary database. Coverage from 1980+. More than 5,000 titles (including 1,400 peer reviewed journals) of which more than half are available in full text. |
| Factiva * Full-text newspapers (including those published by Fairfax) Limited access - this database may be unavailable at peak usage times. | Foreign Law Guide * Selected primary and secondary sources of law for over 170 countries, including short explanations of their legal systems. Browse by country or search using keywords. |
| Gazette of Law and Journalism * 1999+ Covers court cases, legislation and policy issues that affect the media. A comprehensive database of materials on defamation, contempt, suppression, protection of sources, freedom of information and privacy. |
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| Hein Online * Full text retrospective legal periodicals. Coverage for some titles extends back to the late 19th century. | Isinolaw * Isinolaw is a bilingual English and Chinese legal database. Click here for the English version. |
| Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals * Multilingual index to 470 legal journals worldwide, 1985+. Covers public and private international law, comparative and foreign law, and the law of all jurisdictions other than the United States , the U.K. , Canada , and Australia . Also covers some published collections of legal essays, Festschriften, Mélanges, and congress reports. | JSTOR * Full text archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The most recent 3-5 years are not available |
| Justis * Justis is a full-text, online legal library with UKcase law and legislation dating back to 1163. The Law Reports, the Times Law Reports and the Weekly Law Reports are available in printable PDF format replicating the pagination of the hard copies exactly. | Legal Online * (formerly Law Book Online) Collection of some of the Australian legal materials published by Law Book, specifically law reports, including the Commonwealth Law Reports, and the research publications, Laws of Australia and FirstPoint which replaces Australian Digest and Australian Case Citator. |
| Lawlex * Full-text Australian legislation. Search or browse by topic. | Legal Scholarship Network on SSRN * Registered users can use the search facility to access over 230,000 abstracts and 192,000 full text articles. |
| LegalTrac * Very extensive legal journal article database. It has mostly American content although it also includes UK and European Union material. Coverage from 1980+. | LEGENDcom * |
Lexis * Lexis is a massive collection of legal and news databases. It is strong on American legislation, case law and law reviews and also has material from Australia, Canada, UK, the United Nations and other international organizations. Some users are experiencing problems when using Internet Explorer. Try using an alternative browser such as Mozilla |
LexisNexisAU * This is the new version of Butterworths Online. Collection of full-text Australian legal databases. Includes law reports, unreported judgments, loose-leaf services, reference materials, journals and CaseBase. Some users are experiencing problems when using Internet Explorer. Try using an alternative browser such as Mozilla |
| Lexis-Nexis News * Also know as Lexis-Nexis Academic. Global newspaper database. | Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law * The updated online edition of the reference work, Encyclopedia of Public International Law. |
| The Making of Modern Law * Collection of more than 21,000 Nineteenth-Century Legal Treatises and Twentieth-Century Legal Treatises. | Oxford Journals * Full-text journals |
| Proquest 5000 International * Multi-disciplinary database. Coverage from 1971+ includes 7400 titles (50% in full text). | Primary Sources on Copyright (1450–1900) is a digital resource concerning the history of copyright in five key jurisdictions including France, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US, for the period before 1900. |
| Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Digital Library * More than 2,000 articles in 159 books and manuals written by experts for the Foundation. | SourceOECD * Comprises 20 thematic book collections, 24 periodicals, 3 reference titles, 24 OECD statistical databases and 10 IEA statistical databases – all in full text. |
| TaxPoint * Click here to get Password Extensive Australian taxation database. Search or browse by topic. | UN Official Documents System * ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation. No password required. |
| UN Treaty Collection * Full-text of the United Nations Treaty series and other UN and League of Nations documents. | Timebase - Full text searchable legislation for all Australian jurisdictions. Also includes alerting service on legislation developments . This is a new product - contact Bernard Lyons (Blyons @unimelb.edu.au) if you would like training. |
| Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents * Includes full-text, up-to-date legislation. For off-campus access click here. | Vietnam Laws Online Online searchable database of English translations of over 2,500 Vietnamese laws covering a wide range of subject areas relevant to foreign investment and beyond. Click here to get password. You then may need to click on "Login as a different user". |
| WebLaw WebLaw is a cooperative subject gateway to Internet resources for Australian legal researchers. | Westlaw * Westlaw is a US based collection of full text databases. Coverage includes US, UK & Canadian case law, US legislation, more than 700 law reviews, selected international materials and newspapers form most parts of the world including Australia (Abstracts only for Fairfax content eg. The Age). Individual staff password access Some users are experiencing problems when using Internet Explorer. Try using an alternative browser such as Mozilla |
Worldtradelaw.net - Dispute Settlement Commentary* Trade law, GATT/WTO agreements, Panel/Appellate Body reports, and some journal articles on various WTO issues.. |
Worldlii World Legal Information Institute. Links to legal resources world wide. |
| OpenURL Generator Create links to online resources. |
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