When looking for academic journal articles you can use the 'everything' search in Library Search or search directly in the databases below, which we’ve selected as being most relevant to your subject area.
Databases are the best place to find academic journal articles as they offer advanced search tools, metric data, and export options for referencing. These databases also often provide access to information types such as conference papers, book chapters, review articles, trade magazines, and more. BrowZine can also be used to explore e-journal titles in your subject.
While most of our collection is now available digitally, some titles may only be accessible in print. You can find these journal titles using an ‘everything except articles’ search in Library Search.
You’ll also find links to essential reading for your programme in your module reading lists on Canvas.
Below is a list of key eJournal databases and collections covering your subject area.
Databases will either provide you with the full text of the journal or they will give you the bibliographic details of an article. Where full text is not available, look for the link and follow this to see if we have the full text available via Library Search.
We recommend you search our specialised law databases independently and follow-up your bibliographic results with Library Search.
Large collection of law and law-related materials including a significant library of law journals. The database also provides access to the English Reports, and the reprinted collection of the Nominate Reports, dating from 1220-1867.
A legal database providing full-text access to case law, journal articles, legislation and commentary from a range of courts and jurisdictions, with unique access to Halsbury’s Laws of England and the All England Law Reports. Content includes coverage of the UK, Europe and the USA with additional international content covering the Commonwealth (Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand).
One of the leading online legal information services combining up-to-date legal information from the UK, Europe and the United States. It covers cases, legislation, and the European Union, and provides access to a range of law journals.
Are you looking for a journal article listed on a handout or reading list? Have you found the perfect journal article indexed on Westlaw or Lexis+ UK but not the full-text? Library Search gives information on the journals and eJournals the University Library has subscribed to. However, due to some limitations with legal database indexing, we advise you start your search with the journal title and NOT the article title.
For example:
Imagine that you need to locate an article published in the MLR:
Richard Mullender, 'Negligence, Public Bodies and Ruthlessness' (2009) 71 MLR 961
What does MLR stand for? Use the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations to find out the full title of the journal.
Search for the 'Modern Law Review' (i.e. the journal title) on Library Search.
The result will show the following:
All databases should have a help section with tips and tricks on how to get the best out of using them, so do make yourself familiar with them. You also may find the following helpful:
Much like Library Search, multidisciplinary databases cover a wide range of topics and are a great place to scope your search, or to use if your topic covers more than one subject area.
JSTOR offers full access to scholarly journals, e-books, thematic collections, primary sources, and images (Artstor) across many subject areas.
Provides access to databases covering all areas of social sciences including international literature in politics, public policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, library science, and education. Together, they provide abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more.
A large database of peer-reviewed, full-text scientific, technical and health literature published by Elsevier.
A multidisciplinary database which indexes scholarly journal articles, books, book chapters and conference proceedings. It provides cited reference searching, so you can navigate through the literature to uncover all the information relevant to your research. Use citation reports to see citation activity and geographical trends and the ‘analyse results’ tool to identify trends and publication patterns.
Explore further tools, guides and support from the Library.