Tip: Full text databases of published legal articles available through Westlaw Edge & Lexis+ do not include all journal articles.
To find published legal articles on a topic, or to discover the published legal articles written by a particular author, use indexes. Search:
- Legal Trac - Focus: Indexes U.S. legal periodical literature (and some Canadian, U.K. and Australian materials) from 1980 to the present. You must follow the proxy instructions to access this database off campus.
- Legal Source - Focus: Indexes journal articles and books on criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor & human resource law, ethics and the environment. criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor & human resource law, ethics and the environment. Many articles are available in full text. You must follow the proxy instructions to access this database off campus.
- Westlaw Edge's Legal Resource Index - Focus: Legal articles published in the U.S. + some articles published in Australia, Canada, the U.K., and New Zealand from 1980 until present. This database does not index the most recent two months of articles.