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EU Legal Research: Starting Points: Indexes of Articles

Recommendation for BLS researchers who are using this guide off-campus: first, implement the proxy instructions [at https://www.brooklaw.edu/intellectuallife/library.aspx] for access to BLS subscription databases.

Indexes of Articles

Tip for BLS students: Search Westlaw's Law Reviews & Journals site AND other sources like:

To find published legal articles on a topic, also search indexes like:

  • Westlaw: Legal Journals Index (1986-)
    • Focus: Legal articles published in the U.K. and English-language legal articles published in Europe.  Search results (cites and abstracts) in Legal Journals Index generally do not link to full-text articles.  In SARA catalog, use tools OneSearch (search by title of article) and Find A Source (search by title of periodical) to try to retrieve the article. 
  • Westlaw: Legal Resource Index (1980-) 
    • Focus: Legal articles published in the U.S. + some articles published in Australia, Canada, the U.K., and New Zealand.
  • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals > in SARA catalog record, click line: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (HEIN)
    • Focus: Worldwide.  Can limit searches by country subjects, including: European Union & European Union Countries.   
  • Irish Legal Information Institute (search page for journal articles) +  LegalPeriodicals.org (1997-)
    • Focus: Ireland.