Law Guide: Journal articles
Informit Databases
Informit is a platform with multiple databases on it. One of the databases is called the Attorney General's Information Service, or AGIS Plus Text. This database contains a number of law journals, newsletters, bulletins, and other information on legal topics with a specific Australian context.
To search this database, type in your keyword into the red search bar. Take note of the different boxes you can select to filter your search. Once you are on the results page you can further refine by author, resource type, publication date, source, or even if it mentions a specific legal case or legislation.
- Informit AGIS Plus Text This link opens in a new windowAGIS Plus Text unlocks over 30 years of authoritative and peer reviewed legal research from the Australasia and Asia-Pacific regions as indexed by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department.
Lexis Advance Pacific
To access the below journals on Lexis Advance Pacific, simply log-on to Lexis Advance and navigate to the publications box on the right-hand side. Click on View All AU Publications, then navigate on the left-hand side by Content Type by clicking AU Secondary Materials. On the results page, you can further refine by clicking More under Content Type and then selecting Journals.
Alternatively you can search on your keywords in the big red search bar, on the results page navigate to the Secondary Materials tab and refine your results on the left-hand side.
- Australian Journal of Corporate Law
- Australian Journal of Family Law
- Australian Property Law Journal
- Journal of Contract Law
- Torts Law Journal
- Lexis Advance Pacific (Australian material) This link opens in a new windowLexis Advance Pacific provides access to JCU library subscribed legal publications, including Carter's Criminal Law of Queensland, New South Wales Law Reports, and Queensland Reports.
Not available to community borrowers or walk-in users.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a good place to start when you are scoping out resources on a topic. Keep your search terms broad and simple.
It is also wise to check and see if you are getting access to JCU subscribed resources. To do this, go to the three horizontal bars on the front page of Google Scholar, then click on Settings > Library Links. Check to see if JCU Library is ticked. If it isn't, simply search for JCU and tick the box before clicking Save.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources.
Westlaw Australia
To access the below journals on the Westlaw Australia platform, simply go to the Westlaw Australia homepage, click on Secondary Sources, click on Law Reviews & Journals under the By Type section and navigate from there. You can select all items and conduct a keyword search, or go to the desired journal and navigate by year and volume number.
- Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal
- Australian Business Law Review
- Australian Intellectual Property Journal
- Australian Journal of Administrative Law
- Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law
- Australian Law Journal
- Australian Tax Review
- Building and Construction Law Journal
- Company and Securities Law Journal
- Criminal Law Journal
- Environmental and Planning Law Journal
- Insolvency Law Journal
- Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice
- Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice
- Journal of Judicial Administration
- Journal of Law and Medicine
- Local Government Law Journal
- Melbourne Journal of International Law
- Melbourne University Law Review
- Northern Territory Law Journal
- Property Law Review
- Public Law Review
- Queensland Lawyer
- Sydney Law Review
- Tort Law Review
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Multidisciplinary databases
Given that law can work across the social sciences, some legal topics may be discussed in journals from a number of multidisciplinary areas. The databases listed below cover a wide range of areas, ranging from the sciences to humanities and arts, education, medicine and more.
- Taylor & Francis Online This link opens in a new windowThis database provides full text access to over 1,000 multidisciplinary Taylor & Francis journals. Access for James Cook University users is indicated by a green access icon which appears next to any titles, issues or articles to which you have access.
- Emerald Insight This link opens in a new windowJames Cook University's subscription to Emerald Insight includes access to journals and some book series, covering the fields of health & social care, education, and management.
- Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowAcademic OneFile is a premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles covering the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, literature and many other subjects.
- JSTOR journal archives This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a multidisciplinary archive collection of academic journals. Collections accessible are Arts & Sciences I through to X, Life Sciences and Ecology & Botany II.
- Oxford Academic - Journals This link opens in a new windowOxford Journals Online provides access to full text articles on subjects from the humanities, law, life sciences, mathematics and physical sciences, medicine, and social sciences.
- Wiley Online Library - Journals This link opens in a new windowWiley Online Library is a broad multidisciplinary collection of online journals covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
- ProQuest platform This link opens in a new windowThis is the starting point to access the multidisciplinary resources available on ProQuest, including journals, ebooks, newspapers and A&I services.
- SAGE Journals This link opens in a new windowSAGE Journals provides full-text access to peer-reviewed journals in business, humanities, social sciences, education, physical sciences, life sciences and medicine.
- SpringerLink This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary collection providing access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
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