Library Guides: Subject Guide: Law: Legal Databases

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
This database allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law.

HeinOnline Law Journal Library This link opens in a new window
HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library is comprehensive, beginning with the first issue ever published of more than 1,800 law and law-related periodicals. Includes more than 26 million pages of articles, comments, notes, book reviews, cases, decisions, and legislation.
Use HeinOnline English Reports to access more than 100,000 of the most important early English cases that laid the foundation for the laws of nations under the British Empire and influenced the development of laws across many lands.

Law Trove This link opens in a new window
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Law Trove is an eBook platform containing over 200 current law textbook titles published by Oxford University Press
Law Trove User Guide

Lexis+ UK This link opens in a new window
Lexis+ UK includes annotated legislation, cases, forms, precedents and commentary. It includes Halsburys Laws, ICLR Law Reports, UK Acts, Statutory Instruments, the Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents, definitions of legal terms, over 80 leading journals.
Partner Staff Access:
Available to centres teaching law programmes.
Partner Staff at DEI College and ICBT are able to access Lexis+ UK

Lexis+ UK Video Hub
Videos produced by Lexis, demonstrating all aspects and features of Lexis+ UK

Westlaw UK This link opens in a new window
Westlaw UK is an online legal information service. It has comprehensive case law, legislation and journal archives and an exclusive collection of news and business information.
Partner Staff Access:
Available to centres teaching law programmes.
The first time you login to Westlaw, you will be prompted to create a 'Thomson Reuters One Pass' account. You need to register with your name and university email address. One Pass allows you to personalise your Westlaw experience (favourites, highlights, notes, email alerts). You should not require a 'Registration Key' - please contactLibrary Talkif you are unable to log in without entering a key.

Westlaw UK Academic User Guide
Westlaw UK Academic User Guide - (log-in with your University details to access)
Westlaw UK User Guides
Westlaw UK User Guides - (log-in with your University details to access)