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Finding Journals
You can see which Canadian law journals we have access to by browsing Law - Canada.
To check for specific journals, from the UBC Library homepage at www.library.ubc.ca, on the menu bar, use the Search Collections pull-down menu to select Journals and enter particular title.
e.g. Intellectual Property Journal, Intellectual Property Law in Canada
Law Journal Articles & Indexes
Locating law journal articles on the topic you are researching can be invaluable. Journal articles tend to focus on narrower legal issues, and the authors often gather together all of the relevant law pertaining to the subject-matter being discussed. Articles are especially useful for commentary on emerging areas of the law, and areas undergoing change. All online legal periodical indexes can be accessed via the Law Library homepage at law.library.ubc.ca by clicking on Legal Periodicals Indexes.
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Index to Canadian Legal Literature via Westlaw Edge Canada's LawSource• Provides thorough coverage of Canadian law journal articles
• Also includes: case comments & annotations for more than 200 Canadian legal and law-related periodicals
• Indexes books, individual essays from edited collections, federal & provincial government publications, and publications of law faculties & legal research institutes & associations, including theses
• Also available via Westlaw Edge Canada or Lexis+ accounts.
• A print version is available at LAW LIBRARY Reference Room (level 2): KE1 .I532. -
Scott Index of Canadian Law PeriodicalsFormerly the Index to Canadian Legal Periodical Literature (1998-)
• Covers over 20,000 texts including articles published in more than a hundred Canadian law journals, legal articles published in journals from related fields, texts from legal conferences, and case comments.
• Note: Website is in French, but can search for English material here.
• Print version at LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): KE8 .I53 (1961-2006) provides references to some law-related articles not found in ICLL and includes Author/Title Index, Table of Cases and Book Review Index -
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals via HeinOnlineIndexes articles and book reviews in over 500 legal journals published worldwide. This multilingual index provides in-depth coverage of comparative and foreign law, public and private international law, and the law of all jurisdictions other than the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. A print version covering the period 1960-1995 is located at LAW LIBRARY Reference Room (level 2): K 33 I527.
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LegalTrac
Indexes articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law & bar association journals, & legal newspapers on US Federal and State Cases, Laws and Government Regulations, Legal Practice.
Provides links to some full text & includes selective coverage of British Commonwealth, European Union and international law journals.
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Legal Periodicals & Books (1982 - )• Provides thorough coverage of American law journals & selective coverage of law journals from various Commonwealth countries, including Canada
• Indexes articles from over 615 law journals & provides subject access to over 2000 law books annually. List of indexed journals -
Legal Journals Index (LJI) via Westlaw> (identifier: LJI)• Indexes over 700 law journals from the UK, EU, and Ireland, and provides citations to articles, case law, and legislative comments
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Interdisciplinary and News Indexes & DatabasesA number of Interdisciplinary and news indexes are accessible through the Law Library's Interdisciplinary and News Indexes & Databases guide.
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Newspapers and News SourcesAn excellent guide to the UBC Library’s extensive collection of current and historical newspapers; provides access to newspapers from Canada, the U.S. and International sources in online, print and other formats.
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World News Connection ArchiveArchive of translated and English-language news and information compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources.
Alternate Journal Search Engines
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Google ScholarWorld's largest academic search engine providing free searching to a full range of scholarly literature (ie. peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, pre-prints, abstracts, technical reports).
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Canadian Legal Information Institute - CommentaryCommentary on CanLII includes various types of secondary law materials, from law reviews and treatises to reports and articles.
