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Lyonette Louis-Jacques Foreign and International Law Librarian D’Angelo Law Library, LL.M. Library Research September 20, 2012
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Access via DLL Home Page Electronic Resources Law Databases Law Journals Non-Law Journals E-Journals Database Finder Off Campus Access Articles Plus
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D’Angelo Law Library (DLL) Home Page
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Law Database Quicklinks Ebsco (forthcoming: Bloomberg BNA, Bloomberg Law) Ebsco HeinOnline JStor LegalTrac Lexis (All U of C) Lexis (Law School) ProQuest Congressional Westlaw WorldCat
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Law Databases Page Law Databases U.S. National Links to Lexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, Bloomberg Law, Practical Law Company (PLC), Supreme Court Insider U.S. Topical Links to Bloomberg BNA, CCH Intelliconnect, U.S. Law Week Foreign and International Law Reviews Congress and Legislative History
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How to find other databases Database Finder Browse by… Title Subject (broad such as “Law”) Platform Content Type Search by… Database title/name Database publisher/vendor Keyword in database description/information (I) Note: you can find databases by looking at Research LibGuides too.Research LibGuides
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How to find eJournals/Articles, Pt. I Use HeinOnline (includes ScholarCheck feature) for law journal articles from very first volumes); also Lexis, Westlaw, JSTOR (for selected law journals)HeinOnline Use Articles Plus (full text of many especially non-law articles)Articles Plus Use Google Scholar (for legal articles, incudes links to HeinOnline and JSTOR full-text law journal articles)Google Scholar Use Lens (journal title search results list e-versions; use the FindIt! button to access full text)Lens Use the Law Journals and Non-Law Journals pagesLaw Journals Non-Law Journals
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Google Scholar “Google Scholar [is a free e-resource which] includes citations for academic journals in all subjects [including law]. To access the University's online journals, you must go to Scholar Settings [Preferences], and search for "University of Chicago Libraries" under Library Links.” Using Google Scholar (LibGuide) Using Google Scholar “Cited by” feature indicates number of times an article (or case) has been cited
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How to find eJournals/Articles, Pt. II Start here to find articles (Finding Journal Articles Flowchart, PDF)Finding Journal Articles Flowchart Finding Journal Articles Research Guide (LibGuide) Finding Journal Articles Research Guide Use the e-Journals Search pagee-Journals Search Browse by title, subject Search by keyword, advanced search CitationLinker E.g. Do a “Starts with” Journal title search in e-Journals for the Journal of Law & Economics (Citation: 3 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1960)) It’s online in the HeinOnline and JSTOR databases
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eJournals Search page
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Coase’s Problems of Social Cost
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Problems accessing e-resources? Tip: Always access via the D’Angelo Law Library webpage.D’Angelo Law Library webpage Our databases will have a proxy URL added. E.g. http://heinonline.org.proxy.uchicago.edu/HOL/Page? public=false&handle=hein.journals/jlecono3&men_hi de=false&men_tab=citnav&collection=journals&page= 1 http://heinonline.org.proxy.uchicago.edu/HOL/Page? public=false&handle=hein.journals/jlecono3&men_hi de=false&men_tab=citnav&collection=journals&page= 1 If no proxy URL, can’t connect, check the Off-Campus Access page for instructions about ProxyIt!, etc.Off-Campus Access If that doesn’t work, Ask-A-Law Librarian! Ask-A-Law Librarian
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“Ask-A-Law Librarian” help page Ask a Law Librarian Chat with us (IM during reference desk hours) Email us Call us Text us Set up an appointment with us for a consultation Visit us at the reference desk!
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Our “Ask-A-Law Librarian” page
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Questions? Lyonette Louis-Jacques llou@uchicago.edu Ask-A-Law Librarian http://www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/law/using/reference/ask.h tml
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