University of Sydney Law Library
Law Databases - A to Z
This databases guide lists the web-based legal databases to which the Library subscribes.Most are available only to University of Sydney staff and students.
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| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
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| ABI Inform (Full text)
Bibliographic references and abstracts, with partial full text provision, to journal articles covering tax law, business, and management |
open database | Access problems Using ABI Inform |
Some |
| Australian Federal Police Database: AFPD A bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on policing, criminology, law enforcement and related field. | open database | Informit Quick Reference Guide | No |
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AGIS Plus Text: Attorney General's Information Service
The AGIS database plus more than 120 full text legal journals from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. Journals available in fulltext |
open database | Informit Quick Reference Guide | Some |
| APA-FT [Australian Public Affairs - Full Text]
Contains the journal indexing of the APAIS bibliographic database 1978-, with the addition of scanned images of the top 200 journals indexed, 1994/1995-. |
open database | Informit Quick Reference Guide | Some |
| Asian Law Online
a free bibliography from the Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne. English language materials on Asian laws (books, chapters in books, journal articles and theses) |
open database | No | |
| AustLII The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) provides free internet access to full text Australasian legal materials. It publishes public legal information - that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports for example) and a growing collection of law journals. |
open database | AustLII Help | Yes |
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Australian Administrative Law Library
Includes Administrative Law Decisions, Australian Administrative Law loose-leaf service and Australian Administrative Law Bulletin. |
CD Rom. Accessible from the desktop of computers on Level 8 of the Law Library. |
Yes | |
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Australian Civil Procedure and Evidence Library
Includes Cross on Evidence, Ritchie's Supreme Court Procedure NSW, Civil Procedure Queensland, Williams' Civil Procedure Victoria, Civil Procedure Australian Capital Territory and Local Courts Civil Procedure Western Australia. |
CD Rom. Accessible from the desktop of computers on Level 8 of the Law Library. |
Yes | |
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Australian Corporations Law Library
Includes Australian Corporation Law - Legislation, Corporations Act, Australian Corporation Law - ASIC Releases, Australian Corporation Law - Principles and Practice, ASX Listing Rules, Australian Corporations and Securities Reports (and ACLR), Corporation Law Bulletin, Australian Corporation Practice and Bulletin, Ford's Principles of Corporations Law and Australian Consumer Credit Law and Bulletin. |
CD Rom. Accessible from the desktop of computers on Level 8 of the Law Library. |
Yes | |
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Australian Criminal Law Library
Includes Criminal Practice and Procedure New South Wales, Cross on Evidence, Criminal Law News, Criminal Law News Queensland, Criminal Law News Victoria and Australian Criminal Law Dictionary. |
CD Rom. Accessible from the desktop of computers on Level 8 of the Law Library. |
Yes | |
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Australian Current Law - Reporter
Provides digests of judgments from the High Court, the Federal Court and the State Supreme courts, as well as important decisions from the Family Court, Federal Magistrate's Court, AAT and selected tribunals. Coverage extends back to 1976 for cases and to 1991 for legislation. via LexisNexis AU |
Open database | Yes | |
| Australian Current Law - Legislation
ACL Legislation alerts you to the latest amendments to all Acts, Regulations, Rules and other statutory instruments across all Australian jurisdictions. Coverage extends back to 1976 for cases and to 1991 for legislation.
via LexisNexis AU |
Open database | Yes | |
| Australian Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents Contains over 4,000 legal forms and precedents covering 106 areas of law. |
CD Rom. Accessible from the desktop of computers on Level 8 of the Law Library. |
Yes | |
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Australian Family Law Library
Includes the Australian Family Law loose-leaf service and the Australian Family Law Reports. |
CD Rom. Accessible from the desktop of computers on Level 8 of the Law Library. |
Yes | |
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Australian Legal Research Library
Includes Australian Current Law and Halsbury's Laws of Australia. |
CD Rom. Accessible from the desktop of computers on Level 8 of the Law Library. |
Yes | |
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Australian Legal Words and Phrases
Provides a comprehensive listing of words and phrases which have either been defined in legislation or judicially interpreted. The publication provides details of where the word or phrase has been defined and often the context in which the term is defined. Via LexisNexis AU |
open database | Yes | |
| Australian Local Government Library Contains Local Government Planning and Environment New South Wales. |
CD Rom. Accessible from the desktop of computers on Level 8 of the Law Library. |
Yes |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Monitor
Commonwealth and NSW bills, Commonwealth Government gazettes, tax rulings, acts assented. |
open database | yes | |
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CaseBase via LexisNexis AU
Australian citator for cases, statutes and journal articles. Cites over 500,000 cases, and refers to relevant journal articles from 80 law journals. |
open database | CaseBase Quick Guide
Terms and Connectors |
No |
| Casetrack UK database providing access to full text judgements from a variety of UK courts, plus selected judgements from the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice. |
open database password required get password |
Yes | |
| CCH This database includes full text of many loose-leaf services published by CCH. |
open database | CCH Quick Reference Guide | Yes |
| CINCH
Australian. Criminology citations focussing on crime and criminal justice |
open database | Informit Quick Reference Guide | No |
| Criminal Law Via Law Book Online. Includes Criminal Law (NSW) and Criminal Proceedure (NSW). |
open database | Yes | Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection Via CSA Database Platform Includes the full-text of journals published by SAGE, covering the subjects of Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence. |
open database | CSA Illumina Quick Reference Card | Yes |
| Criminology via CSA Database Platform Includes Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection and National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts |
open databases | CSA Illumina Quick Reference Card | Some |
| Current Law Cases via Current Legal Information
A digest of summaries of UK cases, focussing on changes to UK law. |
open database
password required (see 'Current Legal Information') get password |
No | |
| Current Legal Information UK legal database which includes Current Law Cases, Current Law Case Citator, Current Law Legislation Citator and Legal Journals Index. |
open database
password required (see 'Current Legal Information') get password |
No |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
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EUR-Lex
Free database of the European Community's legislation, caselaw and publications |
open database | EUR-Lex Help | Yes |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
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Factiva.com Newspapers, commentary, pictures, company information etc. More than 8,000 overseas and Australian newspaper and newswire publications and more than 9,000 web sites. Australian news sources include the Fairfax publications archive (including SMH 1986+ and AFR 1982+) and the News Limited archive (including The Australian 1996+). There is also a briefer archive on media transcripts for the ABC, SBS and Channel 9 (up to 1 year archive). Overseas media transcript archives are longer (up to 5 years). Pictures of major news events and reports also are available. |
open database Important: Click Logout when finished. |
The Search Interface Search Tips Advanced Search Quick Reference |
Yes |
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Family Plus 1980- via Informit Online
Family & Society Plus is an indexing and full text database that provides access to the scanned images of articles from published and unpublished material on research, policy and practice issues about, or of relevance to, Australian families. Family & Society Plus is based on the FAMILY database. |
open database | Informit Quick Reference Guide | Some |
| Firstpoint
Combining Australian Case Citator Plus and The Australian Digest, this database cites Australian reported cases and summarises Australian case law developments |
open database | FirstPoint QuickGuide | Some |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
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Halsbury's Laws of Australia
States the principles of Australian law Via LexisNexis AU |
open database | Yes | |
| Health issues in criminal justice (CINCH Health)
A subset of CINCH. Includes mental health, medical and medicolegal issues, drugs and alcohol, suicide, HIV/AIDS, corrections health, euthanasia, and occupational health and safety. |
open database | Informit Quick Reference Guide | No |
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HeinOnline
Full-text legal journals and other legal documents predominantly US, also includes major international publications and some Australia Law reviews. Also includes English Reports, Full Reprint (1220-1865) and Statutes of the Realm 1235-1713. |
open database click on 'Subscribers' |
HeinOnline Help | Yes |
| Human rights case digest
A digest of summaries of cases from the European Court of Human Rights |
open database | No |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
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IEL Labour Law Online This is online version of the 36 volume looseleaf: International Encyclopaedia of Industrial Labour Law and Industrial Relations. Includes International Monographs, National Monographs, European Works Councils, Legislation, Case Law and Codex. |
open database | Terms and conditions | Yes |
| Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Provides access to worldwide legal literature, covering all forms of foreign (non-Anglo-American) law, including comparative law. Includes British and U.S. articles. |
open database |
Terms and Conditions | No |
| International Institute for the Sociology of Law - Journal Articles
a free bibliography |
open database | No | |
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International Law in Domestic Courts
Covers international law as applied in the domestic courts of around 70 jurisdictions. |
Terms and conditions |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justis & JustCite
Justis 2.0 is the online legal library of UK, EU and Irish law dating from 1163 to the present day. It is integrated with JustCite, a legal reference search engine, which provides a fully cross-referenced index to a comprehensive collection of authoritative UK and European legal information. |
open database |
Terms $amp; conditions |
Links to Some |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kluwer Law Online
A collection of Kluwer law journals spanning a vast array of legal topics. |
open database | Terms & conditions | Yes |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law Book Online Provides access to a collection of Australian law journals published by Lawbook Co. covering a wide range of legal topics. |
open database | Yes | |
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Laws of Australia
States the principles of Australian law Via Lawbook Online |
open database Click on "research" to browse index |
Lawbook Online Quick Guide Lawbook Online Complete User Guide |
Yes |
| Legal Ejournals
A to Z listing of legal ejournals available via the University of Sydney Library and links to free legal ejournals |
open database | Yes | |
| Legal Journals Index via Westlaw
Legal Journal Index indexes articles from legal journals published in the United Kingdom and Europe as well as journals covering topics pertaining to the laws of the European Community and its Member States. |
open database | Yes | |
| Legal Scholarship Network (LSN)
A legal academic series of abstracts of working papers and articles accepted for publication. |
open database
To obtain password click on 'Free Registration' | Some | |
| Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) - University of Sydney Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series
This homepage forms a centralised database of the scholarship of all Sydney Law School faculty members, who post their work on SSRN. |
open database
To obtain password click on 'Free Registration' | Yes | |
| Legaltrac
International coverage of legal journals, produced in U.S. Search results may include full text via Ingenta (appears with green background). |
open database | LegalTrac Navigation Guide | Some |
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Lexis.com
Full text legislation, caselaw and journal articles from the U.S. and other jurisdictions (including Europe, U.K and Australasia) |
open database |
Access problems Help with browsers other than Internet Explorer |
Yes |
| LexisNexis AU Provides access to LexisNexis AU products including CaseBase, and a range of law reports, journals and loose-leaf services. |
open database | Browser settings | Some |
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Loislaw
American case law and legislation, plus libraries of US texts and journals by topic and by jurisdiction |
open database
password required get password |
Loislaw Help | Yes |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
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The Making of Modern Law
Fully searchable legal treatises comprising over 21,000 works from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries on British Commonwealth and American law. These include casebooks, local practice manuals, books on legal form, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, and speeches. |
open database | Terms & conditions | yes |
| Mediascan via Informit Online
Topical subject index for Australian newspapers: Sydney Morning Herald (1995-), The Age (1991-), The Australian (1991-), The Herald Sun (1991-), The Bulletin (1991-), The Courier Mail (1995-), Sunday Mail (1994-), Adelaide Advertiser (1997-), West Australian (1996-1997). |
open database | Informit Quick Reference Guide | No |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository
free access to working papers, reports, lecture series, workshop presentations, and other scholarship created by faculty at NELLCO member schools such as Yale, Cornell |
open database | Yes | |
| New South Wales Solicitor's Manual via LexisNexis AU Select 'Browse' to view table of contents. |
open database | Terms and Connectors | Yes |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
| ResearchNow - Berkeley Electronic Press Journals
Includes access to the Berkeley Electronic Press Journals and to working paper series, preprints, monographs, and other content from institutional and subject-matter repositories hosted by bepress. |
open database | Terms and conditions | Yes |
| RIA Worldwide Tax Law
Covers major laws including income and corporate tax law, VAT, corporation law, trust law, commercial codes, environmental law, money laundering and other regulations affecting financial transactions, labor law, and bankruptcy. |
open database
password required
get password |
Yes |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNIPER: Searchable Networked Intellectual Property Electronic Resource A bibliographic database of journal articles, conference papers, information relating to IP Australia's core business areas, namely patents, trade marks and designs |
open database | Informit Quick Reference Guide | No |
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SourceOECD
Full text database of all OECD publications and databases |
open database | Yes |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAXABS : Australian Taxation Abstracts
A bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts journals primarily in the area of taxation law but also including other areas of interest such as child support, accounting, business, finance and superannuation. |
open database | Helpsheet | No |
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Taxpoint
A number of loose-leaf services relating to taxation are available on this database. |
open database | Taxpoint Quickguide | Yes |
| Timebase
Australian Commonwealth and State legislation with Caselinks. Click subscribers tab to access Legislation with Caselinks. |
open database | TimeBase Quick Guides | yes |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
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Uniform Evidence Law A practical guide to the New South Wales and Commonwealth Evidence Acts. |
open database | Yes | |
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United Nations Treaty Collection
Website providing full text access to all treaties and international agreements entered into by any Member of the United Nations. The collection is organised into five categories or databases |
open database
scroll down to 'Access to Databases' Not available off campus |
Treaty Reference Guide UN Treaty FAQs |
Yes |
| Database name | Search the database | Helpsheet | Full text |
|---|---|---|---|
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Westlaw
Full text legislation, caselaw and journal articles from the U.S. and other jurisdictions (including Europe, U.K and Australasia) |
open database | Westlaw QuickGuide Printing problems |
Yes |
| World News Connection
WNC information is compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources obtained and translated from newspapers television and radio and others |
open database | World News Connection Search Tips | Yes |