Databases for Law

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The physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. International

1980 - present

Conditions of use

Gale

AGIS Plus Text  

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Law, including administrative law, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright, criminal law, environmental law, family law. Australian.

Indexing 1975 - present Fulltext 1999 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

AUSTLII  

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Law, legislation and case law. Australia. Commonwealth and state jurisdictions plus New Zealand and South Pacific.

Starting dates vary

Conditions of use

AustLII website.

Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT  

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Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. APAIS with some fulltext. Australian.

Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present

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Informit

Cambridge Journals Online  

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Sciences, social sciences, and humanities

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Cambridge journals website

CCH Online  

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Law. Fulltext access to UOW subscriptions only. Australian.

Availability dates vary

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CCH website

CINCH

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Criminal law and justice. Australian.

1968 - present

Conditions of use

Informit.

Comlaw  

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Australian Federal legislation. Acts, bills, regulations etc. Australian

Includes repealed and current legislation.

This site will be replacing Scaleplus

Attorney-General's Department website

Expanded Academic ASAP  

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General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International.

1980 - present

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac

Federal Law Review  

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Academic law journal

Australian

Password required

Also available on Hein Online, with embargo and AGIS

HeinOnline  

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Law journals and reports, U.S. focus

Archive collection, from first publication date

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Hein

Index to Legal Periodicals

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Law journal literature.

1978 - current

Included in LexisNexis

Law Institute Journal

Law Institute web page

Password required - authenticate through member login

Law Society Journal

Law Society of NSW Web Page

Password required - password does not provide full member access

Lawbook Online  

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Case law and commentary. Australian.

Availability dates vary

Recommended browser: IE

LawbookCo.com

LAWLEX  

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Law, Hansard, bills explanatory memoranda. Australia.

Dates vary

Lawlex

Legal Resource Index

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Law. International

1977- present

Included in LexisNexis

Major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.

1980 - present

Conditions of use

Gale

Lexis.com  

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Legal resources. International law.

Various dates

Lexis

LexisNexis AU  

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Law including administrative, corporate, family, intellectual property,civil and industrial law. Australian.

Current

Recommended browser: IE

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LexisNexis AU

NSW Legislation  

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NSW legislation in force, both Acts and statutory instruments

Historical versions of NSW legislation, from 1 January 2002, and earlier versions of selected titles

An archival collection of NSW legislation as made since 1990-the As Made database

Proquest 5000  

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Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International.

Various dates

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Proquest.

Web of Knowledge

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Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web

Dates vary for each database

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ISI Web of Knowledge

Web of Science

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Citation indexes, which allow searching by cited references. Science Citation Index, Social Science citation Index 1965 - present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1975 - present

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Law. Case law, legislation, regulations

International

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Westlaw

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AIM Management & Training (AIMMAT)

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Management, training, human resources, communication and marketing. Australian.

1991 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Accounting & Taxation Database (AATD)

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Accounting, auditing, taxation, insolvency, financial management, corporation law. Australian.

1982 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Bureau of Statistics  

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Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions. ABS' full standard product range on-line. Australian.

publications 1988 - present, with older time series

This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website

ABS website

Australian Criminology Database (CINCH)

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Criminal law and justice. Australian.

1968 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Federal Police Digest (AFPD)

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Policing, criminology, law enforcement, law. Australian.

1991 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Industrial Relations Database (IREL)

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Industrial conflict, wages and conditions, labour market economics, equal employment opportunity, labour law, occupational health and safety, workplace reform. Australian.

1983 - 2000

Conditions of use

Informit

CINCH-ATSIS

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Involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the justice system. Subset of Cinch. Australian.

1968 - present

Conditions of use

Informit.

Computer Database  

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Computer related news and product reviews. International.

Current year to date plus previous three years

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac.

Current Contents Connect

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Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International.

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ISI Web of Knowledge

Factiva  

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Newspaper and company information

Factiva

Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh).

Family and Society Plus  

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Issues about, or of relevance to families. Australia.

Fulltext 2000 - present. Index 1980 - present

This is Family database with selected fulltext added

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Giblin Working Papers Database (GIBLIN)

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Working papers in economics, finance, accounting, banking, international trade, management, marketing and employee relations.Mainly Australia, Europe and the U.S.A.

Current five years

Conditions of use

Informit

Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International.

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International Taxation Issues Database (INTAX)

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International aspects of taxation. Australian focus.

1990 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Management and Environment Information (MEDGE)

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Major corporations, international economy, Australian economy and government policy. Australian focus.

1985 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Oxford Online Journals  

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Sciences, social sciences and humanities

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Oxford

Philosopher's Index

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Philosophy and related fields. International.

1940 - present

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Ovid.

SCANfile

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Science and technology policy, R&D management, social and economic issues of R&D. Australian focus.

1973 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

ScienceDirect  

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Life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. International.

1995 - present, some earlier

Conditions of use

ScienceDirect website

Searchable Networked Intellectual Property Electronic Resource (Sniper)

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Intellectual property

Australian

2000 - present

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Informit

Sociological Abstracts

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Sociology and related disciplines. International.

1963 - present Records after 1974 include abstracts

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CSA.

TAXABS

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Tax technical information, including accounting, auditing, business, capital gains tax, fringe benefits tax, goods and services tax, international tax, law, superannuation, taxation rulings and tax administration. Australian.

1992 - present

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Victorian Audit Library Information Service Database (VALISE)

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Auditing; internal auditing; public finance; public administration; selected articles on business, politics and economic conditions as they relate to public affairs. Australian.

1988 - present

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Informit

Wiley Interscience  

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Journals published by Wiley, including sciences, life sciences, technology, business and finance and behavioural sciences. International.

Dates vary according to title

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Wiley

WORKLIT

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Labour economics, policy and legislation, workplace reform, employment. Australian.

1907 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Accounting and Tax Index

R 016.65705/1 1986+

Business Periodicals Index

R 016.3705/1

Current Law Index

REF/K/91/CUR 1980+

Index to Legal Periodicals

REF/K/91/IND

It's New / What's New

R 016.0505/8 1973+

New York Times

Microform N/071/1

PAIS

R 016.305/2 1915+

Wilson Business Abstracts

R 016.6505/1 1958+