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What are Law journals?

• Journals are also known as magazines, periodicals or serials.
• Journals are publications that contain articles written by various authors, published at regular intervals.
• Journals are a good source of current information as they often contain original research.
• Law journals are useful for:
  • identifying recent developments in law
  • providing comprehensive overviews of specific areas of law
  • commentary about cases and legislation

Finding Law journal articles using databases

• For Australian articles, use AGIS Plus Text in the first instance
• AGIS Plus Text is
  • Australian
  • Produced by the Attorney General's Department (Cth).
  • Contains a growing number of full text journal articles

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