IALS Library subscribes to a number of legal database services. A range of current awareness, indexing and full text services is provided, offering access to legislation, case law and electronic law journals for key jurisdictions. More info ... on new electronic resources .
This list includes all the major online legal services available to you through
IALS Library. Click on the Information button
for guidance on the content, coverage and search options offered by individual services. We are also adding records to the Library
Catalogue for electronic information services, including individual journal
titles available online. The catalogue records offer links for onsite and offsite
access (to authorised users) where applicable. Definitions of access restrictions and eligible authorised users.The IALS
List of Serials also includes electronic journal titles.
Some services can only be accessed from IALS networked computers onsite. Others are available offsite to authorised users with a current IALS Library Card or SASCARD. Please let us know if you experience any problems with using IALS electronic resources or have any comments or suggestions about developing the IALS Electronic Law Library and our electronic resource subscriptions. Periodically we have trial subscriptions to potential new electronic resources and welcome your views on those services.
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| Online Databases, Free Services and CD-ROMs | Who can Access? | Guide | |
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All England Law Reports (part of the Lexis Library service) | Academic: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| Anti Money Laundering Guide | Library: onsite | ||
| BAILII British and Irish Legal Information Institute | All | IALS guide | |
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Beck-online | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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Bermuda Law Reports (via Justis) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| British Company Law Library | Library: onsite | ||
| British International Tax Agreements | Library: onsite | ||
| British Tax Cases | Library: onsite | ||
| British Tax Reporter | Library: onsite | ||
| caLIM Current Awareness for Legal Information Managers | All | ||
| Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations | All | ||
| Carilaw | Library: onsite - password | ||
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CaseBase (Australian materials via LexisNexis AU) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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CaseTrack (UK cases) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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Celex European Union database (part of the Justis.com suite) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| CLRT (Current Legal Research Topics) | All | ||
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CommonLII Commonwealth Legal Information Institute | All | |
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DART-Europe: e-theses portal | All | |
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DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals: Law | All | |
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Le doctrinal | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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Eagle-i Internet Portal for Law | All | Quick guide |
| Early English Laws | All | Help pages | |
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EBSCO Academic Search Premier | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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EBSCO Business Source Premier | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| EISIL Electronic Information System for International Law | All | ||
| Encore discovery catalogue (in development) | All | ||
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English Reports | Library: onsite | |
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English Reports (via CommonLII) | All | |
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English Reports (via HeinOnline) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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English Reports (via LLMC-Digital) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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EthOS Electronic Theses Online System | All | |
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EU Official Journal C Series (part of the Justis.com suite) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| European Union Law Library | Library: onsite | ||
| Ferret Social Security Law | Library: onsite | ||
| FLAG Foreign Law Guide Database | All | ||
| FLARE Index to Treaties Database | All | ||
| FLARE Union List of Official Gazettes | All | ||
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Foreign and International Law Resources Databases (via HeinOnline) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| Foreign Law Guide (current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | ||
| Gore-Browne on Companies | Library: onsite | ||
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Halsbury's Laws of England (part of the Lexis Library service) | Academic: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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HeinOnline (full text) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | IALS
guide HeinOnline YouTube guide |
| HeinOnline (direct onsite access in law depts at Birkbeck, Kings, LSE, QM, SOAS + UCL + Athens/Shibboleth account holders) | |||
| Highlights & insights on European taxation | Library: onsite and offsite - password | ||
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IALS Digital Collections | All | IALS LawCAST: online lectures | All |
| IALS List of Serials | All | IALS SKiLLS: Sources + Know-how in Legal Literacy Skills | All |
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IBFD online | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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IBSS International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (Currently unavailable) | Authorised: onsite + offsite | |
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I-law: Maritime Law Resources | Academic: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (via HeinOnline) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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Index to Legal Periodicals | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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Index to periodical articles related to law (via HeinOnline) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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International Courts of General Jurisdiction (Oxford Reports on International Law) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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International Criminal Law (Oxford Reports on International Law) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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International Human Rights Law (Oxford Reports on International Law) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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International Investment Claims (Oxford Reports on International Law) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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International Law in Domestic Courts (Oxford Reports on International Law) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| Internet Newsletter for Lawyers | Authorised: onsite + offsite | ||
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Internet for Law (Interactive Internet research skills tutorial) | All | |
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Intute Law Gateway (Closed July 2011). Successor service from IALS is:Eagle-i Internet Portal for Law | All | |
| Investment arbitration reporter | Library: onsite | ||
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ISI web of knowledge | Authorised: onsite + offsite | |
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JSTOR: Scholarly Journals online (full text) | Authorised: onsite + offsite | |
| Journal titles - check by title in the Library Catalogue or List of Serials | |||
| JournalTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service Online | All | ||
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Justis.com | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| Kluwer law online (select titles only. Full text) (See individual titles to which IALS subscribes in the Library Catalogue and IALS List of Serials ) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | ||
| LawCite - from BAILII | All | ||
| Law Theses - from Eagle-i | All | ||
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Legal Journals Index (via Westlaw UK) | Academic: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| Legal Research in the United Kingdom 1905-1984 | All | ||
| Legislation Collection (part of the Lexis Library service) | Academic: onsite + authorised: offsite | ||
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Lexis Library (includes: All England Law Reports, Halsbury's Laws of England, Legislation Service) | Academic: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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Lexis Nexis JurisClasseur | Academic: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| LLM Examination Papers Database (University of London inter-collegiate) | Onsite + authorised users offsite | ||
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LLMC-Digital (includes US State, Anglo-American, + Foreign Jurisdictions Collections) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | LLMC help |
| LLMC-Digital (direct onsite access in law depts at Birkbeck, Kings, LSE, QM, SOAS + UCL) | |||
| Loophole (the newsletter of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel) | All | ||
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Max Planck encyclopedia of public international law | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository | All | ||
| openDOAR - Directory of Open Access Repositories | All | ||
| Oxford Journals OUP (full text) (See individual titles to which IALS subscribes in the Library Catalogue and IALS List of Serials ) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | ||
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Oxford Reports on International Law ORIL (See also individual titles to which IALS subscribes in the Library Catalogue | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | ![]() |
Oxford Scholarship Online. Law | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite |
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Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities OSCOLA | All | Cardiff tutorial |
| RIA Worldwide Tax Law | Academic: onsite + authorised: offsite | ||
| Sabinet Online: select South African journals (full text) (See individual titles to which IALS subscribes in the Library Catalogue and IALS List of Serials ) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | ||
| SAS-SPACE e-repository | All | ||
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State Trials | Library: onsite | |
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Statutes of the Realm (via HeinOnline) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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Study Online - School of Advanced Study VLE | Login Required | |
| UK Institutional Repository Search (Easy access to academic and research content on UK institutional e-repositories - including SAS-SPACE) | All | ||
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UK Statute Law Database | All | |
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UK Statutes (part of the Justis.com suite) | Library: Onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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UK Statutory Instruments (part of the Justis.com suite) | Library: Onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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UK Treaties Online | All | |
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UK Web Archive | All | |
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United Nations Law Collection (via HeinOnline) | Library: Onsite + authorised: offsite |
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United Nations Treaty Collection | All |
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Weekly Law Reports (via Westlaw UK) | Academic: onsite + authorised: offsite | IALS guide |
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Westlaw UK | Academic: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| Westlaw UK (Direct link for individual personal account holders) | Authorised: onsite + offsite | ||
| Wiley Online Library (full text) (See individual titles to which IALS subscribes in the Library Catalogue and IALS List of Serials ) | Library: Onsite + authorised: offsite | ||
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World Constitutions Illustrated (via HeinOnline) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
| WorldLII World Legal Information Institute | All | ||
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World Trials (via HeinOnline) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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Worldtradelaw.net | Library: Onsite + authorised: offsite | |
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Zetoc (Electronic Table of Contents of current journals and conference proceedings from the British Library) | Library: onsite + authorised: offsite | |