How to Find a Legal Journal Article
Are you looking for a specific journal article, or any
journal articles on a particular subject?
A particular
article
Articles on
a subject
From the UWE intranet homepage ( http://www.uwe.ac.uk/ ),
1) Select Library Services Website
2) Click on Your subject
UK/EU
Law
3) Select Law from the list of subjects
4) Click on the link Databases for law
Are you looking for UK/EU Law,
or for comparative/international
law?
Scroll down the list of databases and
select Westlaw UK.
Comparative /
International Law
Scroll down the list of databases and select
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books.
Log in using your Network Username and Password.
Log in using your Network Username and Password.
Select the Journals tab from along the
top of the Westlaw UK homepage.
Enter your search terms in the
appropriate fields and click on Search.
Enter your search terms in the
appropriate fields and click on Search.
Is there a link to the Full Text of
the article you want to look at?
No
Is there a link to the Full Text of
the article you want to look at?
Yes
Make a note of the details of the article;
the journal in which it is published, the
year, volume, issue & page numbers.
Click on the link and
read, print or save a
copy of the article.
Turn
over the
page
No
Is a printed copy available,
covering the year/issue you
need? Yes go to shelves
No
Click on the button marked Linked Full
Text below the article title.
Yes
Does this find the full text
article online / find the journal
online?
No
Check for print holdings to search for a
printed copy.
Turn
over the
page
Use Library Search from
the Library homepage to
look for the journal not
the article
Check for a particular
article, continued fom
previous page
Check for print
holdings, continued
from previous page.
From the UWE intranet homepage ( http://www.uwe.ac.uk/ ),
1)
2)
3)
4)
Select Library Services Website
Select Advanced Search just below the Library Search box.
Enter the name of the Journal (not the title of the article) into the field marked from this publication.
From the drop-down menu in the field Show content type, select Journal/eJournal (not Journal
Article)
Is the journal listed in the
results presented?
Yes. It does not have
[Electronic Journal] in
the title.
Yes. It does have
[Electronic Journal] in
the title.
Click on the title of this
journal.
Click on the title of this journal.
UWE does not have this
journal.
Check what years/issues
are available
No
Yes.
See
http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/libra
ry/usingthelibrary/findthings
/obtainfromoutsideuwe.aspx
Yes.
Access the journal (you may need to
login using your network username and
password. For help, see
http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/library/help/
If the article you wish to
see was published in an
issue listed as available,
then you will need to check
the printed edition of the
journal.
These can be found on the
shelves in the Library
either on Level 5 (Law
Journals) or Level 3 (all
other journals).
However, we may be able to
get this for you via another
route.
Is the article you want published
in an issue that is available?
Yes.
Is the article you want
published in an issue that
is available?
No
No
Were there any other results for
this journal?
No