1. LLM LIBRARY RESEARCH SKILLS
SESSION #2
USING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Catherine Funnell
Sheppard Library Middlesex University
c.funnell@mdx.ac.uk
28 October 2011

2. Recap& Session Objectives
Last week we looked at navigating
our way around UniHub and My
Study /My Library to use the Library
Catalogue and to locate generic
library information
This week we will look at the
subscription electronic resources to
aid the research process

3. Journals and Databases
If you must use
GOOGLE rather
than these
databases
remember to use
the Advanced
Search option
which allows for
a more
structured and
specific search

4. Start With EJournals
We’ll start by looking at locating journals
electronically
We’ll access it from the EResources page
and then the Library Catalogue

5. My UniHub>My Study>My Library

6. Modern Law Review-We’ll Use it as an
Example
You can either type in
the title of the journal
or choose from the
alphabetical list

7. Choose a Database Link
When choosing a database
link ensure you check the
dates that are indexed in the
database. This is referred to as
COVERAGE. We’ll choose
HEINONLINE as we’re looking
2005

8. HEINONLINE
Click on year 2005
Some of the
databases place
EMBARGOS on their
title for CURRENT
years.In most
instances we will
have those dates
available in PRINT

9. Scroll Down to Find the Article
Click on the Page Number

10. Full Text
Subject Keyword Searching
To search by
Subject
Keywords
click on
Advanced
Search

11. Subject Keyword Searching
Advanced Search
Choose your
Subject
Keywords
carefully. You
can then refine
the search by
adding
LIMITERS,
such as date,
subject area

12. Results
Scroll Down to see Relevant Articles

13. Subject Keywords in Context
By clicking on View
Matching Text Pages
you can see the context
in which your chosen
Subject Keywords are
being used

14. View Full Text
Click on the Article Title

15. Searching Ejournals from the
Catalogue
Choose Journal
Keyword from the
drop down options
and type in the title

16. Bibliographic Information
Date Coverage
For this title
we have
some dates
available
electronicall
y and some in
print. Choose
according to
the date you
need.

17. Click on the KLUWER Link for the
Electronic version
If you know the date
you need click on it-
we’ll choose 2009

18. Choose the Issue you Need
We’ll Click on Issue 3

19. Scroll Down to Find the Article
Click on
the title
“Public
Procure
ment....”

20. Full Text Article

21. Try Another!
 Find Theodor Meron, “The Meaning and
Reach of the International Convention on the
Elimination of all Forms of Racist
Discrimination”, 79 American Journal of
International Law(1985), p.283

22. Step#1

23. Step#2

24. Step#3
Choose
Heinonline for the
Database

25. Step#4
Scroll Down to 1985
CLICK!!

26. Scroll Down to the Page Referred to in
Your Citation

27. Recap
Heinonline
 Heinonline is essentially used to locate journal articles.
It does NOT provide information on Cases(Modern) or
legislation(Acts/Statutes)
 You can access it from the Databases Link on the My
Library portlet OR if you know the journal titles from
the Library Catalogue
 It also provides access to a series called “The English
Reports” which gives you access to cases pre 1865

28. Database List-Look for Westlaw
CLICK
HERE

29. WESTLAW-Main Search Page
You can search
either using the
TABS across the
top of the page or
the Boxes/Text
You below
You can use Westlaw to
find Acts,Cases
Current Awareness and
Journal articles

30. Curent Awareness
Useful if you are tracking a
particular case/bill. Can check
to see what stage it is at

31. Current Awareness
By Subject

32. Searching for Immigration
Cases/Legislation

33. Cases/Press Releases/Legislation

34. Summary of Text

35. WESTLAW-Cases
 When searching for Cases you can use either the
BROWSE feature-which is useful if you know the
name of the Law Report series in which the case
has been reported-or the SEARCH window
 It may be easier to search by using the SEARCH
window which allows you to search by PARTY
NAMES, CITATION or FREE TEXT
 We’’ll start with a CITATION search

36. Recap-Reading a Citation!
 Individual cases are arranged collectively in series of Law Reports. To
locate a case you need to be able to understand the citation. Here is a
sample Citation: Fisher v Bell [1960] 3 W.L.R. 919 The different parts of the
Citation are explained below.

 Parties contesting the case Fisher v Bell
 Year the case was reported 1960
 Volume of the law reports in which the case was reported 3

 W.L.R. is the abbreviation for the law report series in which the case can be
found. The full title is Weekly Law Reports. You will need to know the full
title as the law report series are arranged alphabetically by title in the law
library.

 Page on which the case can be found 919

37. Westlaw-Citation Search

38. Result
Westlaw
indexes
specific Full
Text Law
Reports
series (those
published by
the ICLR)and
Lexis indexes
others.The
series
available in
Westlaw will
be

39. Full Text of Case
Status Icons PDF

40. Status Icons
 Cases that have been judicially considered elsewhere
will have a status icon next to the title of the case
indicating the nature of the consideration. A case which
has received positive or neutral judicial consideration
will be indicated by[C in green] whilst a case which has
received mixed or mildly negative judicial consideration
will be indicated by[! In yellow] A case in which at least
one point of law has been overruled or reversed on
appeal will be indicated by [- In red]. A[A In gold]
indicates that an appeal is outstanding to the Court of
Appeal (Civil Division) or Supreme Court, or an
application for permission to appeal is outstanding to
the Supreme Court. (see Westlaw Help for more
information)

41. PDF Format
Facsimile of the Print Version WLR

42. Case Analysis-For Summary
Quick Reference

43. Westlaw-Subject Searching Cases
 There are different ways of searching for cases
on a specific subject
 We’ll do a general search first and then refine it-
make it more specific-narrow our search!
 We’ll use the PHRASE defence of necessity as
our search term-FREE TEXT

44. Cases-Free Text Search

45. Results

46. Look at Result#4 From This List
Search keywords
are highlighted for
you to see
context/usefulness

47. Proximity Searching
Narrowing the Search
Here we are
asking the
database to
search for the
phrase within
the SAME
paragraph as
the word Trident

48. Results-Just 1
Click on Show Terms in Context

49. Terms in Context-Usefulness

50. Recap-Now Try This
Name the parties involved in the
following CASE
[1914] 3 KB 259

51. Answer
The King(R) v Clerk of the Peace
for Middlesex

52. Journal Articles
Full Text and Abstracts
If you want to see
what JOURNALS are
available in Full Text
you can search using
this option

53. Subject/Author Search
Useful if you want to see
what articles an
author/lecturer has
written on a particular
subject

54. Results
Some articles are only
available as abstracts-
try Lexis or Heinonline

55. Journals-Subject
Use
proximity
search

56. Results
Other Subject
Keywords to
use

57. Logout to go to Lexis Library

58. Click on Return to My Athens

59. Scroll Down to Lexis Library

60. Lexis-Journals

61. See Journal Titles Available
Click on More
Sources to see what
titles are available

62. Legal Journals
Click on that

63. Let’s Look at Industrial Law Journal
Click on the
BROWSE
Link

64. Choose the Date You Need

65. Full Text

66. Search-Using Subject Keywords
Type in subject
keywords enclosed
in quote marks “

67. Results-A lot!
Title of article,
date of artcle and
source-journal
title is displayed
in this list

68. From Result List
Select #4

69. Narrow the Search
Search two Phrases in the Same Paragraph

70. Results-Fewer
Search Efficiently
When you add another
word or phrase you are
asking the database to
search more specifically
and hence refining the
search

71. Search Other Jurisdictions
Journal Articles

72. We’ll Use Australia
Select Filter by
Country by Country
Filter

73. Select One Australian Source to Search
We’re
searching
Australian

74. Compare Subject Across Jurisdictions

75. Results

76. Select #4

77. SUMMON

78. Click on the Link

79. Choose Advanced Search
MoreOptions for Searching Efficiently

80. Search Screen

81. Results
Click on Upper Right for Preview

82. Full Text Article
Click on Full Text Online

83. Article Appears in Heinonline

84. This May Prove Useful
Formative Assessment Two
Poole, T., ‘The Royal
Prerogative’ International
Journal of Constitutional Law
(2010) 146
Find this citation

85. Library Catalogue

86. Next Step

87. Westlaw-International Journal of
Constitutional Law

88. Author

89. Full Text

90. Finally.........
I will put this presentation on my Law and
Legal Research Subject Guide-the Subject
Specialisms Page
See Library Subject Guides> My
Sudy>My Library