Research resources
Case law
Case law
Westlaw UK is one of the leading online legal research services providing access to cases, legislation, journals, books online, news and EU materials.
Westlaw UK is one of the leading online legal research services providing access to cases, legislation, journals, books online, news and EU materials.
The British and Irish Legal Information Initiative (BAILII) website provides access to British and Irish case law and legislation, EU case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material.
The British and Irish Legal Information Initiative (BAILII) website provides access to British and Irish case law and legislation, EU case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material.
The House of Lords Judgments Archive website lists HTML versions of all House of Lords judgments delivered from 14 November 1996 to 30 July 2009.
The House of Lords Judgments Archive website lists HTML versions of all House of Lords judgments delivered from 14 November 1996 to 30 July 2009.
Old Bailey Online provides access to the proceedings of the Old Bailey, London's central criminal court from 1674 to 1913.
Old Bailey Online provides access to the proceedings of the Old Bailey, London's central criminal court from 1674 to 1913.
Legislation
Legislation
Legislation.gov.uk provides access to all UK legislation. The site is managed by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government. Publishing all UK legislation is a core part of the remit of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO), part of The National Archives, and the Office of the Queen's Printer for Scotland.
Legislation.gov.uk provides access to all UK legislation. The site is managed by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government. Publishing all UK legislation is a core part of the remit of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO), part of The National Archives, and the Office of the Queen's Printer for Scotland.
Law journals
Law journals
Parliamentary debates
Parliamentary debates
Hansard (the Official Report) is the edited verbatim report of proceedings of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Hansard (the Official Report) is the edited verbatim report of proceedings of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Government publications
Government publications
The Official Documents websites allows you to search for Command or Act papers by type, policy area, department, date, and location.
The Official Documents websites allows you to search for Command or Act papers by type, policy area, department, date, and location.
Law Commission Reports
Law Commission Reports
Law Commission reports and information about projects and consultations are available on the Commission's website.
Law Commission reports and information about projects and consultations are available on the Commission's website.
EU law
EU law
the authentic Official Journal of the European Union;
EU law (EU treaties, directives, regulations, decisions, consolidated legislation, etc.);
preparatory acts (legislative proposals, reports, green and white papers, etc.);
EU case-law (judgments, orders, etc.);
international agreements;
EFTA documents;
summaries of EU legislation, which put legal acts into a policy context, explained in plain language;
other public documents.
World law
World law
The World Legal Information Institute website provides free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law.
The World Legal Information Institute website provides free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law.
Other legal resources
Other legal resources
The Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law.
The Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law.
Academic search engines
Academic search engines
BASE is a search engine especially for academic open access web resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.
BASE is a search engine especially for academic open access web resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Microsoft Academic provides search results from continually refreshed and extensive academic content from over 80 million publication.
Microsoft Academic provides search results from continually refreshed and extensive academic content from over 80 million publication.
iSEEK™ Education is a targeted search engine that compiles hundreds of thousands of authoritative resources from university, government, and established noncommercial providers.
iSEEK™ Education is a targeted search engine that compiles hundreds of thousands of authoritative resources from university, government, and established noncommercial providers.
RefSeek is a web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches more than one billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers.
RefSeek is a web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches more than one billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers.
Open access research sources
Open access research sources
CORE (COnnecting REpositories) is to aggregate all open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and make them available to the public. In this way CORE facilitates free unrestricted access to research for all.
CORE (COnnecting REpositories) is to aggregate all open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and make them available to the public. In this way CORE facilitates free unrestricted access to research for all.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a community curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a community curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
OAIster is a union catalog of millions of records representing open access resources that was built by harvesting from open access collections worldwide.
OAIster is a union catalog of millions of records representing open access resources that was built by harvesting from open access collections worldwide.
OpenDOAR - The Directory of Open-Access Repositories provides a quality-assured listing of open access repositories around the world. OpenDOAR is maintained by SHERPA Services, based at the Centre for Research Communications at the University of Nottingham.
OpenDOAR - The Directory of Open-Access Repositories provides a quality-assured listing of open access repositories around the world. OpenDOAR is maintained by SHERPA Services, based at the Centre for Research Communications at the University of Nottingham.
Online theses
Online theses
British Library EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service which aims to provide a national aggregated record of all doctoral theses awarded by UK Higher Education institutions, and free access to the full text of as many theses as possible for use by all researchers to further their own research.
British Library EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service which aims to provide a national aggregated record of all doctoral theses awarded by UK Higher Education institutions, and free access to the full text of as many theses as possible for use by all researchers to further their own research.