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    Effective legal research / John Knowles, law librarian, Queen's University Belfast.

    • Title:Effective legal research / John Knowles, law librarian, Queen's University Belfast.
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    • Author/Creator:Knowles, John, 1959- author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Thomas, Philip A. (Philip Aneurin)
    • Published/Created:London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2016.
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      • Location: c.1  Temporarily shelved at LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2)Where is this?
      • Call Number: KD392 .K56 2016
      • Number of Items:1
      • Status:Available
       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Legal research--Great Britain.
      Legal research.
    • Edition:4th edition.
    • Description:x, 193 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
    • Series:Legal skills.
    • Notes:"1st edition co-authored by Philip A. Thomas, professor of socio legal studies, Cardiff Law School, University of Wales, Cardiff."
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780414051911 (pbk.)
      0414051912 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Making The Most Of A Law Library
      Introduction
      Library Catalogue
      Books
      E-books
      Searching the library catalogue
      Finding and borrowing books
      Law Reports and Journals
      Abbreviations
      Tracing journals and law reports
      Reference Sources
      Dictionaries
      Tracing people and addresses
      2. Using Online Sources Of Law
      Introduction
      Subscription Services
      Lexis Library
      Westlaw UK
      Lawtel
      Justis Publishing
      Jordans Publishing
      Accessing Subscription Services
      Usernames and passwords
      Library search pages
      Database Searching
      Free Sources of Law on the Internet
      Legislatlon.gov.uk
      EUR-Lex
      BAILII
      Specialist Websites and Blogs
      When to Use Print Sources
      Combining Print and Electronic Sources
      CD-ROMS
      3. Law Reports
      Introduction
      History of Law Reports
      Citation of Law Reports
      Neutral citations
      How to Find the Meaning of Abbreviations
      Format of Law Reports
      Finding a Law Report
      Finding a law report online
      Finding a law report In print
      Law Reports Series
      Older Law Reports
      How to use the English Reports in print
      Other older law reports
      How to Find Reports of a Case
      How to use the Westlaw UK Cases search
      How to use the Current Law Case Citators
      How to trace a case in The Digest
      Tracing a case through print indexes to law reports
      Recent Reports and Judgments
      How to find judgments
      How to Trace Journal Articles and Commentaries on a Case
      How to Find Updates on Recent Cases
      European Human Rights Case Law
      Tracing European Convention case law
      Printed judgments and decisions
      Other sources of European human rights law
      Tribunals
      Social welfare taw
      Reported decisions of other tribunals
      4. Legislation
      Introduction
      Structure of an Act
      Citation of statutes
      Citation of the names of monarchs and their regnal years
      Modern Statutes
      Official sources of statutes as originally enacted
      Alternative sources for the official text of statutes
      BAILII United Kingdom Statutes
      Justis UK Statutes
      Law Reports: Statutes
      Current Law Statutes Annotated
      Sources of Statutes as Currently in Force
      Lexis Library Legislation search
      Westlaw UK Legislation search
      Leglslatlon.gov.uk
      Halsbury's Statutes of England
      Tracing Commencements, Amendments and Relevant Case Law
      How to use the Westlaw UK Legislation search
      How to use the Current Law Legislation Citator
      Chronological Table of the Statutes
      Older Statutes
      Statutes of the Realm
      Statutes at Large
      Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
      Local and Personal Acts
      Statutory Instruments
      Citation of statutory Instruments
      Tracing statutory Instruments
      Halsbury's Statutory Instruments
      Checking whether a statutory Instrument is In force or has been amended
      Tracing statutory instruments made under a particular Act
      5. Journals
      Types of Journals
      Online access to journals
      Finding a Journal Article Online if You Already Have a Reference
      Finding a Journal Article in Print
      Finding Articles Online Using Keywords
      Library Keyword Searches
      Google Scholar
      Legal Journals Index
      HeinOnline
      Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
      Lawtel
      Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
      Finding Articles Using Non-Law Indexes
      Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law
      Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
      International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
      Sociological Abstracts
      British Humanities Index
      Philosopher's Index
      Psychological Abstracts (PsycINFO)
      Econlit
      Web of Science
      Finding Open Access Articles
      Newspaper Articles
      Obtaining Articles not Available from Library Subscriptions
      6. UK Official Publications
      Introduction
      Parliamentary Publications
      Command Papers
      Citation and location of Command Papers
      Papers of the House of Lords and House of Commons
      Bills
      Stages In the passage of a Bill
      Changes to the text of a Bill
      Tracing recent Bills
      Tracing older Bills
      Parliamentary debates (Hansard)
      Using online sources to trace debates on a Bill
      Non-Parliamentary Publications
      Tracing Official Publications
      Stationery Office catalogues, indexes and website
      Other sources for tracing official publications
      Tracing Law Commission reports and working papers
      Tracing news and press releases from government departments
      Tracing official statistics
      7. How To Find Information On A Subject
      Introduction
      Legal Encyclopedias
      Halsbury's Laws of England
      How to use Halsbury's Laws online
      How to use Halsbury's Laws in print
      Specialised encyclopedias
      Precedent books and rule books
      Tracing Cases on a Subject
      How to use the Westlaw UK Subject/Keyword search
      How to use full-text databases to find case law by subject
      How to use databases of recent judgments
      How to use the Current Law Monthly Digest
      How to use the Current Law Year Books
      Digest
      How to use The Digest to trace cases on a subject
      How to use individual Indexes to series of Law Reports to trace cases on a subject
      Finding updates on recent cases by subject
      Tracing the Subsequent Judicial History of a Case
      How to Find Words and Phrases Judicially Considered
      How to Trace Statutes on a Subject
      How to use full-text databases of legislation
      Other online sources for tracing legislation by subject
      Halsbury's Statutes of England
      Other print sources for tracing legislation on a subject
      How to Trace Statutory Instruments on a Subject
      Online sources for tracing statutory Instruments
      Halsbury's Statutory Instruments
      Tracing recent statutory instruments
      Finding Books on a Subject
      Google Books
      Legal bibliographies
      Current Law
      Bibliographies of older material
      Law Books and Serials in Print
      British National Bibliography
      Sources for books in print
      Theses
      8. European Union Law
      Introduction
      Europa Website
      EUR-Lex
      Official Journal
      Treaties
      Secondary Legislation
      Citation of legislative acts
      How to find the text of a regulation or directive
      How to trace legislation on a subject without a reference
      How to check If legislation Is in force
      How to trace proposals for legislation
      How to trace whether a directive has been Implemented in the United Kingdom
      Case Law
      European Court Reports
      Citation of European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance cases
      Other sources of case law
      How to find a Court of Justice judgment or opinion if you have the reference
      How to find a Judgment of the Court of Justice on a subject
      How to trace further information on a case
      How to trace cases which have interpreted EU legislation
      How to trace recent judgments
      Legal Encyclopedias
      Books
      Journals
      How to find articles on EU law
      General Report on the Activities of the European Union
      Current Information.
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