Law - Electronic Databases

Most of the bibliographic resources used to trace book chapters, articles in periodicals and specialist reports are now web-based. They provide references which you can then:

link to in full text if we subscribe to them, or
check on Primo to see if a particular book or journal title is available in the library or on another database

Access to online databases is restricted to Unversity of Aberdeen staff and students. Many are accessible with your University username and password, though some require the University's web proxy address installed in the web browser on your personal computer.

Useful legal databases include:

Lexis®Library on campus or Shibboleth login on or off campus

Lexis Law Campus Lexis help online.
www.lnacademy.com/ LexisNexis Legal Training Academy.
www.lexisnexis.com/uk/lexispsl Lexis PSL - guidance covering a multitude of practice areas.

Westlaw UK on campus or Shibboleth login on or off campus.

HeinOnline on campus - (off campus use web proxy OR use UK Federation Login on the HeinOnline home page and log in with you usual University of Aberdeen computer username and password).

KluwerArbitration (off campus use web proxy access).

Open Access Scottish Law Reports
A searchable database of over 650 key Scottish Cases since 1873 provided by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting. The full report is not available although details of the case and the opinion are.

Oil, Gas & Energy Law, OGEL on campus
PLEASE NOTE: After searching OGEL, the first time you select an article to download you will be asked to supply your University of Aberdeen email address (in order to identify yourself). A message is sent to your email address containing a link back to OGEL - follow this link to complete the download. You need to do this only once per search session.

Occupational Health & Safety Information Service (OHSIS)
OHSIS contains health, safety and environmental management materials, and comprehensive up-to-date access to industry and government information covering legislation, guidance, standards and best practice. Login using the UK Federation option.

Casetrack (IP address)

OECD iLibrary

European Union e-Justice Portal

UN Treaty Collection

FLARE Index to Treaties
Index of over 2000 of the most significant multilateral and bilateral treaties concluded since 1353, with information on where to find them in full text.

Viadrina International Law Project - multilingual database for international treaties.

Test database of Hansard (Official Debates Lords and Commons) 1803-2004

Public Information Online (Parliamentary Papers 2007-) (off campus use web proxy or this link for UK Federated access).

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (1688 to the 2009/10 session)

Primo eJournals ebrary

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