What has happened to JustCite?
JustCite is now JustisOne! JustisOne can be accessed via the Databases A-Z on the Library Homepage. JustisOne is a multi-source legal search engine and citator. It is provider-neutral and links to content from a...
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Westlaw: express tips for research assignments
Westlaw UK have produced a short guide of ‘express tips’ which will be useful when you are using Westlaw to do research for assignments, dissertations and exams. Westlaw Express Tips
Accessing Halsbury’s Laws of England online
Halsbury’s Laws of England is an authoritative encyclopaedia of the law in England and Wales, and is a great place to start researching legal areas that are new to you. Halsbury’s Laws of England...
Make the most of our legal databases
Achieving basic certification for our legal databases (LexisLibrary, Westlaw UK and JustCite) will give you a head start in making the most of these databases for your studies, and they also make a valuable...
LexisLibrary: Family Law Reports
This leading specialist family court reporting service is now available through LexisLibrary. Family Law Reports contain verbatim reports of every important Family Division, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and European courts case covering the whole...
Using the News section of LexisLibrary
Use the News section of LexisLibrary to search for news items relevant to your area of study. You can use a key word as your search term (e.g. property, EU, landlord). You can enter...
Doing legal research
All research involves a lot of searching and reading, and you should expect to have to read quite a lot before finding what you’re looking for. So don’t despair if you can’t immediately find...
Referencing using OSCOLA
When preparing a piece of work it is important that you cite any sources that you refer to. It is essential that you provide detailed, accurate information about the sources you have used because...