LibGuides: Tax Research: Locating Articles

Steps for Locating known articles

Links for the steps below are in the boxes to the right and below.

1. Search Discovery for the article title using the Articles tab. If you do not find the article title, try searching the journal title using the Journals tab. This will locate both online and print versions of the journal, if available at Hofstra.

2. If you do not find the article in step 1, for law review and other legal articles check:

HeinOnline Law Journal Citation Navigator
Use this link to find a legal article on HeinOnline using a citation

Index to Legal Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Use if have article title and/or author, but not correct citation. If pdf not available, look in HeinOnline once obtaining the correct citation.

Tax Notes
access restricted to Hofstra Law users. See Reference Librarian for access information.
Bloomberg Law News
for Bloomberg Law News (fka BNA) > Select Sources > U.S. Secondary Sources > Law Reports (ask for help) – another good source for note topics
BNA archive
For pre-2000 BNA law reports. Link goes to Bloomberg Law. Best to log into Bloomberg Law before using link.

Lexis This link opens in a new window
For law review articles, copy and past the article title into Lexis search box then narrow to Secondary Sources.
Westlaw This link opens in a new window
For law review articles, copy and past the article title into WestlawNext search box then narrow to Secondary Sources.

3. If not available in Hofstra databases, try a Google or Google Scholar search (or other web search engine) for the article title. You might also want to search for the journal name to see if they make an archive available. If the journal is published by a University, try the University's web site and look for an "Institutional Repository" or archive of publications.

4. If not available at Hofstra online or in print (see step 1), check with a librarian about whether you should request an inter-library loan.

Google Scholar search

Google Search

Try a Google search for either the article title OR the journal. Some journals post current or past articles in their archives. Also look for a University's "Institutional Repository" or archive.