Finding Articles In Legal Periodicals   Tags: internet resources, journals, law reviews, legal history, newspapers, paper writing, research, secondary sources  

Lexis and Westlaw

   Lexis - Secondary Legal > Law Review & Journals > U.S. Law Reviews & Journals Combined

   Westlaw - Legal Periodicals and Current Awareness > Journals and Law Reviews (JLR)

Can do complex Terms & Connectors searches. Coverage in both services extends only to approximately the early 1980's.

   HeinOnline

Found on the Law Library's Online Research Resources page.

Can do simple and advanced searches. Coverage for most journals goes back to their inception; however, the current year usually is not available.

Non-Legal Articles

   Axinn Library

There are many articles located online in Axinn Library's databases, arranged both alphabetically and by subject. Some recommended databases are:

   JSTOR - an archive of full-text PDF files for more than 1,400 journals from various academic disciplines, including economics, finance, history, philosophy, political science, and sociology. JSTOR does not include current documents, i.e., those from one to five years old.

Academic Search Complete (available here) - a highly comprehensive academic multidisciplinary database; includes full-text articles from over 4,650 serials.

New York Times Historical (available here)- 1851-2007 (Select New York Times Historical database)