Journal Articles Research
A basic guide to locating journal articles.
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Indexes to the Legal Literature
- Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP)
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(HeinOnline)
Provides citations to current law journal articles. - Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)
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(HeinOnline)
Provides citations to journal articles with selected full text. - Legal Source
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Provides citations to journal articles with selected full text. - LegalTrac
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Provides citations to journal articles with selected full text.
Full Text Journal Databases
- Google Scholar
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Google Scholar indexes scholarly publications in a variety of fields.
Tip: To get links from Google Scholar to GW Libraries full text, even when off campus, go to Google Scholar > Settings > Library Links and add "George Washington University."
- HeinOnline: Law Journal Library: Advanced Search
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- Lexis: Advanced Search: Law Reviews & Journals
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- vLexJustis
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Full-text access to selected journals from 140 countries. Updated daily. - Westlaw: Advanced Search: Law Reviews & Journals
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- Digital Commons Network: Law Commons
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Free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. - SSRN: Social Science Research Network
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Composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences, making available scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers.
