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LAW1PPL: Finding Journal Articles

Kate FreedmanLibrary, Senior Learning Advisor (Law)August 2015

Overview

Start with the Law LibGuide

Finding Journal Articles Use:

' Library Databases

' Library Search

Start With the Law LibGuide latrobe.libguides.com/law

(Informit Law Collection = AGIS Plus Text + CINCH + APAFT + Family)

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Library Databases for Law

Key Library Databases for Law:

AGIS Plus Text and APAFT and (Informit)

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books (Ebsco)

Access – via Law LibGuide or: Library > Databases > alphabetical list

What's a library database?

https://www.youtube.com/v/M0vwZVQuI_4

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Identify your key concepts

Identifying key concepts will help you develop a search strategy

Example topic: Discuss the imprisonment of refugees without trial

Key Concepts: imprisonment refugees

Identify alternate terms to improve the number and quality of your search results

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Keywords and search terms

Identify alternate terms to improve the number and quality of your search results

Discuss the imprisonment of refugees without trial

Concept Search termsKey Concept 1 refugees OR asylum seekers

Key Concept 2 imprisonment OR incarceration OR prison

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Apply search tips and strategies

• Truncation

• * right handed truncation. Search for all variants after a word stem, eg. imprison* will find imprisoned, imprisonment…

• Phrase searching

• “asylum seekers”

• Limit your search by:

• Date range

• Type of article (scholarly, trade journal, news)

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Search strategy with tips applied

Once you have applied search tips your final search strategy might look like this

Concepts Search termsKey Concept 1 refugee* OR “asylum seekers”

Key Concept 2 Imprison* OR incarcerat* OR prison*

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AGIS Plus Text or APAFT – Example search

Phrase marks “…” are used around 2 or more words to make sure the database searches for the words together

Truncation * searches for term and terms together

In Informit databases like these, the truncation symbol does not work inside phrase marks

See the next slide for alternate terms and search suggestions

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Linking to the article

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If there is no full text article…

b. If the full text is still not available via this link, go back to the Library homepage, and search for the name of the journal (i.e., Australian Journal of Human Rights) under the “Journals” tab. This will tell you whether an online or printed source is available. It is worth following through to check.

a. Try the “Find Full Text” button.

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AGIS Plus Text or APAFT

Other Terms:

To get more results, think of more synonyms (e.g., arrested).

Try adding the following terms to narrow your search results. [This also works in other databases.]

• trial* or evidence

• australia*

• A specific type of refugee – child*; Afghanistan*

Use the ‘All fields’ drop down menu to change to Legal Cases (Case)

International Sources: Journal Articles and Databases Coverage

AGIS

APAIS

Lexis.com: US & CanadaLegal Resource Index,

Lexis.com: UK

Index to Legal Periodicals

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Index to Legal Periodicals & Books

Library SEARCH – in brief

Example assignment question:

Here is how you might start to look for sources discussing the

deprivation of citizenship without trial:

A more complex search can be entered as shown above, or by using

Advanced Search.

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SEARCH results and limits frame

Library SEARCH

Always use Firefox

' Next best: Chrome or Safari

Always log in first.

' See loan periods

' Request a hold

' Save searches and results

Find out more about using Library Search here:

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/library/assignment-thesis-support/search-tools/search

Search Strategy: Extra Hints

Reformulate a query based on documents identified as relevant

' Example: Find a key paper and look at how it has been indexed in a Library database…

' Choose to search terms by “Subject” to pick up articles that may be missed by a key word search.

Google Scholar vs. Library Databases

' state responsibility AND internationally wrongful acts

' The AND is needed in Library Databases.

' Google Scholar does NOT index everything.

' Use as another tool WITH the library databases.

Thank you

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