Law

This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects, and dissertations in Law.

REMINDER: Download the University VPN system to access these resources while on or off campus.

Book an Appointment

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Getting Started: Researching and Referencing

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OSCOLA Referencing (LAW ONLY)

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APA 7 Referencing (LAW WITH BUS, CRIM, OR IR)

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Introductory Library Videos

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Databases

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Inlcudes HeinOnline, LexisNexis, vLex Justis, and Westlaw.

Reliable Legal Resources

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Council of Europe

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European Union

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Commercial Awareness

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• Business Databases

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• Legal Databases

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Use the News section of Lexis and Westlaw.

 

• Newspaper Databases

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Leading weekly magazine covering global political, economic and business news. Includes archive back to 1997. App also available. 

A full archive from 1843-2015 is available via Gale Historical Archive

Additional access instructions:

  • Enter your University email address
  • Select University of Portsmouth
  • Sign in with your University username and password.

Access the current FT, and the archive back to 2004, for business and commercial news as well as global financial markets, company and industrial sector information. You can subscribe to newsletters or use the FT app. 

FT video 

Additional access instructions:

Register using your UoP details.

• Nexis Uni 

Full text articles from many news sources and trade journals both UK and international. Archives sometimes stretching back to the mid 1980s.

Additional access instructions:

For use in the UK only

PressReader lets you access UK and international newspapers, plus a wide range of magazine content. Everything is full colour with archives varying in length depending on the publication.

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• General Legal Blogs

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• Podcasts

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Dissertations and Theses

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Open Access Legal Resources

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These resources will be helpful for you to stay relevant once you graduate and lose access to UoP resources.

Your Subject Team

 Mystery Beck

Faculty Librarian

email Mystery.Beck@port.ac.uk

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk