Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Need an article? Use "Journals @ Hamline"

You want to find an article and you have the citation - where do you look first?  It's very tempting to start with Westlaw, or even Lexis, but there is a simpler solution.

The Law Library has included all of the journals from major legal databases like Westlaw, Lexis, and HeinOnline in the "Journals @ Hamline" tool.  There are also many journals that we have electronic access to, due to a print subscription, whose links are included as well.   Basically everything that you can access as a Hamline student is available through this powerful tool.

To get started, go to our library home page and click on Journals @ Hamline in the Research box.




Search for the journal name.   Consider this citation:
Dan L. Burk & Julie E. Cohen, Fair Use Infrastructure for Rights Management Systems, 15 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 41 (2001)

Sometimes it is difficult to ascertain the name of the journal.   In this case, you can use the option to search for all words in the title (but not necessarily the exact title).

After clicking search, you will see the possible journals and where to access them. In this case, a single journal was found with my access options:

Since our citation is from 2001, we have many options.  If I wanted a PDF version of the article, to see it as though it was from the printed journal, I would pick the HeinOnline link.   You may also wish to access the article in Westlaw, Lexis and a few other platforms.  
If you still need help finding your article, check with a Librarian or put in a request via Interlibrary Loan.

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