Law: Using legal sources
This guide brings together key resources to help you find information relating to law courses.
This page includes tutorials, guides and links to additional resources on legal research.
Training videos for legal databases
Lexis+ UK
Video Credit: LexisNexis UK
Westlaw
Video Credit: Thomson Reuters
- Accessing Westlaw UK at BCUA one minute video showing you how to access Westlaw UK at BCU.
HeinOnline
Video Credit: HeinOnline
OSCOLA guides
Here are some guides to help you reference your work using OSCOLA.
Additional guides
Some guides to help you understand printed legal sources, and some of the terms used in case summaries found in legal databases.
Useful Websites
- Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsThe Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations website allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law.
- BAILIIBAILLI contains judgments from HM Court Service, the House of Lords and Supreme Court. The judgments date from the early 1980s with a selection of earlier cases.
- Frequently Asked Questions: Researching UK LawGuide from the Inner Temple Library on researching UK Law.