See the Library's Collections| for an overview on all of the resources available to LSE staff and students. All databases at LSE are included on the Library Catalogue|.
See a comparison| of the content of these two major legal services provided by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
In short, both contain UK case law and legislation, United States case law and legislation, both state and federal, EU case law and legislation, and extensive full text United States law reviews. Journal content will differ between the two.
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To use the international content of Westlaw, select Services then Westlaw International.
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To use the international content of Lexis Library, use the Sources tab to locate relevant files to search. Neither database is available on Cross Searcher and must be searched separately.
Locate journals online from the Library Catalogue or our E-Journals| page to locate the right database.
United Kingdom
JustCite |- summaries of UK case law and details of case histories
Lexis Library| - UK case law from 1865 onwards
Westlaw UK| - UK case law from 1235 onwards
European Union
EUR-Lex| - the official EU portal to all legal materials
European Sources Online (ESO)| - a useful research tool for tracing EU policy information
Lexis Library| - EU legislation and case law
Westlaw UK| - EU legislation and case law
Celex| - archive of all EU law since 1952. This is also covered by EUR-Lex.
European Documentation Centre at LSE|
Other jurisdictions
Lexis Library| - select Sources tab and country from the drop down list
Westlaw UK| - select Services, Westlaw International for US content
Hein Online| - full text US law journals, legal classics, English Reports
Journal indexes
Legal Journals Index - UK journals index since 1986. Select Journals on Westlaw UK|
Index to Legal Periodicals - North American journals index since 1978 via Lexis Library|
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals| 1981 onwards - non UK/US journal article index
For full text journals online, see E-Journals|.
Major social science journal article indexes
Criminal Justice Abstracts
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences| (IBSS)
Scopus
|ISI Citation Indexes on Web Of Knowledge/Science|
PAIS International|
Human Rights
Human Rights information at LSE Library|
Lexis Library| includes the Human Rights and Immigration service
Intellectual Property
Westlaw UK|
International resources
Foreign & International Law Resources Database| (Hein Online)
International Law Reports| 1919 -
KluwerArbitration.com| - materials for international commercial arbitration
Lexis Library|
Oxford Reports on International Law
United Nations documentation| at LSE
Westlaw UK| - select Services then Westlaw International
WorldTradeLaw.net| - materials for international trade law including Dispute Settlement Commentary for WTO dispute settlement case law.
Newspapers
Nexis| - worldwide newspaper database.
Factiva| - alternative newspaper database.
Times Digital Archive 1785-1985|
Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888 - 2007|
Taxation
British Tax Library online| includes British Tax Cases from 1875 -
IBFD Journal database| - journals of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation
Lexis Library| - includes Simon's Tax Cases and Simon's Tax Intelligence
Source OECD| - full text of all OECD publications
Westlaw UK|
Please note that the majority of our online legal resources are available to current LSE staff and students only. All external visitors and LSE alumni should check before their visit that access to the resources required is possible.