Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles
in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in
books, reports and reviews.
CLJ Law*
Librarian's take: Malaysian legal database providing access to Malaysian
legislation and cases reported in the Current Law Journal.
Factiva.com
Librarian's take: Access to local, national and international
newspapers. Newspapers covered include The Straits Times, Business Times and
The Times (UK). Useful for obtaining information on unreported judgments and
the latest cases before the courts.
Guide for searching Factiva is available at:
How to Search
Factiva (NUS Libraries)
HeinOnline
Librarian's take: Full text
image-based searchable database of legal periodicals. Database is
particularly useful for its collection of older journals.
Guides for searching HeinOnline are available at:
HeinOnline FAQs (Publisher)
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books, 1981-
Librarian's take: Bibliographic database that cites articles from legal periodicals and
indexes law books. Coverage is mainly Anglo-American.
Guide for searching the database is available at:
Tutorial: Bibliographic Databases (Publisher)
Justis
Librarian's take: Database containing UK cases and statutes. Coverage of UK
cases includes the Law Reports, Times Law Reports and
Weekly Law Reports.
Guides for searching Justis are available at:
Justis Guides (Publisher)
LawNet
Librarian's take: Local full text legal database containing Singapore
legislation, cases, books and journal articles. Access by NUS Faculty of Law
staff and students only.
Guides for searching LawNet are available at:
User Guides (Publisher)
LegalTrac, 1980-
Librarian's take: Indexes over 800 legal publications selected and sponsored by the American
Association of Law Libraries. Coverage is mainly Anglo-American.
LexisNexis
Librarian's take: Possibly the most popular database for legal
researchers containing an extensive range of legislation, law reports and
law journals.
Guides for searching LexisNexis are available at:
Brochures (Publisher)
LexisNexis AU*
Librarian's take: Full text database containing Australian law reports not available in LexisNexis, Halsbury's
Laws of Australia and Australian Current Law.
PERIND
Librarian's take: Index to journal articles and books chapters on Singapore
and Malaysian law. This database is managed by the NUS Libraries.
Guide for searching PERIND is available at:
How to Search PERIND:
About and Access (NUS Libraries)
Singapore Statutes Online
Librarian's take: Full text database of consolidated Singapore Acts managed by the
Attorney-General's Chambers.
Guide for searching the database is available at:
Instructions for Use (AG's
Chambers)
WestLaw
Librarian's take: Popular full text legal database containing an
extensive range of legislation, law reports and law journals. Access by NUS
Faculty of Law staff and students only.
Guides for searching WestLaw are available at:
Survival Guide (Publisher)
*First-time registration
required for accessing this database.
More databases available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases
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NUS Theses
Selected theses & academic exercises received from the
NUS
Faculty of Law Dept are kept in the Library's Closed
Stacks under the call number
KE5009 .
Foreign Theses
Selected unpublished foreign theses, including British Library theses,
are kept behind the Law Library's Loans Desk. UMI theses, on the other hand,
are available in the Books collection. All foreign theses in the Law Library
are shelved under the call number KB9.
More foreign theses databases are available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases by Type> Theses & Dissertations
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This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching
users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc. It may
include notes on how to use specific resources.
Guides/Handouts
Electronic Resources for Legal Research (PDF)
This is Chapter 6 of the Faculty of Law's Library Research Manual. It
contains a summary of major law databases available to NUS law students and
staff.
Guide to Electronic Resources Collection
(PDF)
A comprehensive listing of the law library's legal databases arranged by format and
sub-arranged by jurisdiction.
Quick Guide to
Legislation, Law Reports & Treatises (PDF)
A call number guide to the main collections in the Law Library.
Legal
Research Guides (HTML)
Links to legal research guides for various jurisdictions, including
Australia, UK and US.
Singapore - Legal Abbreviations (HTML)
A list of abbreviations and corresponding titles for law reports and
journals published in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei.
Tutorials
Noting-up : Singapore, UK and Australia
(PPT)
Definition of noting-up and explanation of tools used.
Researching Singapore, UK and Australian Case Law
(PPT)
Information on the principle law reports and research tools.
Researching Singapore, UK and Australian Legislation (PPT)
Information on legislation and research tools.
Secondary Sources of Law and Electronic Resources (PPT)
Information about secondary law sources and demonstration on the use of a
selection of legal indexing databases.
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This is an index to legal resources on the Web
maintained by the C J Koh Law Library. Coverage includes websites from mainly common law jurisdictions, ASEAN and the European Union
as well as selected international law websites.
Law in Singapore
An index to primary and secondary legal resources of Singapore.
Law in ASEAN
Links to websites containing legal information from the 10 ASEAN nations.
Law in Other
Jurisdictions
A listing of websites from several common law jurisdictions, China and Europe.
International Law
An index to major comparative and international law websites.
Islamic Law
A selection of Islamic law websites.
Official Documents
on the Web
A selection of official legal documents from various countries and
organisations.
Law
Reference Desk
Links to online legal abbreviations lists, dictionaries, directories,
indexes, etc.
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