Finding Articles
Scholarly articles about critical legal topics are located in legal databases. Article access differs by database, meaning that a comprehensive search should include more than one database.
Researchers are encouraged to use advanced search to navigate these databases. The Advanced Search Cheat Sheet may be useful.
Keywords that can be useful include the name of a theory e.g. "natural law", the name of a theorist e.g. Dworkin, or a key concept e.g. "gender discrimination."
Legal Databases
- HeinOnline Law Library This link opens in a new window
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HeinOnline contains pages of legal history available in an online, fully-searchable, image-based format. HeinOnline bridges the gap in legal history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 1,500 law and law-related periodicals. HeinOnline is the world’s largest image-based legal research collection and contains more than 9 centuries of legal history. - LexisNexis Advance Quicklaw This link opens in a new window
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Quicklaw is a Canadian online legal information system that provides full text of Canadian and foreign case law, federal and provincial legislation and regulations, case reports, digests, tribunal decisions, and statutes, as well as secondary materials such as law journals and newsletters. - WestlawNext Canada This link opens in a new window
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Westlaw is a legal database platform that includes primary and secondary legal sources. It contains case law, statutes, codes, and arbitration decisions. Westlaw also includes the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest, journals, treatises, and law reviews. It is a comprehensive resource for Canadian case law and legislation. The WestlawNext Canada platform provides access to a number of other legal databases, including: CriminalSource, LabourSource, LawSource, Litigator, and Topic Texts and Annotations.
- CanLIICanLII is a publicly available website of Canadian legal information. It includes case law, statutes and regulations, tribunal decisions, and secondary source commentary.