Core Legal Research Databases
With legal research, there are a number of major databases that contain primary sources like case law and legislation, secondary sources like journal articles, and reference works, and specialized features like noting up.
For tips on advanced searching in these databases see the Advanced Search Cheat Sheet.
- 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. - 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. - HeinOnline Law Library This link opens in a new window
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Also available to all TMU users, HeinOnline is a recommended resource for secondary source and historic research. It also contains extensive specialized collections.
- CanLIICanLII is a publicly available website of Canadian legal information. It includes case law, statutes and regulations, tribunal decisions, and secondary source commentary.