NOTICE: This guide is currently under review, with a new guide to be launched before Semester 1, 2025. In the meantime, please direct any queries or feedback about this guide to the Library's Digital Experience via our Enquiry and Feedback form.
This lesson will assist in sourcing legal materials such as encyclopaedia articles, journal articles, legislation, and cases using legal databases (mostly AustLII, Jade, Lexis Advance and Westlaw Australia).
Links to the legal databases are on the Legal Research Guide homepage.
These are materials you will need for your research, in preparation for writing your assignments.
Skills for sourcing journal articles, legislation and cases are not only necessary for completing your Pre Law assignments - they are foundational skills you will use your whole student and professional life.
Familiarise yourself with the Legal Research Guide.
(This Lesson is part of the Law Subject Guide.)
The Legal Research Guide has links to:
In addition to the self paced lessons, the Law Subject Guide contains information on legal research materials.
The Law Subject Guide includes more details on sourcing:
Click on the LEGAL RESEARCH tab above to start your familiarisation journey:
Save to Favorites or Bookmark the Legal Research Guide - you will be visiting this invaluable resource constantly!
Should you have any questions, please submit an enquiry via Murdoch Support or visit the Law Library Help Desk.
If you experience access issues to the databases, for example, Lexis Advance:
* open a different Internet browser (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
paste the URL for the Library's database launch page into the different browser
select the Connect to link on the launch page to access the database
if this solves your access issue, clear the cookies from the problem browser
* take a screen shot of the problem browser's error message, including the URL, and send this to the Library.