Databases (or eResources) provide access to quality academic resources for your work eResources are electronic information resources which can be accessed online and searched by topic, so you can quickly and easily find relevant information.
.Most provide an abstract summarising what the article is about - use this to see if you want to read the full text.
You will get the full text online for most results. If full text is not available, click on Is it @ Solent? to check the library catalogue for access via a different source.
If it is not available from another source, use the link on the Library Catalogue to request the article as an Inter Library Loan (please see Inter Library Loans for guidance and allowances)
Legal eResources such as Westlaw and LexisLibrary provide access to UK and EU case law and legislation, scholarly journal articles, encyclopedias, dictionaries, international materials and much more.
Used by all major law firms, they are constantly updated and our Solent Library subscription therefore allows you access to the latest high-quality legal information 24/7.
Access a wide range of legal materials including UK cases and updated legislation, legal journals, books and dictionaries.
To Log in, enter your university email address and password. Users must enter their details the first time they use Westlaw after logging in. This creates a separate Westlaw account so you can use the personalisation features of the site.
Used by legal professionals, this key resource also contains Westlaw Insight, a legal encyclopedia, which is great for starting your research, as well as EU materials, UK regulatory and guidance materials, international materials, practitioner books and a current awareness service.
Westlaw International Materials provides access to non-UK legal materials. Coverage includes international legal materials from ICJ and organisations such as WTO/GATT, WIPO, UNICTRAL. Access is also available to primary and secondary legal sources such as case law, legislation and journal articles from various jurisdictions, including EU, US, Australia and Canada - plus others.
To Log in, to Westlaw with your usual University login. On the 'Westlaw Edge UK' homepage within the 'More Resources' area select: Westlaw International (for materials from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, and other jurisdictions.) Westlaw US (for materials relating to federal and state jurisdictions.)
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Select and view the UK Westlaw Training - find Legislation link to view their video which provides an overview of finding and using legislation on Westlaw UK.
Select the text below to watch the short video on using Westlaw International Materials
Access UK cases, legislation and legal journals as well as national and regional newspapers and legal materials from countries across the world. Includes both Lexis PSL with practical guidance written by solicitors and barristers on legal topics as well as forms, checklists and precedents, and content from Lexis Accountancy Lite including Tolley's Tax Handbooks Series, the Yellow and Orange Tax Guides, Simon's Taxes, Tax Journal, and the Finance Acts.
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Used by legal professionals, this key resource also contains the Halsbury's Laws of England encyclopedia which is great for starting your research and very authoritative.
It also includes a glossary, practitioner works and a current awareness service.
Lexis+ UK YouTube overview video
Lexis+ UK YouTube advanced video
Practical Guidance: This content was previously available via the Lexis PSL Platform
Practical Guidance is now fully integrated with Legal Research on Lexis+, so you can see guidance and the underlying law it supports all in one place.
It includes practice notes, precedents, forms, drafting notes, checklists, flowcharts, client-ready materials and the latest legal developments, arranged by topic. This online legal know-how services complements the materials available via the Legal Research service and links through to accompanying commentary and primary law.
Comprehensive and accessible key textbooks in law.
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Find legal journal articles from a wide range of international publications.
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Contains more than 2,000 law and law-related periodicals from the first published issue.
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This is a great place to start researching maritime law!
Within the Maritime & Commercial section you can access:
key maritime books and looseleafs electronically such as The Ratification of Maritime Conventions
full archive of the Lloyds Law Reports, the specialist series for shipping cases (also available in the Law Library)
full-text articles from leading maritime journals: Lloyd's , Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly Maritime Law Newsletter, Maritime Risk International and Shipping & Trade Law
Maritime legal materials including key reference books and journals and cases from the Lloyds Law Reports.
To Log in, you are required to create an account in SOL. You must log in to Solent Online Learning and enrol on the passwords page.
Watch this Brief Overview of using iLaw video, which is also embedded below.
Try out other sources for maritime law via the Maritime Legal Topics guide
Full text news content from both the UK and Europe including UK broadsheets, tabloids and regional presses. More extensive international content can be accessed via International Newsstream and content specifically relating to North America can be accessed via US Newsstream listed under 'I' and 'U' from the tabs above.
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Search The Times Digital Archive, The Financial Times Historical Archive, The 17th and 18th Century Burney Newspaper Collection and 19th Century British Newspapers.
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You can also take a look at the libguide for News and Newspapers
A database providing access to over one million statistics, forecasts, dossiers, reports and infographics including data on business, technology, politics and society covering countries and regions around the world.
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- includes crime/policing and more- published by the Office for National Statistics.- now archived)- publications on criminal justice, prison/probation, youth justice and more.LinkedIn Learning is part of the LinkedIn network. It is a website packed full of videos, tutorials and fully-curated courses taught by recognised industry experts offering high-quality instructional videos across a broad range of topics.
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Provides access to recorded TV and radio broadcasts to all the major channels.
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Includes over three million bibliographic references to journal articles and books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.
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Full text access to cases in this series along with additional pre-1865 reports and statutes.
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