Faculty Of Business & Law Subject Resources

Guides For Research - Law and Justice

The following guides are designed to help with research methodology and technique.
Remember, you can always Ask a Librarian for help.

How Do I Research in Law and Justice?

Referencing Guides

Subject Based Research

How Do I Use Law and Justice Databases?

How do I research in Law and Justice?
 
Case Research Guides Updated
   
Guide to Case Research Basic 22-Oct-2007
Guide to Finding English Cases
  • locate a known English case
 16-May-2006
 
Legislation Research Guides Updated
   
Guide to Legislation Research 22-Oct-2007
Making Laws (House of Representatives Infosheet No. 7)
  • Federal Parliament's legislative powers
  • Preparation of a bill
  • Passage of a bill through the House - the normal routine
  • Alternative procedures
  • Proceedings after leaving the House When a law comes into effect
  • Some statistics
 Dec-2004
 
Referencing Guides
Guide to Legal Referencing (AGLC) Sem 1, 2008
Guide to Legal Referencing (APA) 22-Oct-2007
   
 
Subject Based Research Guides
Title Updated
Family Law Video Clip 1 (Windows Media Player, total time 3:59)
  • navigate from the library home page to the CCH Family Law Library
  • search for cases on a topic
  • identify different parts of a case report
  • narrow your search
 8-Aug-2007
Family Law Video Clip 2 (Windows Media Player, total time 4:41)
  • navigate from the library home page to the CCH Family Law Library
  • search for commentary on a topic
  • link to the full text of cases and legislation
  • use Print Mode to generate a pdf
 8-Aug-2007
Terrorism Video Clip1
(Windows Media Player, total time 9:35, 34.7 MB)
  • AustLII's Treaties Library
  • Joint Standing Committee's National Interest Analysis
  • Parliamentary Library's Terrorism Research Guide
  • DFAT Treaty Information
 14-Aug-2007
Terrorism Video Clip 2
(Windows Media Player, total time 1:46, 5.4 MB)
  • Googling National Counter Terrorism Information
 14-Aug-2007
Terrorism Video Clip 3
(Windows Media Player, total time 2:29, 7.3 MB)
  • UN Counter Terrorism Measures
  • UN Security Council Resolutions
 14-Aug-2007
Terrorism Video Clip 4
(Windows Media Player, total time 4.498, 14.2 MB)
  • Westlaw - finding US cases by citation
  • Westlaw - finding a Federal Act and matching it to US Code provisions
  • Westlaw - finding UK Legislation
 14-Aug-2007

 
 
How do I use online databases for Law and Justice research?
Title Updated
AGIS Plus Text Video Clip 1 (Windows Media Player, total time 1:03)
  • navigate from the library home page to the AGIS Plus Text database
 5-Sept-2007
AGIS Plus Text Video Clip 2 (Windows Media Player, total time 3:09)
  • search by topic and by subject heading
  • narrow your search by year
  • view all details of an AGIS record
 5-Sept-2007
How to use CCH Online 2006
CCH Family Law Video Clip 1 (Windows Media Player, total time 3:59)
  • navigate from the library home page to the CCH Family Law Library
  • search for cases on a topic
  • identify different parts of a case report
  • narrow your search
 8-Aug-2007
CCH Family Law Video Clip 2 (Windows Media Player, total time 4:41)
  • navigate from the library home page to the CCH Family Law Library
  • search for commentary on a topic
  • link to the full text of cases and legislation
  • use Print Mode to generate a pdf
 8-Aug-2007
How to use Factiva  
Factiva Video Clip 1 (Windows Media Player, total time 1:18)
  • navigate from the ECU library home page to the Factiva search screen
4-Sept-2007
Factiva Video Clip 2 (Windows Media Player, total time 7:21)
  • search for newspaper articles on a topic
  • narrow your search by region
  • narrow your search by publication
  • use and  or * for a more efficient search
 4-Sept-2007
How to use First Point 2005
FirstPoint Video Clip 1 (Windows Media Player, total time 2:32)
  • navigate from the library home page to the FirstPoint database
  • search for a known case
  • link to the full text of the case
 8-Aug-2007
FirstPoint Video Clip 2 (Windows Media Player, total time 2:31)
  • search for a known case
  • identify the citation details from the FirstPoint record
 8-Aug-2007
FirstPoint Video Clip 3 (Windows Media Player, total time 0:57)
  • access the Table of Abbreviations from FirstPoint
  • match the full title of a report series or journal to its abbreviation
 8-Aug-2007
FirstPoint Video Clip 4 (Windows Media Player, total time 4:49)
  • find Family Law cases using FirstPoint
  • understand a digest
  • find cases on a topic using the free text search field
  • hints on how to enter search terms
  • narrow a search
  • use the various search fields
  • browse the classification tree

5-Sept-2007
How to use Lawlex 2004
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