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Periodical Indexes

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2.2 Periodical Indexes

A resource used for finding citations to articles in periodicals (journals, magazines, newspapers). Some periodical indexes also include references to books, chapters, and other "non-periodical" literature.

Many indexes give abstracts, or summaries, for each article.

Most are now available online and include some full-text articles. If the full-text of the article does not

appear, you may see this icon . Click on it to see if the article is available in full-text

either electronically or in a print version of the journal.

When do you use a periodical index?

If you’re looking for information on a specific topic and you’ve already looked for books in the catalogue, you can look in a periodical index to find journal articles, newspaper/magazine articles, commentaries, etc.

Which one do I use?

That will depend on your research, the jurisdictions in which you’re interested and the type of material you’d like to find. If you’re not sure where to start, feel free to consult a librarian.

Below is a list of indexes to which the library subscribes:

Index to Canadian Legal Literature

The Index to Canadian Legal Literature (ICLL), a component of the Canadian Abridgment, is a bilingual index and bibliography of English and French Canadian legal literature including articles, monographs, government publications, audio-visual materials, case comments and annotations. It is classified according to Library of Congress Subject Headings and the Répertoire de vedettes-matière. Updates to the annual volumes are available through the issues of Canadian Current Law.

ICLL is divided into five sections, enabling you to look for legal literature by subject, author, case, statute and book review.

Print volumes are available at FTX REF KE 173 .C33.

Available electronically via WestlaweCARSWELL as well as Quicklaw.

Index to Canadian Legal Periodical Literature

This title indexes articles found in legal and non-legal periodicals with coverage starting in 1961. Articles are assigned subjects according to keywords in English but an English-French table of concordance also exists.

There are quarterly updates along with an annual bound volume. In addition to journal articles, essays, case comments and book reviews are also indexed.

Available in print at FTX REF KE173 C333

Other Indexes include:

Doctrinal Plus: Bibliographical database of over 100,000 references to mostly French-language articles published in more than 200 legal periodicals.

Index to Legal Periodicals, 1982-: a bibliographic database that cites articles from legal periodicals and indexes law books. Periodical coverage includes law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications. Index to Legal Periodicals & Books covers all areas of jurisprudence, including recent court decisions, new legislation, and original scholarship.

See related: Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text

Bibliographic database that cites articles written since 1982 from more than 600 legal periodicals, and indexes some 2000 law books per year. Full text of over 200 select periodicals, as far back as 1994.

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective, 1918-1981: a bibliographic database that cumulates citations from print editions of Index to Legal Periodicals published between 1908–1981. Periodical coverage includes law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications. Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective covers all areas of jurisprudence, including court decisions, legislation, and original scholarship.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals: produced by The American Association of Law Libraries, provides access to legal literature worldwide, covering all forms of foreign (non-Anglo-American) law. This includes comparative law and legal systems, such as Islamic law; socialist law; public and private international law; and transnational commercial law. The data is not limited by country of publication, but rather type of publication. Thus, while publications concerning British and American law are not included, British and American publications concerning foreign law are included.

LegalTrac: Drawing on a wide variety of highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac provides indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.

Periodical Indexes also reside within online research services:

Current Index to Legal periodicals in Westlaw [Database Identifier: CILP]