Journal and News Article Searching

Be sure to read the Access to Databases Guide carefully before beginning your research.

As the title indicates, this guide provides instructions on how to find articles in legal and non-legal journals available through UCLA's electronic resources as well as databases available to subscribers of Westlaw and LexisNexis. It covers both law reviews and non-legal academic journals as well as legal news and non-legal news publications.

There are 4 main tabs, all of which include subtabs. The guide outline below details the various subsections that fall under each of these 4 main tabs.

1. Law Reviews & Journals
   1. Using Online Legal Periodicals Indexes
   2. Using Other UCLA Databases to Find Articles in Legal Periodicals
      1. LexisNexis Academic (UC Only)
      2. HeinOnline (UCLA Only)
   3. Using Westlaw & LexisNexis to find articles in legal periodicals
2. Non-Legal Journal Articles (links to another guide)
3. Legal News
   1. Selection of Legal News & Blogs on the Internet
   2. Using UCLA Databases
      1. Nexis Uni (UC Only)
      2. HeinOnline (UCLA Only)
   3. Nexis Uni Legal News Sources
   4. Westlaw's Legal News Databases
4. General News
   1. Selected List of UCLA News Databases
      1. News Sources
      2. Historical Sources
   2. LexisNexis News
   3. Westlaw News