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AustLII Fulltext Law
The Australasian Legal Information Institute provides a database of Australian legal materials and also links to WorldLII which has links to legislation world wide.
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CCH Australia Fulltext Law
CCH Australia provides access to over 80 mainly Australian statute and case law value added publications in the following subject areas:
  • Accounting
  • Business Management
  • Education Services
  • Financial Planning
  • Human resources
  • Law
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Superannuation
  • Tax
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Firstpoint Fulltext Law
Firstpoint provides access to Australian Case Law by citation or subject. It integrates information published in the:
  • Australian Legal Monthly Digest
  • Australian Digest
  • Australian Case Citator
Through Firstpoint, you can also link to the fulltext of Australian cases in any of the law report series available on Lawbook Online.
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HeinOnline Fulltext Law
This site provides pdf image-based fulltext access to four major library collections: the Law Journal Library, the Federal Register Library, the Treaties and Agreements Library, and the U.S. Supreme Court Library. All of these libraries are image-based and fully-searchable, meaning that they provide exact page images and enable the researcher to view all pages as they originally appeared in hardcopy-including all charts, graphs, and photographs. The libraries in HeinOnline also provide comprehensive coverage from the inception of each publication. The Law Journal Library contains the fulltext of over 500 journals with negotiations for the inclusion of 900 more underway. While the majority of these originate in the United States, many of the major university law reviews from Australia and other common law jurisdictions are also included.
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LegalTrac Abstract Law
Probably the most comprehensive of all the American legal periodical indexes, LegalTrac provides access to the contents of approximately 1300 law reviews, legal newspapers, and bar association journals from 1980 to the present. While there are some journals from Australia and other common law jurisdictions indexed here, most journals referred to on the database are from the United States. About 100 of the titles are also available here in full-text.
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LexisNexisAU Fulltext Law
This site contains all the Australian legal material formerly on the Butterworths Online site: research publications like Australian Current Law and Casebase, general commentary upon the law in works like Halsbury's Laws of Australia, specific subject-based commentary in a variety of specialist works and the fulltext of unreported judgments from all Australian jurisdictions, various Australian law report series and Australian legal periodicals. This site does NOT provide access to fulltext newspaper services.
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Lexis Fulltext Law
The lexis.com service contains a comprehensive range of United States primary and secondary legal materials and a range of international material from both common and civil law jurisdictions in fulltext. This site does NOT provide access to fulltext newspaper services.
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Thomson/Lawbook Online Fulltext Law
Select Lawbook Online or Firstpoint from the dropdown menu.Search here for the fulltext of any of the Australian law report series available on Lawbook Online.Firstpoint provides access to Australian Case Law by citation or subject. It integrates information published in the:
  • Australian Legal Monthly Digest
  • Australian Digest
  • Australian Case Citator
Through Firstpoint, you can also link to the fulltext of Australian cases in any of the law report series available on Lawbook Online.
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