SOSC 1270 - International Law | SOSC 6030Q - International Law and China: Find Articles

Nexis Uni

• Law Reviews (journals), cases, and other legal information, in addition to news information
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Nexis Uni  -  Using Terms and Connectors

Westlaw is a portal for law research across multiple countries including Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, EU, UK and US.

It has two interfaces: Westlaw Asia and Westlaw Classic

Key resources covered by Westlaw Classic include:

• Canada (cases, legislation, journals, treatises, court documents, etc.)
• European Union (cases, legislation, treatises, law reviews, etc.)
• Intellectual Property (Derwent World Patents Index, etc.)
• United States (US Statutes, US federal/state codes and cases, etc.)
• Law Reviews & Journals

Watch video tutorials & user guides on Westlaw Classic

Notice: As Westlaw Next access from Westlaw Asia homepage is currently not working, please use this direct link to access Westlaw Next.

北大法寶 = Pkulaw.com
Provides access to 12 databases:

1. English Translations
2. Laws and Regulations
3. Judicial Cases
4. Law Journals
5. Legal Subjects
6. Law Firm Practice
7. Procuratorial Instruments
8. IP Information
9. Criminal Practice
10. Administrative Penalty
11. Labor Service
12. Business Environment

Some Useful Social Sciences Article Databases

• 中國期刊全文數據庫 Selections
• Academic Search Premier - (Ebsco)
• EconLit
• GoogleScholar
• JSTOR
• ProQuest Research Library
• Scopus
• Web of Science

What if an article is not available in the Library?.

• Use the Library's Interlibrary Loan service . The ILLiad online request form makes it easy.

Factiva   | guide

A premier business and general reference database allows you to search &  monitor current news, track industry developments and global market activity, and research a global company

• Over 14,000 sources from 200 countries in 26 languages.
• 3,500 newspapers
• 700 continuously updated newswires from Dow Jones and Reuters
• 4,200 journals and magazines
• Thousands of websites, blogs, and multimedia items.

WisersOne = 慧眼輿情  | Quick Start Guide - from HKPolyU Pao Yue-kong Library

1. Select "Wiser Information Portal" on the upper right hand corner.
    
2. Click Advanced Search to expand the Advanced Search form.
    
3. This database supports both Chinese and English keyword searching. Enter your terms in the search box. You can also use the following commands to build your search statements.
    
   • AND - to find articles containing both the first and the second terms
      
   • OR - to find articles containing either the first or the second term or both terms.
      
   • Parentheses - to specify the order search terms are combined.
      
   • Phrase searching - enclose an English term in double quotation marks to ensure it is searched as a phrase. Chinese terms are searched as phrases by default.
      
4. Region, Database, and Media Type are options that give you more flexibility to search, but if you have to search particular newspapers (e.g. the Standard and China Daily), leave these search options unchanged.
    
5. Change the date range (up to 5-year max.).
    

6. In the Source option, select Hong Kong from the first drop down menu. To add the newspapers to your search, enter the title (e.g. South China Morning Post) in the search box and then click Search.  
    
7. Click the "X" button to close the pop up window. Finally, click Search at the top of the Advanced Search Form.
    
8. On the search result page, click the news title to open the full-text. To start a new search, select the Wisers Information Portal on the upper left hand corner.
    
9. To save, print or export articles, select  .