Please note Library Search is NOT able to search within the majority of legal databases.
To find cases, journal articles, or other materials within these databases, you will need to access the databases directly using the links below .
Lexis+ is the new version of Lexis Advance, incorporating intuitive and powerful AI-features. It is a platform for Australian and New Zealand law material. Includes Halsbury's Laws of Australia, CaseBase, Australian Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents and LawNow Legislation.
Free legal database that collects the recent decisions of selected Australian Courts and Tribunals. Current law students may register for a free premium subscription.
Jade offers a paid subscription service called Jade Professional which provides these additional premium features to complement the free legal information available in the free version of JADE. eg. visualisation and analysis tools, dynamic case law annotations, email alerts, document checking to confirm and analyse citations, and the ability to share and collaborate online.
University of Canberra law students and staff are eligible for a free subscription. Email help@jade.io using the UC email account to request access.
To keep up to date with legal research, you may choose to create alerts.
• Westlaw AU
⇒ Alert24 (legal and regulatory developments)
⇒ Publication alerts (journals & law reports)
⇒ KeyCite alerts (status of cases)
⇒ WestClip alerts (search updates)
• Lexis+
⇒ Daily Unreported Judgements Notifier
• Federal Register of Legislation
• High Court of Australia (Bulletins, cases, judgments)
• Informit
The Law Report aims to provide informative, jargon-free stories about law reform, legal education, test cases, miscarriages of justice and legal culture.
This feed links to Bills Digests which provide a plain English summary of Bills and detail their purpose, background and main provisions. The service provides an independent and timely perspective on all government legislation complementing the legislative material provided by the Government.