Free Legal Research on the Web: 3. Legal Periodicals

free legal research online

An increasing amount of legal scholarship is available on the Internet. The sites below provide access to many full-text online legal journals.

* The American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center Journal Search searches the full text of articles from more than 400 open access law journals.
URL: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/legal_technology_resources/resources/free_journal_search.html

* American Law Sources Online: Provides numerous links to online legal journals.
URL: http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usj

* HeinOnline provides full-text access to hundreds of law reviews and journals. Hein is unique in that it provides access to older articles with coverage for most journals going back to the first volume. NOTE: Remote access is limited to Duke University faculty, students and staff with a NetID and password.
URL: http://library.duke.edu/metasearch/db/id/DUK00693

* Social Science Research Network provides abstracts and PDFs for thousands of scholarly papers, including working papers and pre-publication versions of legal journal articles.
URL: http://www.ssrn.com/