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Law Dictionaries

Australian law dictionary
ISBN: 9780195518511
Publication Date: 2013
Black's law dictionary
ISBN: 9780314199492
Publication Date: 2009
LexisNexis concise Australian legal dictionary
ISBN: 9780409338447
Publication Date: 2015

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Welcome to the FedUni Business Law guide. Navigate the tabs in this guide to find specialist law resources including information about searching effectively, databases and journals, case law, legislation, and legal citation.

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Key Law Databases

AGIS Plus Text (Informit)
Comprehensively indexes and abstracts articles from over 100 Australian, New Zealand and Pacific law journals. Selectively indexes and abstracts articles from major law journals from United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Full text coverage begins from 1999.
AustLII
Full text searching of Australian Commonwealth and state consolidated acts and regulations, treaties and decisions of federal and state courts and tribunals and secondary legal materials such as law reform and royal commission reports etc. Includes extensive links to other Australasian and international legal resources on the Internet. Also includes treaties from the Australian Treaty Series.
CCH - Law Libraries (Intelliconnect) (CCH)
Includes access to CCH Corporations Law, Corporate News archive, Industrial & Intellectual Property Law, Industrial Law Library, OH&S Library, Torts Law Library, Trade Practices & Consumer Law Library.
Jade
Links to case law reports from Australian commonwealth and state, and international courts and tribunals; and Australian legislation from the official government websites. The site allows the user to search, annotate and share Australian legal judgments and decisions.
Legal Source (EBSCO)
Full-text coverage of the world's most respected scholarly law journals and other publications.
Westlaw AU (Select 'Sign In by IP Access')
The Westlaw AU platform brings together Australian business and law titles subscribed to at Federation University Australia. Titles include - Australian Law Journal, Law and Tax Reports and Reviews, Federal and Commonwealth Reports and more

Jade
Links to case law reports from Australian commonwealth and state, and international courts and tribunals; and Australian legislation from the official government websites. The site allows the user to search, annotate and share Australian legal judgments and decisions.

Westlaw AU (Select 'Sign In by IP Access')
The Westlaw AU platform brings together Australian business and law titles subscribed to at Federation University Australia. Titles include - Australian Law Journal, Law and Tax Reports and Reviews, Federal and Commonwealth Reports and more

Westlaw Next
A global legal research library built on worldwide legal, news and business information. A comprehensive collection of case law, legislation, law reviews, journals and directories means you’ll be able to efficiently search and retrieve results tailored to your specific needs.
To access Australian and International newspapers - from the homepage Click on NEWS > NEWSPAPERS > contains major US newspapers and International newspapers, including Australian.

AustLII
Full text searching of Australian Commonwealth and state consolidated acts and regulations, treaties and decisions of federal and state courts and tribunals and secondary legal materials such as law reform and royal commission reports etc. Includes extensive links to other Australasian and international legal resources on the Internet. Also includes treaties from the Australian Treaty Series.

CCH - Law Libraries (Intelliconnect) (CCH)
Includes access to CCH Corporations Law, Corporate News archive, Industrial & Intellectual Property Law, Industrial Law Library, OH&S Library, Torts Law Library, Trade Practices & Consumer Law Library.

Legal Source (EBSCO)
Full-text coverage of the world's most respected scholarly law journals and other publications.

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