1. Finding Journal Articles(Law)
Using the Library Catalogue
Catherine Funnell
Middlesex University

2. This Session
Use the Library catalogue to find journal articles
• When you know the name of the journal
• It’s easy,efficient and fast
• Log in via the following method
• UniHub>My UniHub>My Study>My Library
Select Library Catalogue

3. Using the Library Catalogue
Here is an example
[2008] 4 J.P.I.L 296
This is your journal citation
To use the catalogue you need to know the
journal title
J.P.I.L is the abbreviated title
The full title is Journal of Personal Injury Law

4. Legal Abbreviations and Finding the Full
Title
The Cardiff Index to Abbreviations
can be used to find the Full Title
of a law journal or law report
It can be found on my Law
Subject
Guide(Resources>Understanding
Case Law
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/law

5. Full Journal Title
You now have the Full
Title to type in the
Library Catalogue

6. Back to the Library Catalogue
Type the journal title in
the catalogue
Here is the LINK
To the Database
Click on it!

7. Link through to Westlaw
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8. Full text of the Article