Law journal articles are cited in references using abbreviations for the name of the journal, e.g.
Sharon Turner, 'Transforming Environmental Governance in Northern Ireland' (2006) 18 J Env L 245
You will need to the full name of the journal to find the article using either the:
e.g. for J Env L, search for 'Journal of Environmental Law'
To find the full version of a wide range of standard journal abbreviations, use the
The Library Catalogue, or the A-Z list provides a link to the online source for a journal where available from Library subscriptions.
The year of publication of an article and journal volume number (if appropriate) can then be used to locate the article in the journal webpages. The final number given in the citation is the page number of the first page of the article.
Note: many articles can be found using the Library Article Search or Google Scholar and searching by article title. However these sources do not include law articles available from Westlaw UK and the Lexis Library.
For more on law journal citations, see the short video below.
Use Westlaw UK to find UK law articles
The Lexis Library holds additional full text UK law journals
Use HeinOnline to search a broad reach of journals from US and other countries, covering law and other subjects
Some law journals are also included in the JSTOR journals archive
A number of indexes and full text sources can help you find articles in criminology, as well as providing a wider range of search coverage for criminal justice, human rights, environmental law etc. These include: