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Legal Research Guide

Use this guide to access databases and websites important for legal research and guidance on locating law reports and unreported judgments, Acts of Parliament and delegated legislation, and secondary legal sources.

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 Use this guide to access databases and websites important for legal research and guidance on locating law reports and unreported judgments, Acts of Parliament and delegated legislation, and secondary legal sources.

Legal Research Essentials

Legal Research Essentials guides you through everything you should know about legal research with the University of Queensland Library. Read chapters on:

  • the legal research process
  • using the UQ Law Library
  • finding secondary resources
  • case law
  • legislation
  • referencing using AGLC4.

Databases for Law

For a complete list of available resources, see Databases for law.

Encyclopaedias

  Legal encyclopaedias for Australian law:

See the Comparative and Foreign Law or International Law guides for more options.

Legal dictionaries