Law
Whether you’re a new student starting your first assignment or delving into a research project, this subject guide is designed to assist law students in finding the best information. On this page you'll find key resources, as well as guides to help you develop your academic, study, and digital skills.
If you can’t find what you need, you contact the Academic Support Team: library-sbs@salford.ac.uk.
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Three key actions for getting started
Finding information for your assessments
Developing strong information searching skills saves time and yields relevant results. The Finding Information Skills page covers everything you need for academic searching. Take the Finding Information Skills assessment for a personalised action plan.
- Reading Lists
These are set up by your tutors to guide you to good quality, relevant and useful materials to help you with your studies. They are a great starting point before doing your own research - find out more about your Reading Lists.
- Library Search
Library Search can make your academic life easier by helping you find a range of reliable and trustworthy sources for your work. It contains a wealth of information to help you make the most of your studies, including books/eBooks, journals/eJournals, articles, databases, and more.
Using Library Search may feel daunting at first, but don't worry, we have a range of guides on how to find relevant resources.
Key databases for law students
Databases are searchable collections of good quality, academic material, particularly journal articles. They can be small subject specific or large collections covering a wide range of subject areas. Most databases provide access to full-text items.
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Full text of about 200 law textbooks published by OUP, also includes self-test and revision materials. |
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Full text legislation, cases, legal journals and books, law reports from both the UK and other jurisdictions. |
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Full-text access to case law, legislation journal articles and key sources such as Halsbury's Laws of England and the All England Law Reports. It also includes newspaper articles from UK regional and national newspapers. |
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vLex Justis (formerly JustisOne) is an online legal research tool that allows you to find the key current legal case law, legislation, and news articles for your topic. |
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Provides access to practice notes, current awareness, and standard documents to help you draft your own legal documents. |
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A collection of legal journals, primarily US-focused, but also encompassing international law and other jurisdictions. |
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An archive of searchable Parliamentary and Official documents. |
Print books
You can borrow print books from the library. Below is a map of where to find business-related print books
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Study better
- University Assessments
Whilst studying at Salford you will need to complete a range of assessments. We provide a range of guidance on how to approach the different assessment types you may come across.
- Referencing
We provide eLearning, written guides, and an extensive list of referencing examples.
- Skills A-Z
We have developed eLearning over a wide range of subjects for you to develop your academic skills at home and in your own time.
Workshops
We offer online and face-to-face workshops to help you develop your academic skills. These engaging, interactive sessions cover a wide range of topics which take place throughout the year, so check up on the list regularly.
Click on a workshop title to book onto the session via Advantage. If a session has no remaining spaces, sign up to the waiting list in case a space becomes free!
One to one appointments
You can book a one to one appointment with your Academic Support Team to discuss finding information, academic and writing skills, or digital support.
Follow the link below, choose your school and what you'd like support with, then select your chosen time slot and book on through Advantage.