Legal Source

Strengthen Exposure to Open Access Journals

Legal Source includes rigorous curation of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 420 global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking.  

NOTE: EBSCOhost databases and EBSCO Discovery Service generate a lot more referrals for DOAJ than any other online platform.

Unique Full-Text Journals

Legal Source includes 277 active, full-text non-open access journals not available in any version of Academic Search.

Full-Text Law Reviews

In addition to full-text journals, Legal Source includes 420 full-text law reviews.

Searchable Cited References

Legal Source includes 246 journals with searchable cited references.

The Highest Quality Subject Indexing 

EBSCO has the premier and most highly regarded scholarly vocabularies curated by subject matter experts, covering all disciplines and major publishers. 

EBSCO believes in breaking down barriers to information through Enhanced Subject Precision (ESP) mapping, bridging the gap between content and end users through inclusion of natural languages.

EBSCO databases support all learning types through textual and visual subject browse and information literacy training through subject access points in more than 30 languages. Watch video to learn more.

Legal Source includes 1,180 active indexed and abstracted journals. 1,020 of them are peer-reviewed. 

Subjects Include

• Administrative law
• Antitrust law
• Banking
• Business law
• Constitutional law
• Criminal law
• Domestic relations
• Estate planning
• Family law
• Food, drug and cosmetic law
• Insurance law
• Intellectual property law
• Internet and information science law
• Landlord/tenant law
• Legal librarianship
• Multinational corporations
• Non-profit corporations
• Patent and trademark
• Probate
• Securities
• Sports and entertainment law
• Tax law
• Trade regulation