Legal Source
Providing indexing and full-text coverage of the most respected scholarly law journals, Legal Source is the authoritative database for current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. It is an excellent resource for attorneys, educators, business people, law librarians, students, paralegals and others involved with the law.
Legal Source stands as the flagship database for legal research with 1,101 active full-text law journals with a retail value of $133,615.82. Legal Source is the definitive resource for keeping up to date with current legal issues, studies, thoughts, and trends. It serves as an invaluable tool for attorneys, educators, business professionals, law librarians, students, paralegals, and all individuals engaged with the intricacies of the law.
Strengthen Exposure to Open Access Journals
Legal Source includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 777 active 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.
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Unique Full-Text Journals
Legal Source includes 772 active full-text journals not available in any version of Academic Search.
Full-Text Law Reviews
In addition to full-text journals, Legal Source includes 395 full-text law reviews.
Searchable Cited References
Legal Source includes 242 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.
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Legal Source includes 1,370 active indexed and abstracted journals. 1,265 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
