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Where do I start my research?
A good way to start your research is to define your
topic by using subject dictionaries and to find background information
in encyclopaedias such as:
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Criminology Penology & Police Science Abstracts
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Law Ref KM 700 .A3 1997
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Dictionary of Criminology
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Law Ref KM 695.G7 D5 1983
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Encyclopedia of Police Science
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Law Ref KM 615 .E53 1989
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Encyclopedia of Women and Crime
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Law Ref KM 706 .Q22 E56 2000
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Encyclopedia of World Crime
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Law Ref KM 700 .N3 1989
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Halsbury's Laws of England
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Law Ref KL 39 .H32 1973
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Handbook of Crime & Punishment
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Law Ref KM 695 .U48 H35 1998
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Laws
of Australia
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Also at Law Ref KL 39 .L3 1993
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How do I find books on my subject?
To find books on your subject you can:
search the Library
Catalogue using the 'subject keyword' or 'general
keyword' option.
OR
browse the bookshelves using these call numbers:
Law Library:
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KM 505-506
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Criminal Liability
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KM 522
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Criminal Law
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KM 542
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Homicide
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KM 544
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Rape
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KM 620
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Criminal Statistics
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KM 700
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Criminology
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Central Library:
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HV 6025-6030
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Criminology
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HV 7173
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Criminal Statistics
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Launceston Library:
How do I find journal articles?
The Library holds journals in print and electronic formats. The
best way to access articles in these journals is by using the databases
listed below. When you find an article you want to read, use the
Library Catalogue
and the E-journals
list to see if we hold a print copy or have access to the electronic
copy in full-text. Some databases listed will have direct links
to the full-text article.
Law Databases | Multi-discipline
databases | Journal title
abbreviations
Law Databases:
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AFPD
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Index with abstracts, 1991-. Policing, criminology, law enforcement,
law, management, occupational health and safety and social
sciences. Articles, conference papers, book, and unpublished
material.
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AGIS
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A bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles
from over 120 Australian, New Zealand and Pacific law-related
journals. Selected articles from major law journals from the
United States, United Kingdom and Canada are also included.
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CINCH
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Index with abstract,. 1968-. The Australian Criminology Database
covers all aspects of crime and criminal justice including
corrections, crime, crime prevention, criminal law, criminology,
juvenile justice, law enforcement, police and victims of crime.
Articles, books, conference papers, government documents,
book reviews, theses, research in progress, some statistics.
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Index
to Legal Periodicals
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Indexes articles from more than 500 legal publications, originating
from the United States, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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Lexis
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Offers full text case law, legislation, law reviews and journals,
and legal commentary from a wide range of jurisdictions including
the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
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Westlaw
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Offers full text case law, legislation, law reviews and journals,
and legal commentary. Jurisdictions covered include the United
States, Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, and Australia.
Access restrictions
apply.
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Multi-discipline Databases:
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APAIS
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Index, 1978-. Predominantly Australian literature in the
social sciences, humanities and public affairs, including
economic, social, cultural, legal and political aspects of
the latter. Journal articles, newspapers, conference proceedings
and books.
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Current contents
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Indexes core academic journals in all subjects. Includes
Alerting service. 1993+
Current Contents Help | EndNote
& Current Contents
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ProQuest
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Good starting point to find some full-text journal articles.
Includes references to and some full-text articles of
popular and academic journal articles.
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Journal title abbreviations:
| Cardiff
Index to Legal Abbreviations |
Contains the
meanings of abbreviations for English language legal publications,
from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States,
including those covering international and comparative law.
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| Butterworth's Australian
Legal Dictionary |
Held at the Law
Library Information Desk. |
| Osborn's Concise
Law Dictionary |
Held at the Law
Library Information Desk. |
Useful Web Sites
Web site directories | Guide
to using the World Wide Web
Web site directories:
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WorldLII:
Criminal Law
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AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute) subject
category providing links to online indexes, legal commentary,
online journals, and the web sites of criminal law related
treaties and international agreements.
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Australian Bureau of
Statistics
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Australian Bureau of Statistics web site provides a
national statistical service covering new releases each month,
products, services, and information.
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Australian Institute
of Criminology
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Australian Institute of Criminology web site provides news
on conferences & seminars, learning and knowledge development,
publications, reports, research papers, speeches and presentations.
Included are deaths in custody statistics.
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Google
Web Directory: Criminology
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The Google Web Directory provides links to academic papers,
forensic psychology sites, forensic science information and
to web sites of criminology related research institutes and
societies.
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WebLaw: Criminology
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Weblaw is a co-operative subject index to Internet resources
for Australian legal researchers. Covers organisations both
government and non government, international resources, statistics
and criminology publications.
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How do I find case law?
You can find authoritative cases on a subject by searching the
subject indexes in legal encyclopaedia and digests. You can also
search fulltext case law databases using subject keywords or catchwords.
Indexes to case law |
Case law databases
Indexes to case law
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Australian
Digest
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A subject index to Australian reported case law from 1825,
searchable by subject keyword and catchword.
Law Rep Digest KH 51 .A94
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Australian
Legal Monthly Digest
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An updating service to the Australian Digest and the Laws
of Australia, providing subject access to recent Australian
case law.
Law Rep Digest KH 51 .L4
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Case law databases
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AustLII
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Unreported judgments from the Australian Commonwealth, states
and territories, searchable by general keywords.
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Butterworths
Unreported Judgments
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Unreported judgments from the Australian Commonwealth, states
and territories, searchable by Catchwords and general keywords.
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Lawbook
Online Reports
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Online versions of the Commonwealth Law Reports and Federal
Court Reports, searchable by Catchwords and subject keywords.
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Lexis
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Full text case law from Australia, the United States, Canada,
New Zealand, the United Kingdom and other European countries,
searchable by Catchword or subject keyword.
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tasInLaw
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Tasmanian unreported judgments from 1991, with a catchword
index to unreported judgments from 1979-.
Available from the Law Library computers only
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Westlaw
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Full text case law from Australia, the United States,
United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, and other countries,
searchable by Catchword and subject keyword.
Access restrictions
apply.
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How do I find legislation?
Legislation is the general term used to describe laws made by a
Parliament. Legislation exists in a number of forms - Bills, Statutes
or Acts of Parliament and Subordinate or delegated legislation.
You can find legislation on a subject by searching the subject
indexes of legal encyclopaedia and statute annotators. You can also
search fulltext legislation databases by subject keyword.
Indexes to legislation
| Legislation databases
Indexes to legislation
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Indexes to the Legislation of Tasmania
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Includes a subject index to Tasmanian Acts and some subordinate
legislation.
Held at the Law Library Information Desk and at Law Stat
KH 126 .I48
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Wicks' Subject Index to Commonwealth Legislation
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A subject index to Commonwealth Acts and subordinate legislation
currently in force.
Law Stat KH 18 .W5
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Legislation databases
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AustLII
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Acts and subordinate legislation from the Australian Commonwealth,
states and territories, searchable by general keywords.
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Lexis
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Full text legislation from the United States, Canada, the
United Kingdom and other European countries, searchable by
subject keyword.
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SCALEplus
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Legislation from the Commonwealth and non self-governing
Territories (and related materials such as Reserved
Commonwealth Laws, Bills, explanatory memoranda/statements,
tables, indexes). Material is searchable either alphabetically
or numerically.
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Tasmanian Legislation
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A free, publicly-available Web site giving access to current
Tasmanian Acts and subordinate legislation in consolidated
form, searchable by subject keyword.
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Selected full text legislation from the United States, United
Kingdom, European Union, Canada and other countries, searchable
by subject keyword.
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How do I cite and manage my sources?
Below are guides to citation styles and other aspects of
presentation. The citation styles that you use will depend on the
policies of the schools that you are studying in and specific
publications.
The University has a site license for EndNote software, to help
manage your sources when undertaking in-depth research. The Library
provides training in EndNote.
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Legal Referencing (2nd edition)
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Law Res K 114 .S78 2001
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EndNote
7
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Information about Endnote - how to download the software,
filters, connection files, styles and an introductory guide to
using the most basic functions.
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