Hi! This page highlights some of the legal information resources you may find useful in WGST. Please also see our main LibGuide for Legal Resources here .
The CanLII database will often be your first (and possibly last) stop for Canadian legal cases, legislation, and commentary. Best of all - it is FREE!
Pay special attention to the 3 different search boxes in CanLII and plan your search accordingly.
Need help searching in CanLII? Not sure which box to use? No problem! See their help page .
SEARCHING FOR LEGAL INFO
How to find legal cases by name : This excellent LibGuide from SFU teaches you how to read a legal citation and provides an example of searching in CanLII by case name (please note that we do not have subscriptions to some of the other resources SFU highlights). It also explains "noting up" a case so you can see similar cases.
Finding legal cases by topic : This one teaches you how to search in CanLII using keyword searches for different topics. Again, we do not have access to all of the resources they do. To see if we have a particular database other than CanLII, go to the A to Z listing.
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HeinOnline Academic HeinOnline Canada is a fully-searchable, image-based government document and legal research database with a focus on the Canadian context. Also includes many U.S. resources.
Curio.ca Access content from CBC and Radio-Canada. Documentaries from television and radio, news reports, archival material, stock shots and more. Programs include Doc Zone, The Fifth Estate, News in Review, and The Passionate Eye.
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Maclean's Magazine Archive Full-text access to Maclean's from 1905 to 2015 featuring cover-to-cover scans of the originally published content. Includes popular news coverage of Canadian legal cases and legislation.
Nexis Uni Includes Canadian and US legal information, as well as some international legal information.
WorldLII (legal information institute) is a free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility. This database includes content from following Legal Information Institutes: AustLII; BAILII; CanLII; HKLII; LII (Cornell); and PacLII.
Paula is a BIG FAN of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Library's legal resources LibGuides. Why re-invent the wheel? Here are a few that may be useful to you:
CITATIONS
Citing Canadian Gov Docs & Legal Resources in MLA
Citing Canadian Gov Docs & Legal Resources in Chicago
Citing Canadian Gov Docs & Legal Resources in APA
Looking for Treaty Information? See UBC's LibGuide !
Other Relevant U of L Resources:
Writing Centre Appointments
Writing, Research & Citing Guides (first column of guides)
Legal Resources Guide
Government Documents Guide
Numeric Data & Statistics Guide
Newspaper Collections Guide