Guide to Research and Citation for CLELJ Editors

Highlights and links to key databases, provides guides on various legal topics like citation, and the easiest way to find contact information.

Access to high-quality resources from Queen's and many other Ontario university libraries. You can request materials from those other libraries directly in Omni. Physical items can be requested and delivered to Queen’s University Library for pickup. Articles and book chapters can be requested and delivered to your Queen's University email.

Lots of legal materials are not indexed in Omni, but you still have access. For example, if you search an article title in Omni and it doesn't come up, try searching the journal title instead. Also, much of what is contained in databases like Westlaw and Lexis+ will not come up in Omni - you need to search within the database itself.

When materials are not available at Queen's and other Omni partner libraries, you can request them through interlibrary loan.

This chapter of our Legal Research Manual explains how to access English case law on Lexis and Westlaw and gives additional research starting points.

This chapter of our Legal Research Manual explains how to access American case law on Lexis and Westlaw along with additional research startings points.