Most users begin their research for law reviews and journals by referring to a legal periodical index. Several of the most commonly used indexes are listed below. The majority of the Law Library's periodicals are shelved on the main floor on ranges 33A - 68A. These periodicals are shelved by classification numbers, which can be ascertained by referring to ATTICUS, the library's online catalog. In most instances, the arrangement of these periodicals is roughly equivalent to their alphabetical title.

LegalTrac. LegalTrac is a CD-Rom service that indexes more than 800 major English-language legal periodicals. This index contains entries from 1980 forward and is updated monthly. Users can search LegalTrac by entering key words that might appear in a record (including an author's name) or by an article's subject. If the message "Journal Available" appears in the upper-right hand corner of the monitor screen when an article's index entry is highlighted, then the publication is held by the Law Library.

The Index to Legal Periodicals. (Ready reference at K 8 .I563.) This print resource indexes law reviews and other legal periodicals; coverage begins in 1888. In addition to containing a subject and a book review index, each volume contains a table of cases and a table of statutes. These two tables refer to legal publications that have dealt to some substantial extent with a particular code section or case. The set receives a new paperback supplement 11 months a year; these supplements cumulate quarterly.

Users should note that both LegalTrac and the Index to Legal Periodicals index a much broader range of articles than are available on either Lexis and Westlaw.

The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals. (Ready reference at K 33 .I38.) This print resource indexes legal periodicals dealing with international and comparative law and the municipal law of countries with a common law basis, excepting the U.S., the U.K., and Commonwealth countries. Indexing, which includes non-English language publications, began in 1960. Subject, book review, and author indexes are provided. The set is updated by quarterly supplements; the final update is a hardbound cumulation.

The Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law. (Ready reference at KF 8 .I58.) This set provides selective indexing of articles in various nonlegal journals and periodicals. It is useful for an interdisciplinary research of legal topics. Coverage begins in 1958.

Legal Resources Index. The Legal Resources Index is available on both Lexis and Westlaw to authorized password holders. This index is an electronic version of the Current Law Index (ready reference at K 33 .C87; the paper set isn't current.) Entries in this online index are drawn from more than 850 law reviews, bar association journals, legal newspaper, and articles of interest to the legal community that appear in general publications. Indexing of articles begins after December 1979. On Westlaw, access this index in the LRI database. On Lexis, choose the LEXREF library and LGLIND file.

Insurance Periodicals Index. The Insurance Periodicals Index , available on Westlaw in the IPI database, contains index entries from more than 35 publications in the fields on insurance and employee benefits.

Lexis and Westlaw provide authorized password holders with online access to the full text of law reviews and legal periodicals. Users who search either system are reminded that the coverage of legal articles is not the same in both systems; Westlaw may contain a journal that Lexis does not, and vice versa. The scope of the coverage of a journal is not always complete; for instance, Lexis' coverage of the Alabama Law Review begins only in 1993.

• The LAWREV library consists of some 200 law reviews. Users who want to search all materials in the LAWREV library should select the ALLREV file.
  
• The ABA library contains various ABA publications, including the ABA Journal.
  
• The LEGNEW library contains the full-text of various legal newspapers, such as the American Lawyer, the Legal Times, and the National Law Journal.
  
• The UKJNL library contains the text of legal journals published in the United Kingdom, including the New Law Journal and the Law Society's Gazette. Users who want to search all materials in the UKJNL library should select the ALLJNL file.
  

• The JLR database contains the full text of articles from law reviews, CLE handbooks, and bar journals.
  
• The TP-CANADA database contains law reviews and other legal publications issued in Canada. Only English-language documents are included in this database.
  
• The LRAC database contains abstracts of law review articles and other scholarly legal works-in-progress. Only works prepared by law professors are included in this database.
  

An increasing number of law reviews are available in full-text format on the Internet. The web page of the University Law Review Project (www.lawreview.org) provides a list of these journals and allows users to search the full text of online articles. Numerous legal and general news sources are also available over the World Wide Web. One list of such sources is available from Findlaw at www.findlaw.com/15reference/.