Key Databases

AGIS Plus Text: Attorney General's Information Service Plus Text Full Text
Access to legal journals for Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. Includes all aspects of law.

APA-FT: Australian Public Affairs Full-Text Full Text
Provides online access to full-text articles from nearly 400 journals in the social sciences and humanities from 1995. 
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AustLII: The Australasian Legal Information Institute Selected Full Text
Australian legal materials (including journals) and the decisions of most state courts and tribunals.

BAILII: British and Irish Legal Information Institute Full Text
British and Irish primary legal materials.

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Covers Australian, UK, US and other international jurisdictions.

CCH Online Full Text
Covers taxation law, corporations, torts, the family and trade practices.
CCH Quick Reference Guide (PDF) | CCH Tutorials (Flash Player required)

ComLaw
Contains Commonwealth legislation, regulations, Bills, Explanatory Memorandums and other statutory instruments.
ComLaw Quick Reference Guide (pdf) | ComLaw FAQs

Family & Society PLUS Selected Full Text
Covers research, policy and practice issues about Australian families including child abuse and child protection issues.

Halsbury's Laws of Australia Full Text
An encyclopedia of law which lists the relevant legislation and cases for each subject area.

HeinOnline Full Text
1,200 law journals on all aspects of the environment, history, politics, business, public policy, government, international issues and criminal justice. Check HeinOnline Titles for a full list.
User's Guide (pdf) | Videos and powerpoints

Lawbook Journals Online Full Text
This is a full-text collection of eleven of Lawbook Company's legal journals. Articles are available as PDF page images and start from January 2001. Topics include ADR, business, financial, tax, criminal, environmental & planning, medical, administrative and trade practices law.
Lawbook Quick Guide (PDF)

LAWLINK NSW Full Text
Lawlink NSW is the gateway to the NSW Attorney-General's site. This site contains extensive resources for lawyers and the general public, including court and tribunal decisions.

LegalTrac Selected Full Text
LegalTrac indexes over 800 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. LegalTrac also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.
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LexisNexis AU (formerly Butterworths) Selected Full Text
LexisNexis AU is a collection of Australian legal resources, including reports (NSW Law Reports), research (Australian Current Law, CaseBase and Halsbury's Laws of Australia), and services (Court Forms, Precedents and Pleadings NSW; Local Government Planning & Environment NSW and Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW.)
LexisNexis Quick Reference Guide

LexisNexis Legal Selected Full Text
LexisNexis Legal is a collection of legal resources including case law, legislation, law journals, law reviews and legal reference works. Although there is a bias towards US primary and secondary materials, there is substantial Australian content, as well as materials from the Commonwealth, the United Kingdom and other world sources. Australian Federal and State case law is included, as well as the full-text of selected online journals.
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New South Wales Legislation Full Text
The NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office maintains this authorised government source of legislation. Any amendments of Acts, Regulations, Rules, By-Laws and Environmental Planning Instruments are updated within three working days. There are three databases - 'In Force' (currently in force, including amendments), 'As Made' (as originally made, from 1990) and 'Repealed' (since 2002).
NSW Legislation Website Manual (PDF) | NSW Legislation FAQs

State Legislation Websites Full Text
Authorised sources of legislation and regulations for all Australian States and Territories.

WebLaw
A  subject index to Internet resources for Australian legal researchers.