Lexis+ UK Legal Research: How to use Lexis+ UK: Lexis+ UK Books / Commentary
How to access the Lexis Library database service and use it to find: case law, legislation, journal articles and more. This also includes information about how to access international materials on Lexis Library.
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This covers the main features of the legal database service Lexis+ UK Legal Research.
Recorded August 2023.
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Commentary (books) on Lexis Library
‘Commentary’ (books) on Lexis+ UK Legal Reseach include:
general legal encyclopaedias (e.g. Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia and Halsbury’s Laws of England); and
specialist practitioner texts (e.g. Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law, , Laddie, Prescott & Vitoria: The Modern Law of Copyright and Designs, Macdonald's Immigration Law and Practice).
You can access the relevant search screens by selecting either ‘Books & Journals’ or 'Halsbury's Laws & Stair' (under 'Content', below the main search box on the Home page).
Lexis+ UK Legal Research provides full-text access to legal, tax and accountancy information. This includes many U.K. reported and unreported cases, legislation, and a number of U.K. legal journals. Commentary includes the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia and Halsbury’s Laws of England. In force legislation relating to England and Wales as well as that from the Scottish Parliament is included, but some pre-devolution U.K. legislation applying solely to Scotland is excluded. Material from non-U.K. jurisdictions is available under the ‘International’ tab. The service includes Tax and Accountancy content - sign in to Lexis+ UK and choose the 'Practice Area' tab, then select the Tax or Accounting options.
Strathclyde users must sign in to access many library eResources. Please follow any on-screen instructions and enter University email address and password with multifactor authentication where prompted.