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Westlaw: How to use Westlaw: Home
How to access the Westlaw 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 Westlaw.
Westlaw provides full-text access to a variety of legal information, including many UK cases, UK and Scottish legislation, a number of UK legal journals and EU materials. Westlaw's Journals search provides abstracts from articles from UK-published journals, including articles not available in full-text on Westlaw. Non-UK material is available by selecting 'International' from the Region drop-down menu at the top of the home page.
Use your University DS login.
When accessing the new Westlaw UK platform for the first time you will additionally be required to provide name and email. Please enter your University of Strathclyde email address. Thomson Reuter’s privacy statement is available via a link at the bottom of this 'Add personal information' page.
On Thomson Reuters Westlaw Edge™, you can search for documents by either typing a Boolean Terms and
Connectors query or typing a plain language query in the search bar at the top of any page. Westlaw Edge recognizes whichever search format you use.
The Thomson Reuters Student Legal Representative for the University can offer students:
Guidance on any issues experienced when using Westlaw and Practical Law;
Westlaw Clinics, fun workshops where students will be able to participate in quizzes and tasks to help get to grips with Westlaw and Practical Law; and
Certified Training Courses for the use of Westlaw.
To find out more and to contact the Student Legal Representative visit the Facebook page: