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Printed resources

The LawBod's main collection of Australian law (legislation, cases, journals and texts) is shelved in the Main Reading Room.

Shelfmarks start Cw Austral. (The Cw indicates when a country is a member of The Commonwealth.)

There are also sections for legislation and law reports relating to individual states and territories. These are shelved after the federal collection - and the shelfmarks include abbreviations of the state names eg. Cw Austral NSW 100

Older works (eg superseded editions, early years of law reports) can be found in the secondary collection on the ground floor/Official Papers Floor. Look out for (sec coll) after the shelf mark.

Electronic resources

Westlaw AU

OU members only. Formerly known as Australian Law Online (Legal Online)
LawBod subscribes to The Laws of Australia (encyclopaedia), Law Reports and Australian legal journals from this service.
Lexis®Library

OU members only. To find what resources Lexis offers for particular countries, click the Sources tab on the home page. Then type in name of country in the Find a Source search box to the right of the sources page.
Westlaw

OU members only. From Westlaw UK's home page click on Services (tab on blue line top of page), & on drop down that appears click Westlaw International.
JustCite

OU Members only. Indexes Australian Law Reports and some Australian journals. Where available gives links through to electronic source.
AustLII- Australasian Legal Information Institute
Free resource. Has searchable databases of Australian legislation, treaties and judgments.
You can download a free Austlii App for your iPhone or iPad!
Australian Law: selected websites
Free resource. Subject guide on the National Library of Australia website giving links to free online legal information. Organised into sections for federal and regional jurisdictions.
Weblaw
Free resource. Mediated gateway to internet resources for Australian law selected by Australian law librarians. Organised by subject e.g. constitutional law, health law.