Law Library Research Guide:
Journal Databases
Law Library Guides
- Business Law
- Corporate & Securities Law
- Environmental Law
- Federal Legislative History
- Federal Primary Materials
- Federal Regulatory Law
- Federal Taxes
- Forms and Drafting Resources
- Homeland Security
- Intellectual Property
- International Law
- Journal Databases
- Labor and Employment Law
- Law and Economics
- Legal History
- Litigation
- Newspapers, Magazines, and Other News Sources
- Scholarly Writing
- Virginia Legal Materials
 |
Indicates that legal journals are included in the database |
Off-campus access for most of these databases requires that you enter your GMU email login and password. Many of these services will let you email a Table of Contents to yourself or set-up an RSS feed.
For a complete list of indivdual titles held by the university libraries, see GMU E-Journal Finder.
For a complete list of university databases, see GMU Libraries Database Portal.
General Academic Interest
Academic OneFile
Coverage: varies
Contains over 9,000 titles, of which nearly 7,000 are refereed or scholarly journals. Articles from these journals usually are available in HTML and PDF. This collection includes full-text of the New York Times from 1995 and full-text of the Financial Times and Times of London from 1985. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC.
Blackwell-Synergy Journals
Coverage: 1997 to present
Provides online access to all journals published by the Blackwell Publishing. Journals cover all disciplines, including the fields of arts and humanities, business and economics, engineering, law, medicine, social sciences, sciences, and technology.
Cambridge Journals Online
Coverage: varies
Over 125 specialized journals from renowned research societies and associations in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Coverage varies by journal title, with the earliest starting in 1997.
General OneFile
Coverage: 1980-present
Full text. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile. Updated daily. Covers a wide range of topics including business, computers, current events, economics, education, health care, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, and many general interest topics.
General Reference Center Gold
Coverage: 1980-present
General interest and business topics. Includes 1100 journals, 700 full-text periodicals; 15 full-text reference books; thousands of Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service articles and more. For a general audience.
Google Scholar 
Coverage: varies
Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Provides links to materials freely available on the web as well as well as links to the GMU Catalog and databases. Click on "Scholar Preferences" to configure links to your library.
Ingenta
Coverage: 1988-present
A database of current article information taken from over 25,000 multidisciplinary journals. Contains brief descriptive information for over 7 million articles. Document delivery is available for an add-on charge. Previously called Uncover.
JSTOR
Coverage: varies
The complete text (full backruns) of core scholarly journals in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies and Sociology.
Oxford University Press Journals
Coverage: varies
Over 100 periodical titles in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. The full text is generally available for the past several years, though abstracts of articles date back additional years.
Project MUSE
Coverage: varies
Offers 250 journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers. One of the academic community's primary electronic journals resources, it covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, and others
Springer LINK
Coverage: varies
Provides online access (searching and browsing) to over 480 journals and two book series (Lecture Notes in Computer Science and Topics in Current Chemistry) published by Springer and its partners. LINK is divided into "Online Libraries" by subject.
Arts & Humanities
Art Full Text (by Wilson)
Coverage: 1984-present
Indexes and abstracts articles in periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins on art subjects and indexes reproductions of works. Full text available for selected journals from 1997 to present
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Coverage: 1980-present; Also available as AH Search
A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. Indexes 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Coverage: 1934 - current, with selective coverage back to 1741 updated weekly
Provides a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, including the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. It contains more than 440,000 entries from over 700 U.S. and international journals.
Bibliography of the History of Art
Coverage: 1973-present; updated quarterly
Covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present, indexing and abstracting art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from 1,400 journals. Records feature detailed abstracts in English or French.
Communication & Mass Media
Coverage: 1915-present
Provides indexing and abstracting for over 400 journals related to communication and mass media studies. Includes full text for 230 of the journals.
Film Indexes Online
Coverage: 1900-present
Single interface allows access and cross-searching of the American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog, Film Index International (from the British Film Institute), and FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals (from the International Federation of Film Archives). AFI Catalog indexes films released from 1893-1971. Film Index International indexes films released from 1900-present. And FIAF covers journals from 1972-present.
Business and Economics
Accounting and Tax with Standards
Coverage: 1972-present
This product merges full-text accounting and taxaction journals with standards from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). It covers accounting policies, state & national tax legislation, corporate taxation, and other topics (e.g. auditing, pension plans, etc.). Search journals and standards together. Browse standards, guides and interpretations.
Business & Company Resource Center
Coverage: current
Includes more than 300 full text business journals, more than 300,000 company profiles, investment reports, Thomson Financial content, Investext Select reports, and indexing and abstracting for more than 1,000 titles.
Business Index ASAP
Coverage: 1980-present
2.9 million articles; Source types include: Full text (460) business and management journals; trade/industry publications; and national business magazines. Also includes most recent 6 months of business & finance sections of Wall Street Journal.
CCH Business & Finance Library
Coverage: varies
Contains the current, full-text of a number of CCH services in the following subject areas: Securities, Exchanges and SROs, Corporate Governance, Investment Management, Mergers& Acquisitions, International Business, Banking, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property & Information Technology, Products, Liability and Safety, Government Contracts, Federal Energy Guidelines, and Transportation Law.
Note: each time you enter the CCH site, you will be required to enter an email address in order to access this service; you also must log-off before you can access the other CCH Library.
EconLit
Coverage: 1969-present
Updated monthly; Indexes and abstracts 400 journals as well as working papers, dissertations and books. Produced by the Journal of Economic Literature.
Emerald Intelligence + Full Text
Coverage: 1989-present
Consists of over 130 full-text management journals, dealing with every aspect of management. These journals, from the MCB University Press, contain more than 25,000 articles dating fom 1989 to the present.
Law & Criminal Justice
BNA Libraries
Coverage: varies
Covers a wide range of legal subjects, including: business law, criminal law, environmental law, labor law, intellectual property, professional ethics, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The Law Library subscribes to ALL BNA databases.
Berkley Electronic Press ( Bepress)
Coverage: varies
This series began publication in late 2000 and includes full-text journals in law, economics, political science, health and medicine, and science and technology. Legal titles include Global Jurist and The Journals of Legal Scholarship. This publisher also provides access to working papers, preprints, and newsletters.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Coverage: 1991-
Full text of more than 400 working papers, 40 conference proceedings, and 10 books annually, as well as abstracts from leading international relations research journals, brief reports, monthly statistics and maps.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Coverage: 1968-present
Provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and unparalleled access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies.
Criminal Justice Periodical Index
Coverage: 1981-present
Comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.
Hein OnLine
Coverage: varies
A constantly growing collection of legal periodicals that currently includes over 1000 full-text journals.
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
Coverage: 1908-Present, updated monthly, 620 periodicals covered
Legal Trac
Coverage: varies; part of InfoTrac OneFile
Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac™ provides indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.
Medicine and Health Sciences
CCH Health & Human Resources Library
Coverage: varies
Contains the current, full-text of a number of CCH services in the following subject areas: Human Resources Management, Payroll Benefits, Pensions, Labor and Employment Law, Safety/OSHA, Health Care Reimbursement (Medicare and Medicaid), Health Care Compliance, and Food, Drugs, & Devices.
Note: each time you enter the CCH site, you will be required to enter an email address in order to access this library; you also must log-off before you can access the other CCH Library.
Journals@Ovid Full Text
Coverage: varies
Hundreds of full text scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies. Includes New England Journal of Medicine, 1/1/1993 to present.
PsycArticles
Coverage: varies
Definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed, scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. Contains 59 journals – 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations.
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Coverage: varies
Public Library of Science (PLoS) is an open access publisher of two online full-text peer-reviewed journals: PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine publishing research articles in all areas of biology and medicine.
PubMed
Coverage: 1950-Present
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
PubMed Central
Coverage: mid- to late-1800s or early 1900s for some journals to Present.
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Philosophy
Philosopher's Index
Coverage: 1940-present
Indexes and abstracts books and 400 journals in philosophy.
Social Sciences
America: History and Life
Coverage: 1964-present
With full-text links to JSTOR. Provides English language abstracts of scholarly literature (journal articles, articles in collections, dissertations, book and media reviews) on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada.
AnthroSource
Coverage: varies
Developed by the American Anthropological Association and the University of California Press, AnthroSource is a digital archive of all AAA journals, newsletters, & bulletins. Current issues of 15 publications are available from AnthroSource, and earlier issues of 5 journals are available through JSTOR. Additional content is added constantly-both current & earlier issues of publications. Subject covered include archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, linguistics.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Coverage: 1992-present
Covers 600 periodicals, updated bi-weekly. Provides global information on women. Journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, along with fact sheets.
GenderWatch
Coverage: 1974-present
A full text database containing periodicals, academic journals, newsletters, magazines, regional publications and government reports focused on women's issues.
Index Islamicus
Coverage: 1906 - present
Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Includes written about the Middle East, as well as works on main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. Over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed at the article and chapter level. Updated annually.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Coverage: 1980-present
Social Services Abstracts
Coverage: 1980-present
Coverage of current research on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Over 1,600 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
Sociological Abstracts
Coverage: 1963-present
The premier online resource for researchers, professionals, and students in sociology and related disciplines. Contains citations and abstracts from over 2000 journals.
Science, Math, Engineering and Technology
ACM - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library
Coverage: varies
Citations and full-text articles in the area of computing and information technologies from journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the ACM, one of the world's largest computing societies.
ACS Publications
Coverage: varies
Includes full-text from all 34 American Chemical Society publications, from the broad coverage journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society to the specialist journals such as Environmental Science and Technology.
ASCE Civil Engineering Database
Coverage: 1970-present
American Institute of Physics Journals
Coverage: varies
Includes full-text access to select AIP journals that deal with physics, mathematics, and chemistry, to which George Mason subscribes.
American Mathematical Society (AMS) Journals
Coverage: varies
Full-text access to all 8 journals published by the AMS.
American Physical Society (APS) Journals
Coverage: varies
Includes full-text access to all eight journals of the APS, including Physical Review (Parts A-E), Physical Review Letters, and Reviews of Modern Physics.
Biological Abstracts
Coverage: 1969-present
Biological Abstracts, also know as BIOSIS, is the world's most comprehensive reference database in the life sciences. It covers articles from over 7,000 journals, as well as original research reports and reviews, letters, and technical data reports.
IEEE/IEE Electronic Library
Coverage: 1988-present
Provides full-text access to all journals, transactions and conference proceedings published by the electrical engineering organizations IEEE and IEE.
INSPEC
Coverage: 1969-present
Scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology
Institute of Physics Journals
Coverage: varies
Includes full-text access to select IoP journals to which George Mason subscribes. Abstracts are available for all other journals.
Journals@Ovid Full Text
Coverage: varies
Hundreds of full text scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies.
Nature
Coverage: 1997-present
Provides full-text, archived access to 15 Nature Publishing Group journals, along with access to the current issues of several other NPG titles.
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Coverage: varies
Public Library of Science (PLoS) is an open access publisher of two online full-text peer-reviewed journals: PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicinepublishing research articles in all areas of biology and medicine.
Science Citation Index Expanded
Coverage: 1980-present
Over 17 million articles, 17,000 added per week.
A multidisciplinary database with searchable author abstracts for over 70% of the articles, covering the journal literature of the sciences. Over 5,000 major journals are indexed across 160+ disciplines.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Coverage: varies
Provides online access (searching and browsing) to over 1600 journals published by Elsevier and its partners. Journals are available for most disciplines, including science, medicine, economics and the social sciences.
SPIN Web
Coverage: varies
Provided by the American Institute of Physics. The SPIN database (Searchable Physics Information Notices) provides the most current indexing and abstracting of major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals.
Web of Science
Coverage: varies
Consists of the three multidisciplinary Citation Indexes covering the fields of science, social sciences and arts & humanities. It has citations and searchable author abstracts covering more than 8,570 journals.