This guide offers an overview of core resources, including key legal databases, research strategies, and where to begin with case law, legislation, and secondary sources. You'll also find direct access to databases and links to specialized guides for more
CanLII - Case law, legislation, and a growing collection of secondary sources (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
HeinOnline - Annual statutes, revised statutes, provincial statutes, Supreme Court Reports, and a collection of over 2,700 law and law-related periodicals.
Lexis Advance Quicklaw - (use VPN for off-campus access). Lexis Advance Quicklaw is a legal database that offers comprehensive coverage of Canadian, international, and foreign materials (US, UK, Australia). Quicklaw gives access to Canadian, US, UK, and European case law, Canadian administrative tribunal decisions, QuickCITE case citator, Canada Digest, legal encyclopedias (Halsbury's Laws of Canada, Jurisclasseur Quebec, Halsbury's Laws of England), legislation, Index to Canadian Legal Literature, full-text of main Canadian legal journals, and more.
WestlawNext Canada - WestlawNext Canada is a legal database that provides extensive coverage of US and Canadian, and some international and foreign materials (UK, Australia). Westlaw Canada offers access to Canadian, US, and UK case law, the Canadian Abridgment Case Digests, the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (C.E.D.), Index to Canadian Legal Literature, select Legal Pleadings, and more.
