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Legal research guide: Public Law: Books and journals

Find legislation, case law, key journals and databases, and tips on keeping your research current, in the area of Australian Public Law.

Finding Books

Finding Books:

All of UWA's books, whether print or electronic, can be found via OneSearch.

For books on a topic:

Use  *  to truncate or substitute in keyword searches,
   e.g.: constitution* = constitution, constitutions, constitutional, constitutionality

Use  " "  for phrase searches,
   e.g.: "international law"

To find a known book:

Use  " "  around the title in OneSearch
   e.g.: "Hanks Australian constitutional law"

Recommended article databases

For a full list of databases go to OneSearch > Databases

Check out the OneSearch Guide for more search tips! Most databases also have their own very useful suggestions for searching

For a comprehensive overview of how to search for and where to go to find Books, Journal Articles and other secondary sources, have a look at our Secondary Sources Library Guide

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