What is FIND IT @ DEAKIN?
You will sometimes see a FIND IT @ DEAKIN link when you are searching for journal articles, and the full text is not immediately available.
FIND IT @ DEAKIN will provide you with possible options for locating the full text of the article if it is not available in full text from the database you are using.
Clicking on the FIND IT @ DEAKIN link will provide a link to other databases, to the library website, and other possible sources.
Refer to the ‘Basic Search Tips for Major Legal Databases’ document for a summary of the wildcards and connectors used in popular legal databases.
Databases for finding journal articles
Australian
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AGIS Plus TextAGIS Plus Text, developed in partnership with the Attorney-General's Information Service Australia, is an authoritative collection of legal resources developed for primary legal research in comparative and the study of Commonwealth law.
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Lexis AdvanceLexis Advance contains the full text of Australian cases, journal articles, and online commentaries. Includes, CaseBase case citator, Halsburys Laws of Australia legal encyclopaedia, All England Law Reports, New Zealand Law Reports and the Law0w legislation citator.
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Westlaw AUWestlaw AU includes FirstPoint, The Laws of Australia, Online Commentaries, Thomson legal journals, the Alert24 Current Awareness service, Commonwealth & Federal Law Reports, and Trade Secrets and Privacy Online
International
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Hein OnlineHeinOnline gives access to law journals. The English Reports and the Philip C. Jessup Library, and Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law are also included. Includes four centuries of research covering: History, Law, Political Science, Business, Public Policy, Government, Criminal Justice, Gun Regulation.
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Oxford Journals OnlineThe Oxford Journals Online Collection consists of journals from arts, social science, scientific, technical, medical, professional and humanities disciplines.
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Westlaw UKWestlaw UK provides access to databases of case law, legislation, news, journals, commentary, current awareness alerts and EU legal materials.
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Thomson Reuters WestlawWestlaw contains the full text of cases, legislation and journal articles from a range of jurisdictions. However, coverage is predominantly U.S. and Canada.
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Lexis Advance (US Research System)Lexis Advance (US Research System) contains the full text of cases, legislation and journal articles from a range of jurisdictions, however coverage is predominantly U.S and Canada. Includes the Shepardize case citator.
Indexed by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, Informit's AGIS Plus Text includes over 40 years of authoritative and peer reviewed legal research from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.
Searching filtered AGIS Plus Text content
Check that the Applied Filter is set to AGIS Plus Text, and then search In this topic box at the top of the screen. This will just search for results in the AGIS Plus Text database.
Searching using Informit ADVANCED SEARCH
This way, you can search for AGIS Plus Text content and other indexed content.
Under the Informit top menu, select SEARCH on the Informit home page.
By using Advanced Search, you can search for journal articles using keywords, including an author's name.
You can also specify where in the search results you want the keywords to be located, eg. in the article title, case name or legislation by using the 'Anywhere' drop down box in the ADVANCED SEARCH tab.
To ensure maximum flexibility in your searching, select the Advanced Search option, and use each search box for a separate search term or concept.
See the Search Tips column on the right side of the screen for Boolean Search options. Also note the use of the wildcard * at the end of each term, for words with additional suffixes. For example contract* will also pick up contracts, contracted or contracting. Accept* will also pick up accepts, accepted or accepting. Offer* will also pick up offers, offered, or offering.
AGIS Plus Text results
AGIS Plus Text does not contain every article as full text. Full text articles have a FULL TEXT or PDF/EPUB link at the top or bottom of the record.
If there is no PDF/EPUB link in the record, click on the FIND IT @ DEAKIN link to see possible options for locating the full text.
Here is an example of a result from the search contract* AND accept* AND offer*.
AGIS Plus Text full details
Under each record in your results you will see a link to the ABSTRACT. This gives you additional information relating to the article.
In addition to citation details, the data in the DETAILS field may provide you with:
- References to cases
- References to legislation
- An abstract. This is a brief non-evaluative summary of what the article is about. Reading the abstract can help you to decide whether you want to read the article or not.
- Subject Headings - what the article is about.
AGIS Plus Text Browse Journal Title
You also have an option to Browse directly to Journal Titles. From the Search menu, click on Browse Titles.
OR browse the AGIS Plus Text filtered titles.
AGIS Plus Text Search Help
For more details Search assistance using AGIS Plus Text, go to the Informit Training & Guides section.
Or view the Informit Search Advanced Search Guide (version 2020-01) PDF.