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Legal journal indexes and articles: Canadian indexes

Canadian journal indexes

Index to Canadian Legal Literature (ICLL)

  • 1985 to present. More comprehensive for Canadian material than Legal Source or  LegalTrac, but almost no links to full text, requiring extra steps to find the full text of the article.
  • Available through Westlaw Edge Canada and Lexis+ Canada

Canadian Law Symposia Index

  • Companion source to the Index to Canadian Legal Literature.
  • Lists the contents of collections of papers presented at seminars, continuing legal education workshops, and other legal symposia since January 1986. The authors, titles, and subjects of individual papers are listed, making it possible to locate research papers which are not normally indexed in traditional legal bibliographies.
  • Available through Lexis+

Scott Index to Canadian Legal Periodical Literature

  • 1961 to present. Interface is in French, but much of the content is in English. Select Tous les champs (all fields) from the drop-down menu, rather than the default  Toute la catalogue