Finding legal commentary

Use Quickfind to find electronic and hard-copy books for your research.

Tip:  Look at Subject Field in the record for more books in the same area of research

CCH iKnowConnect 

Use the side menu to select your practice area or locate a Master Guide. You can use the search box at the top of the page, for example type "fair work act" "leave entitlements" > run search & view the results > select a heading to view the paragraph. Use the filters on the left side of screen to further refine your results according to e.g., practice area or content type. 

Westlaw AU

Note: To retrieve more relevant results, you can also search within a specific commentary title.

Tip: You can also browse the Table of Contents for a commentary by using the headings on the left-hand side. E.g. select Chapter 14 Sentencing from the menu to view the contents of that chapter.

Lexis Advance Pacific provides a range of commentaries, including:

• Australian Corporation Law Principles and Practice
• Cross on Evidence
• Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW
• Australian Family Law

Tip: You can also search the commentary by selecting Search from the left-hand side of the Table of Contents page.

AGIS (Attorney-General's Information Service)

Note: AGIS is an index of articles - you are not searching full-text articles

Tip: Always check the help section before using a new database to find out the correct way to enter your keywords.  Go to tab Display Fields at the Top and select Complete - you will then see the full record. Easy way of finding legislation and commentary

Tip: If an article isn't available in full-text, use QUT Fulltext Finder.

Westlaw AU

Note: You are searching full-text articles in Westlaw AU, so you may need to limit your search by adding more keywords or restricting the date range if you get too many results.

Articles about cases, or case notes, are generally shorter than scholarly articles, and can help by providing analysis of the key aspects of a case. There are many ways to find articles about cases, the resources below are just a starting point.

CaseBase

In the Citation box type 201 clr 414 > Scroll down to the section Journal articles referring to this case.

AustLII

Select Advanced Search > In the Search Query box type "201 clr 414" or "2000 hca 15" > Under 'Databases to search' select All Journal Databases > View results

Note: It is important to search for both medium neutral and reported citations in AustLII as the reported citation may not always be included in records.

Tip: Use the Library Catalogue to find full-text of any articles not available from a particular database.