This guide originally prepared by Michelle Penn, Law Library Fellow.
Last updated by Cynthia Condit, July 6, 2019.
Oxford Academic Journals databases contain, as one might expect, a collection of journals published by Oxford University Press. While other databases like HeinOnline also contain extensive journal collections (and obviously has journals that are not published by Oxford), their coverage is not comprehensive, and so Oxford can be a good place to check for secondary sources published by a highly regarded press. Some of the journals available on Oxford that are not currently found in Hein are:
Moreover, HeinOnline may not have comprehensive coverage for many of the Oxford journals that are in Hein (e.g. Hein only has the Journal of European International Law for the years 1990-1997).
Which databases should I search?
Which search should I use?
How to search?