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If you’re looking for news articles to use for your assignments or to prepare for classes then you need to use LexisLibrary.

LexisLibrary is primarily a legal database, but don’t be put off by the legal information on there if all you’re interested in is news.

Just click on the News tab along the top and you will be able to search for articles on your topic.

So how do I access LexisLibrary?

Start by logging into Discover, and going to the A-Z link

Click on the Resources tab.

Scroll down the alphabetical list until you find LexisLibrary. Click on the link.

You will need your University User ID and password to login and you will be asked to accept the terms and conditions before you get access to the database (just click on 'Accept')

If you're looking for news articles to use for your assignments or to prepare for classes then you need to use LexisLibrary.

LexisLibrary is primarily a legal database, but don't be put off by the legal information on there if all you're interested in is news.

Just click on the News tab along the top and you will be able to search for articles on your topic.

So how do you access LexisLibrary?

University of Sunderland students and staff may now access Halsbury's Laws of England via LexisLibrary:

Halsbury's Laws of England covers the whole spectrum of English law. It provides the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Written by or in conjunction with leading lawyers, both practitioners and academics, it ensures that users benefit from a wealth of knowledge and experience.

You may search Halsbury's Laws:

or browse the contents from a list:

Halsbury's Laws of England covers every proposition of English law (whether statutory or common law), and is divided into alphabetically arranged titles, making it convenient to use and enabling quick and easy research into any area of law. The text of those titles is supplemented by regularly updated annotations: all primary and secondary legislation, all leading law reports, and many specialist series of case reports are monitored for developments which affect the law set out in Halsbury's Laws.

How to access Halsbury's Laws of England (within LexisLibrary)

1. Start from Discover http://www.library.sunderland.ac.uk/discover   2. Click on “University of Sunderland login”  3. Enter your University username and password 4. Do any search (e.g. “law”) 5. On the right side of the results screen, you will see a box called “Discover Law Resources” – click on the link to “LexisLibrary”          a. If you see the OpenAthens Authentication Point page, click on “Alternative login”          b. Search for “Sunderland”, click on “University of Sunderland”, and click on “Go to the University of Sunderland login page” 6. You will then be pushed through to the LexisLibrary interface

Here's how:

1. Go to Discover from the library homepage and log in with your University username and password

2. Click on the AtoZ link in the top left corner

3. Search for the title of the journal you're interested in, or try a broad search for "law"

Notice how the broad search yields many results!

4. For each title, the information below gives you details about our subscribed access.  See this example for Oxford Journal of Legal Studies.  Each blue link takes you to a site where you can access content from this journal.  Notice that the dates in grey tell you the years that you can access via that route.

So, if you're looking for current content, choose a link that says "to present".  If you're looking for archive content, choose a link with the years you're interested in

5. If you are prompted to log in again on a screen that looks like this:

follow the instructions from point 3 on this post.