Legal Research

Journal Portal

Have you checked out Jenkins’ Journal Portal lately? The Journal Portal is a great tool to use when you are trying to figure out where a title is available electronically (i.e. Westlaw, Lexis, HeinOnline, etc.). It works well for journals and even many treatises.

Once the portal helps you determine which databases carry the title you want, how do you get access to these databases? Many are available through Jenkins. Call the Jenkins reference desk at 215-574-1505 or email research@jenkinslaw.org. We can check to see if the title is available on your desktop through one of Jenkins’ Member Online Services databases or is included on our Lexis & Westlaw Patron Access stations here at the library. Other databases (as well as Lexis or Westlaw titles outside of the Public Access accounts) can be searched for you by our librarians.

Sometimes titles that come up in the portal might not be part of Jenkins’ collection. Usually this occurs when there is a coverage issue in one of the electronic databases. For example, a particular title might be available in full text for very recent volumes, but only as an abstract for older issues. If your title is only available as an abstract, we can still help you locate and obtain the full text. We have a wonderful Interlibrary Loan Department with staff that work hard to obtain material as quickly as possible.

So search away on the portal, and let us know if there is anything we can do to help you get what you need.

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on September 25, 2008 (boomark / email).