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Article Databases
Here are a few places you can find articles from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. Remember that you will have to login with your myNOVA username and password to use these resources when off-campus.
- Westlaw Campus Research (Thomson Reuters) This link opens in a new windowWestlaw Campus Research provides access to a wealth of U.S. law sources. Includes access to journals and law reviews, cases, statutes, regulations, and legislative materials. Searchable by keyword, legal citation and document title. Includes KeyCite for updating. (NVCC)
- Legal Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowLaw journals and magazines; includes citations, summaries, and some full text. (VIVA)
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals; does not include the most recent few years. (NVCC)
Law Reviews in Westlaw
Law reviews are journal articles with analysis.
On the Westlaw search page:
- Select Secondary Sources
- Select Law Reviews & Journals
- Select a State or Topic, or type your topic in the search box.
- Select Law Reviews & Journals
Search Tips
Select the most important 2-3 ideas related to your topic. Put the word AND between each new word or idea; this tells the database to look for resources with ALL your terms.
Affordable Care Act AND seniors
Use quotation marks ( " " ) around phrases (two or more words); this tells the database to look for the words in a specific order.
"Affordable Care Act"
Use an asterisk ( * ) to find multiple versions of one word. Using senior* as a search term will include results that refer to senior and seniors.
senior*
Why can't I just use Google?
This video by Yavapai College Library in Prescott, Arizona demonstrates the different types of information found in Google versus library databases.
Click the 
icon located in the bottom right corner to watch the video in fullscreen mode.