Civil Rights Law Research Guide

Lexis Advance and WestlawNext (password required)

• Both databases include full-text articles for many, but not all, American law reviews. Coverage is selective and is most often limited to articles no older than 1980. Many titles, particularly specialized journals, include only articles published within the last several years. For older issues, see HeinOnline. 

HeinOnline

• The best source for pre-1980 law journal articles not available on Lexis or Westlaw. For each journal included, coverage starts with volume one. View or download scans of original articles in PDF format. (Accessible anywhere on campus, or off campus through W&L proxy login.)
• Browse all civil rights journals in HeinOnline.

Index to Legal Periodicals

• Coverage includes 800+ legal periodicals, law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, government publications and books, (dates of coverage vary but begin no earlier than 1980 for periodicals and 1993 for books).  Contains some full text.  

The Law Library Periodical Finder is a tool to identify which library database contains the full text of a specific journal or article.