{"id":29,"date":"2020-09-08T09:09:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T09:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2023-03-27T14:00:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T14:00:51","slug":"electronic-law-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/electronic-law-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic law library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/\">LibrarySearch<\/a> you can cross-search a broad range of library resources from a single interface. However, the specialist nature of legal databases means some key sources are not fully covered by LibrarySearch, so we recommend you search them directly for comprehensive legal research.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the links below for details of the legal databases we subscribe to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/find-legal-information#key-database-for-uk-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Key databases for UK law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/find-legal-information#international-and-other-jurisdictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Law and law from other jurisdictions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/find-legal-information#specialist-subject-legal-databases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Specialist subject legal databases<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/find-legal-information#commentrary-on-legal-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Searching for commentary on legal topics<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Get certified as a legal researcher<\/h2>\n<p>Test your legal search skills and get a certificate from the key legal databases by following the links below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmarker.com\/online-test\/start\/?quiz=grb617aadf5a9db3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VlexJustis Proficiency Test<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.co.uk\/students\/law\/lexis-library\/certification?utm_source=All%20Subscribers&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=https%3a%2f%2fwww.lexisnexis.co.uk%2fstudents%2flaw%2flexis-library%2fcertification&amp;utm_campaign=102339_EM_3_Academic+Student+Hub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LexisLibrary Legal Research Certification<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.co.uk\/en\/products-services\/uk-law-student\/get-certified-westlaw-uk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Westlaw UK Certification<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Westlaw Student Rep<\/h2>\n<p>The University of Kent has a dedicated Westlaw Student Rep, Sharon Abraham, who can help you make the most out of using Westlaw. You can get in touch via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trfll_kent\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trfll_kent\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With\u00a0LibrarySearch you can cross-search a broad range of library resources from a single interface. However, the specialist nature of legal databases means some key sources &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/electronic-law-library\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lawlinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}