Law Reviews

To help facilitate the legal research needs of our patrons, the Texas State Law Library subscribes to over 1,700 law reviews, law journals, and other legal periodicals. A subset of these periodicals are available in our print collection (arranged alphabetically by title in the library mezzanine), but the majority of our subscriptions are available electronically through the HeinOnline Law Journal Library database.

If you are unable to visit the library, we offer a fee-based document delivery service through which you can obtain print or electronic copies of law review articles. Please contact us to request an article through this service.

Some legal periodicals are also available freely online. Please see the On the Web section below.

In Print

To access law reviews, law journals, and other legal periodicals in print, you may explore our collection in person. Periodicals are arranged alphabetically by title in the library mezzanine. To see if we carry a certain periodical, please use our library catalog. To expedite your search, select "periodical title" from the list of search options then enter the title of the periodical in the search box.

Electronic

You have access to over 1,700 legal periodicals through the HeinOnline Law Journal Library. In addition to in-library use, patrons with an iPhone or an iPad who download the HeinOnline app at our library can then continue accessing HeinOnline for 30 days from any location. Check out this fact sheet for more information about the Law Journal Library [PDF], and read more details about using the HeinOnline app in the User's Guide [PDF]!

Locating law review, law journals, and legal periodical articles on the web is not always possible due to copyright restrictions. But certain publications are available if you'd like to try locating an article. Below we highlight some free resources and search strategies to help you locate articles that are available freely online.

Free Full-Text Articles

The Law Commons section of the Digital Commons Network includes open-access scholarly articles published by more than 395 institutions. You can search and browse by institution, topic, publication title, author, and more.  

The Law Review Commons website provides access to over 200 open-access law reviews. You can search for an article in their collection of over 150,000 law review articles. They allow you to browse law reviews by subject matter or by their title.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a search engine that targets academic publications and legal documents. You can use Google Scholar to find academic papers, article pre-prints, and certain legal documents such as published opinions. For more information about the materials available through Google Scholar and for tips on how to formulate a search, see the About Google Scholar page.

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