Research Guides: Legal Research: Legal Articles (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)

Focused Database Searching

Need articles on legal topics? Try searching these law-focused databases.

Michigan Bar Journal
News and Information from the State Bar of Michigan, which articles available for free from 2000 to current.
Michigan Lawyers Weekly (Gale)
Covers Michigan legal news, appellate decisions, verdict and settlement reports, passed and pending legislation, and other topics of interest.
Law Review Commons
The Law Review Commons brings together a growing collection of law reviews and legal journals in an easily browsable and searchable format. It contains both current issues and archival content spanning over 100 years. All Law Review Commons publications are made freely available online and access includes many of the leading U.S. law reviews—such as the California Law Review and the Duke Law Journal.

Law Journal Library (HeinOnline) This link opens in a new window
This database includes more than 2,800 law and law-related periodicals featuring subjects such as criminal justice, political science, technology, human rights, and more.
Legal Information Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds, including exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal forms.
Legal Source This link opens in a new window
Providing full-text coverage of the world's most respected scholarly law journals, Legal Source is the authoritative source for information on current issues, studies and trends in the legal world.