Early British newspapers, such as the London Times or the Observer include much legal information that is useful in research. Many of these printed sources are available on microfilm, and a few are starting to be digitized online. The Library of Congress Periodical Reading Room is a very good place to go for indices to obscure early newspapers, and for many of the microfilm editions of these papers. Check online resources for those newspapers now available online, such as the London Times.Current and historical journals are also very important sources of information.
The earliest American law journals are from the second half of the 19th century, but they are still very valuable as sources of English legal information. Most of the law journals are available in paper format, before 1980, on the first floor of the Law Library, though the collection is incomplete. Microfilm versions of most of the law journals are also available in the Law Library, on the 3rd floor, in Media. The easiest way to search them is through HeinOnline. Non-legal journals should not be neglected. Indices to both of these times of journals are available in the library and online. Most of the legal and non-legal journals are fully searchable online and available from a variety of databases.
