How to browse a journal, using Westlaw

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to browse a journal using Westlaw. It explains how to access journals, search for specific articles or issues, and save articles for later use.

Charlie Brampton
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3 minutes

Westlaw

Navigate to <https://signon.thomsonreuters.com/federation/UKF?entityID=https%3A%2F%2Fidp.brookes.ac.uk%2Fidp%2Fshibboleth&returnto=https%3A%2F%2Fwestlawuk.thomsonreuters.co.uk%2FBrowse%2FHome%2FWestlawUK%3FskipAnonymous%3Dtrue>

Click "Journals" in the blue bar that runs along the top of the screen. Now choose "Publications" from the drop-down.

You'll now see an alphabetical list of all journals on Westlaw. Use the alphabet at the top to jump to journals that begin with that letter.

You'll see a shorter, more manageable list if you click on "abstracted and full text" and then choose "full text only".

Click on the name of a journal to see the articles within it.

If you wish, you can select a specific year. It defaults to showing you all articles, with the most recent at the top.

Click on the name of any article to open it up.

You can save an article for later by clicking on the folder icon down the right hand side.

You can download an article to your device by clicking on the download icon.

Click on the back arrow to return to the list of articles in this journal.