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Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Contents
This is an overview of the features of Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals on the web.
To learn about features not discussed here, and for help and advice specific to your research,
speak to a reference librarian (Jill Fukunaga, Lee Ryan, John Shafer, or Amy
Wright), or call 415.422.6773.
Coverage and Content
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP) on the web covers 1985 to the present.
(IFPL is available in print from 1960 to the present at K 33 .I522 Law Reference.)
IFLP contains
citations to articles, book reviews, essays, etc. published worldwide, in English
and other languages, in law journals and other legal periodicals. It does not
contain the full text of those articles. IFLP covers comparative law, public
international law, private international law, and the "municipal"
law of countries other than the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, and
Australia.
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Access
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals on the web is available to researchers using
workstations in the Zief Law Library or in Kendrick Hall. (The IFLP license
does not permit remote access.)
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Search Options
There are two search options: simple search (the default) and Advanced Search. Choose a search
method, enter your terms, and select "Search" to run your search.
The "Help" button and "How do I…?" pull-down menu
lead to useful documentation.
Simple search allows searching by: keyword ("Anywhere"), subject, title, or author.
Advanced Search adds searching by citation, journal name, and other parameters.
IFLP allows the search "operators" and, or, near, and not.
IFLP keeps a "Search History," so you can return to previous search results. You
can also combine two or more previous searches.
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Display of results
After completing a search, IFLP displays results 10 citations at a time. The "Change Display"
button lets you display up to 100 citations at a time.
The default display shows each article's title, author, journal name, volume, pages and date. The
"Complete Record" button lets you see all of the information about
an article.
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Printing, E-mailing, and Saving
Once you have results, check the boxes next to the article citations you want and select the
Print, Save, or Email icons near the top right-hand portion of the screen.
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Specific Searches Useful for Legal Research or Preemption Checking
Subject Search:
In the simple search mode, enter one or more words, e.g.,
terrorism
aviation
law
Then, select "Subject" from the adjacent pull-down menu.
Key Word Search
In the simple search mode, enter any key words, e.g.,
piracy
child labor
maritime and pollution
derechos humanos
diversite culturelle
Then, select "Anywhere" from the adjacent pull-down menu. (Using languages other
than English will retrieve citations to articles written in those languages.)
Use ? to retrieve plurals (e.g., combatant?). Use * to retrieve all
forms of a word (e.g., discrim*).
You do not need to include accents. IFLP is not case sensitive.
If your search finds useful citations, look at the "Complete Record," note the words
following the "Descriptors" label, and consider using some of them
in a new key word or subject search.
Complex Key Word Searches
Use the "Advanced Search" mode when your issue involves multiple concepts or fact patterns
and when there are synonyms or alternatives for your descriptive key words.
For example, to build an "Advanced Search" to find citations to articles about
family or marriage law in Muslim countries:
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Enter islam* or muslim? in the first "Terms" text box, then select "Terms
anywhere" from the pull-down menu beneath that text box.
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Select the first "AND" radio button.
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Enter famil* or marriage? in the next "Terms" text box, then select "Terms
anywhere" from the pull-down menu beneath that text box.
Author Search
In the simple search mode, enter the author's last name (or last name and first initial, without
commas). Leave hyphens out of hyphenated last names. For example:
mankou
serrano c
louis jacques [for the last name "Louis-Jacques"]
Then, select "Author" from the adjacent pull-down menu.
Case Name Search
In the simple search mode, select "Anywhere" from the pull-down menu and enter,
e.g.,
pinochet
[for one party's name]
forti suarez mason
[for two parties' names, as in the case Forti v. Suarez-Mason]
Be sure to omit any punctuation that appears in a party's name.
Statute or Treaty Name Search
In the simple search mode, enter a descriptive phrase from the statute or treaty name, e.g.,:
torture victim protection act
forced disappearance
Then, select "Anywhere" from the adjacent pull-down menu.
To Search by Jurisdiction
In the simple search mode, include the country/jurisdiction name as part of your search, e.g.,:
money laundering and switzerland
copyright and european union
treaties and usa
(Use "USA" for the United States.)
Then, select "Anywhere" from the adjacent pull-down menu.
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