To find scholarly journal articles, irrespective of which journal they are in, we recommend the following legal, tax and business databases. They include articles from hundreds of journals, and are an efficient and comprehensive way to find articles on your topic.
Legal Journals Index on Westlaw UK - UK & EU articles UniMelb staff & student access)
AGIS (law), ACCOUNT (tax and accounting) and Business Collection on the INFORMIT platform - Australasian articles (UniMelb staff & student access)
These three databases can be searched simultaneously.
Index to Legal Periodicals (on the EBSCO platform) - primarily US, Canadian, UK & Australasian articles (UniMelb staff & student access)
Legaltrac - primarily US, Canadian, UK & Australasian articles (UniMelb staff & student access)
SSRN - includes the Accounting Research Network and the Legal Scholarship Network - global coverage. This is the best database for finding very recent pre-publication articles and book chapters (open access)
In addition, the following specialist tax and business databases provide access to articles in many tax and tax related journals (UniMelb staff & student access):
The IBFD Library Information Portal provides an extensive index to tax journal literature. Some articles are available in full text. The IBFD Library has the largest collection of international tax publications in the world.
Business Source Complete (on the EBSCO platform) includes indexing and abstracts for over 1300 scholarly business journals. Coverage: 1886 to current.
The Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection (on the Proquest Central platform) brings together current news and articles from global scholarly and professional journals, and with other key resources for access to reliable information in this continuously evolving area of study. Coverage:1971 to current.
Tax Justice Network. Analysis of the latest developments in the fight for tax justice written by researchers, advisors and the global network of the Tax Justice Network.