Research help
Need help with your research?
We are here to help you find relevant materials and connect you to any services you may need.
- In-person help: Get help finding print material, articles, DVDs, journals and more.
- Research alerts: Receive customized research information automatically.
- Research tools: Software to assist you with your research.
- Research guides: Use our detailed guides to help you research specific legal topics.
Chat with a librarian
The Research Help Desk on the library’s first floor is available to help you find the law, provide instruction on library resources and assist with legal writing and research.
- For help contact the Research Help Desk at 250-472-5023 or lawref@uvic.ca.
- Or book an appointment with a librarian for in-person help:
The Law Library subscribes to services which provide updates on particular areas of law such as:
Try these programs to lessen your research load:
- Citation manager: Zotero
- A database of bibliographic info, with full text.
- Can export data into your Word footnotes or endnotes.
- Automatically formats data according to the McGill Guide.
- For training contact Michael at mlines@uvic.ca.
- For collecting quotations, making notes: Evernote
- Applications for iPad, iPhone, all browsers and all desktops.
- Synchronization between platforms.
- Easy text formatting.
Consult our research guides to help you with specific legal topics like:
- Aboriginal economic development
- Business law clinic resources
- Citation managers and support software
- Constitutional law in Canada
- Health law
- International law
- Law libraries and resources
- Law reform commissions
- Legal research and writing
- Legal services in Victoria
- Priestly Law Library renovation and renewal