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The Law Library will be closed from Friday 18 April (Good Friday) up to and including Monday 21 April (Easter Monday).

Overview compulsory reading material - block 5 Check which literature is available digitally Book a librarian Service for law students who are working on their (Master's) thesis or research project

Catalogues & legal search engines

UvA CataloguePlus - (E-)books and (e-)journal (articles) in the UvA collection
WorldCat Discovery - Books and journal articles in the Netherlands and worldwide (see also Borrowing from other libraries)
HeinOnline - Legal research platform
Westlaw - Legal research platform
Other (legal) databases

Journals

Journals (via CataloguePlus)

Research guides

By field of law
By document type: Legal literature / Case law / Legislation and treaties / Official documents
Searching, writing and citing
Watch the Law Library's knowledge clips

Jurbib.nl

The Law Library's blog
•  13 March 2025: Subscribe to Amsterdam Law School's eJournal on SSRN
•  4 Nov 2024: New books on U.S. constitutional law
•  31 Okt 2024: How to find newspaper articles with Nexis Uni
•  2 Aug 2024: Pride Amsterdam 2024: books on LGBTQ+ and law
•  13 March 2024: New encyclopedias and e-books from Elgar