LibGuides: Researching Chilean Law: Databases

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The Loyola Law Library and the Loyola Libraries system subscribe to a number of commercial databases that offer coverage of Latin American countries. These databases are listed below, and at right. Loyola users will need to submit their user IDs and passwords to gain access to these resources from off campus.

Newspapers

Newspapers may be extremely helpful when researching Chilean law topics. Westlaw and LexisNexis both have good coverage of U.S., international, and foreign newspapers. See also the subscription Access World News and Factiva databases for full-text access to newspapers.

Major newspapers in Chile are:

El Mercurio (coverage in LexisNexis, Westlaw, Access World News, Factiva)

La Nación (coverage in Factiva)

La Tercera (coverage in Factiva)

A historical archive of English and Spanish-language newspapers published in Latin America is also available through the World Newspaper Archive. Back issues of El Mercurio are available in the Archive with coverage from 1914-1922.

Readex: World Newspaper Archive: Latin American Newspapers

Dissertations & Theses

Dissertations & Theses (Proquest)

Often overlooked by academic legal researchers, dissertations and theses contain exhaustive research and extensive bibliographies. The Proquest Dissertations & Theses database currently includes citations to over two million dissertations and theses from 1861 forward, and full-text access to over one million of these citations The database's coverage is global, with numerous law-related papers available to download in PDF format. Searches may be conducted in various fields, such as title, author, citation and abstract, and degree awarded.

Subscription Databases (Law)

Bloomberg BNA Electronic Newsletters
The Law Library currently has subscriptions to the full set of Bloomberg BNA newsletters. Many of the newsletters have international coverage. These are available only to members of the Loyola Chicago community who may register to receive these publications electronically. These newsletters are also available in Bloomberg Law.

Most of the law-related databases listed below are available through the Law Library's website via the "Subscription Databases" link. Note that the Bloomberg BNA subscription databases are available to the LUC community only.

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text (Ebsco)
This database offers abstracting of over 200 criminal justice publications, as well as the full texts. Some monographs are also included, and the coverage is international.
Foreign Law Guide: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World
This title has been a staple in the area of foreign legal research for more than a decade. Included are brief overviews of the legal systems of over 170 jurisdctions, as well as lists of each jurisdiction's codes, court reports, and other significant legal literature.

HeinOnline
HeinOnline contains scanned images of U.S. and some foreign law reviews and journals back to their inception. Hein's "World Constitutions Illustrated" database also includes a collection of historical documents and texts related to Chile, as well as a bibliography.

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981
This H.W. Wilson database provides citations to articles from over 750 law journals, legal newspapers, and bar association journals, covering the years 1908 through 1981. Full text is not included, but the complete articles may be available via another Loyola database, such as HeinOnline.
KluwerArbitration
According to the publisher, KluwerArbitration is the "world's leading online resource for international commercial arbitration research." The source provides access to an extensive collection of primary materials, as well as secondary resources, including the journals Arbitration International and the Journal of International Arbitration.
LegalTrac
LegalTrac indexes both U.S. and some foreign legal periodicals, although full texts of the articles are not always provided.
LexisNexis
For law school subscribers, under the Legal tab in Lexis.com, go to "Area of Law-By Topic," and then "Foreign Laws & Legal Sources," then Chile. Under the News & Business tab, choose "Country & Region (excluding U.S)," then "Americas (excluding U.S.)" The "Esmerk Chile News" database provides English translations of business-related articles from the Chilean press.
TradeLawGuide
TradeLawGuide is a comprehensive World Trade Organization law database that allows users to search across PDF files of official awards, decisions and other WTO documents. TradeLawGuide also ‘notes up’ WTO decisions by tracking how subsequent WTO reports, awards and decisions have considered specific passages in WTO jurisprudence. The database features a citator that collects all jurisprudence under a treaty provision for the WTO system. TradeLawGuide also offers treaty interpretation and other tools. Click on “Subscriber Login” in the upper-right corner of the welcome screen to access the database.
Westlaw
For law school subscribers, in WestlawNext, go to "News" then "International" then "Latin America" then Chile. There are English language summaries available from El Diario.
World Constitutions Illustrated: Contemporary & Historical Documents & Resources (HeinOnline)
Although this database focuses on links to the texts of foreign constitutions, the texts of monographs, relevant law review articles, and historical documents are also included. Chilean materials in the database, for example, include the full text of "A History of Chile" (Hancock, 1893) and "Argentina, Brazil, and Chile since Independence" (Rippy, et al., 1935). A bibliography on the Chilean constitution is also presented, as well as links to articles in HeinOnline that focus on Chile.

Subscription Databases (Non-Law)

ABI/Inform Global
International in scope, ABI/Inform Global is a searchable database of business journals, online business news, and financial newspapers. The database currently covers over 3,000 publications, with more than 2,000 available in full text.

For a complete list of interdisciplinary databases with coverage of Latin America, see the Loyola Libraries research page for "Latin American Studies."

Academic Search Complete
This is a popular interdiscliplinary database that indexes over 8,000 publications--the majority of which are available in full text.
Business Source Complete
This database includes the full texts of over 2,150 journals that collectively cover all business disciplines, as well as economics. Detailed country and company profiles are also offered. Coverage is international.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
CIAO is a comprehensive database on international affairs that includes full-text access to working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), as well as conference proceedings, books, journals, and policy briefs.
EconLit
EconLit is a database of journals, books, and working papers in the field of Economics. Coverage is international.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI Online)
According to the database description, HAPI Online contains "authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States." The database is primarily an index (over 500 publications are included), but links to full text are provided when available.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a popular interdisciplinary database with scanned images of academic journals. JSTOR includes a number of publications that specifically focus on topics related to Latin American Studies.
Medline
Medline is a large database (1950-forward) with international coverage of medical literature, including Spanish-language Chilean publications.
Passport GMID
Euromonitor International's Global Market Information Database provides comprehensive global business intelligence on industries, countries, and consumers. For specific country information on Chile, choose one of the categories under "Economies and Consumers," and then a specific area of interest. Then choose "Chile" under one of the pull down menus for specific countries.
Project MUSE
Project Muse is an interdisciplinary database of over 200 full-text academic journals.
Women's Studies International
This interdisciplinary database covers major areas within the general topic of Women's Studies, including sociology, history, political science and economics, public policy, international relations, arts and humanities, business, and education. Over 2,000 periodicals are indexed, covering 1972 to present, although no full text is provided.
WorldWide Political Science Abstracts
This database offers citations, abstracts, and indexing of political science literature, and related fields. Coverage is international.

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PowerPoint Presentations

Posted above is a PowerPoint presentation that was prepared for the LUC Law School course, "Comparative Law Seminar: Legal Systems in the Americas."

Print Research Guide

Researching Foreign, Comparative, and International Law at the LUC Law Library
Prepared in Summer 2009, updated in February 2012

Prepared in the summer of 2009, updated in February 2012, this 23-page guide offers instructions and tips on how to research foreign, comparative, and international law at the LUC Law Library. The annotated guide lists print reference sources, subscription databases, free websites, and current awareness sources that may be useful when approaching foreign, comparative and international law questions.