LibGuides: Researching Vietnamese Law in English: 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 Asian 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 Vietnamese 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. Note that there is an Asian edition of the Wall Street Journal (Wall Street Journal Asia), which is published in Hong Kong Monday through Friday. The text of the aforementioned is available in LexisNexis.

English language newspapers in Vietnam are:

Nhan Dan (the Central Organ of the Communist Party of Vietnam)

Viet Nam News (Vietnam News Agency)

Saigon Times (text in Access World News, Westlaw)

Dissertations & Theses

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.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)

Subscription Databases (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.

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.
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 small collection of documents, historical texts, and commentary related to Vietnam.

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981
Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective 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 once you have ascertained the citations for articles relevant to your research, you can search for the full text in another database, such as HeinOnline's Law Journal Library, or in print.
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 News & Business tab in Lexis.com, choose "Country & Region (excluding U.S)," then "Asia Pacific." Access to the "Wall Street Journal Asia" database is available within the "News" link, then "Individual Publications."
Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digest (via LexisNexis)
This database provides summaries of statutory law for more than 80 countries. Legal scholars and attorneys with specific country expertise revise each entry annually. The entry on Vietnam includes summaries of business, employment, family, and intellectual property law.
WestlawNext
In WestlawNext, click on "International Materials" then "All Other International Materials" then Vietnam.

Subscription Databases (Non-Law)

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

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.
Academic Search Complete
This is a popular interdiscliplinary database that indexes over 8,000 publications--the majority of which are available in full text.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
According to the database description, the Bibliography of Asian Studies,contains over 700,000 records "on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present." Materials referenced in the database are primarily in Western languages.
Business Source Complete
This is a database of business and financial literature that includes the full texts of more than 2,300 journals. The database also includes company and country profiles.
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.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a popular interdisciplinary database with scanned images of academic journals. JSTOR includes over 30 publications that specifically focus on topics related to Asian Studies.
Medline
Medline is a large database (1950-forward) with international coverage of medical literature, including Asian 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 Vietnam, choose one of the categories under "Countries and Consumers," and then a specific area of interest. Then choose "Vietnam" 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. The database includes publications that focus on topics related to Asian Studies.
Sociological Abstracts
This database with international coverage provides citations to scholarly literature in sociology and related disciplines, including criminology and law.
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.

Subject Guide

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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.

PowerPoint Presentations

The following PowerPoint presentation was prepared for the LUC Law School course, "Comparative Law Seminar: Vietnam."

Researching Vietnamese Legal Topics (2010)