LibGuides: Researching Tanzanian 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 African 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 and news services may be extremely helpful when researching Tanzanian legal 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 English language newspapers and news sources in Tanzania are:

allAfrica.com: Tanzania

Arusha Times (also in Access World News, 03/2008-Current and LexisNexis, January 2010-Current)

Business Times

The Citizen (also in LexisNexis, January 2010-Current)

Daily News (also limited coverage in Access World News)

IPP Media

This Day

The regional Kenya-based weekly publication, The East African, also contains news about Tanzania.

Additional websites that contain news about Tanzania are listed under the "Web Resources" tab.

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.

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 contains a small collection of documents, historical texts, and commentary related to Tanzania, as well as a bibliography.

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 "Middle East & Africa," then "Middle East & Africa News." The "Arusha Times" database is available (2010-current) under an alphabetical list of publications. Under the "Legal" tab, choose "Find Laws By Country or Region," then "Tanzania" for access to several tax-related publications.
Westlaw
For law school subscribers, in WestlawNext, go to "International Materials," then "International News," then "Africa" for a variety of African- and Tanzania-related news.

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 Africa, see the Loyola Libraries research page for "Black World 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.
Black Studies Center: International Index to Black Periodicals
Part of the Proquest Black Studies Center database, the International Index to Black Periodicals includes "current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean, and full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals."
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 40 publications that specifically focus on topics related to African Studies.
Medline
Medline is a large database (1950-forward) with international coverage of medical literature, including African publications.
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 African 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.

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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.