Students and staff at Erasmus University have access to many resources like articles and handbooks. Most sections of the Library Guide provide an overview of the available resources for a specific legal field, grouped by subject.
This section is different: it lists the tools to use these resources.
The library also provides instructions on using these tools; guides on how to search catalogues, practical writing and citing tips, how to prepare for research, the how to use metrics for both reviewing and publishing. Please visit our Information Skills.
Legal Intelligence is a content integration system, making it possible to question legal databases, such as InView Essential, SDU Opmaat, SDU NDFR, Boom, Paris, Den Hollander, Rechtspraak.nl, Overheid.nl, Wetten.nl and Eurlex, simultaneously.
Off-campus access to Legal Intelligence via SURFconext. Click Login voor het hoger onderwijs. You will be asked for your ERNA-ID.
Related database: rechtsorde.nl
Rechtsorde is a search engine that provides access to the sources of legal publishers such as Kluwer, SDU, Boom, deLex and Paris. Includes the Nederlandse Documentatie Fiscaal Recht (NDFR).
An AI-Module was added in 2024 and can be used optionally.
Access to Rechtsordevia SURFconext. Click Inloggen voor HBO of universiteit. You will be asked for your ERNA-ID.
Related database: Legal Intelligence
When a library or institution does not own the sources needed, there are 3 options; private purchase, institutional purchase, and Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
ILL is the system through which libraries exchange documents and resources in their collection. The system is limited by pre-arranged agreements regarding the services, which differ from library to library.
The Erasmus University Library also participates in this system: Borrowing from another library
The Juridisch-Economisch Lexicon is a Dutch/English and English/Dutch dictionary of legal and economic terms. Numerous example sentences make it easier to choose the right term.
Select Inloggen. You will be redirected to a login page. Choose Student/Medewerker to log in via SURFconext with your ERNA-ID.
Multidisciplinary collection of (subject) dictionaries and encyclopedias, timelines and quotations, plus thesauri and guides to English grammar and usage.
Go to the sEURch box below. Type in (or copy and paste):
SU=(law dictionaries) then hit the Search button.
The search results are returned in a new browser tab or window. This search will find all items tagged with the subject heading Law--Dictionaries. Filter on format eBook for online dictionaries. Sort search result by Date (Newest first) to see recent eBook titles.
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature (journals and books). The search results also contain links to preprints (2017 onwards) and research data.
Date range: 1788 - 1970 (abstracts included where available); 1970 - present (records including references)
Related databases: Web of Science, Dimensions
Web of Science is a citation database, covering academic journals worldwide in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, and conference proceedings. It provides cover-to-cover indexing, from 1975 till present.
The EUR license to Web of Science Core Collection consists of:
Date range: 1975 - present
Related databases: Scopus, Dimensions
The Altmetric Explorer lets you perform analyses and generate reports for Altmetric attention data - how have research outputs been shared, discussed and reused online?
Altmetrics (alternative metrics) are an alternative for or complement to traditional citation impact metrics. Altmetrics especially capture online attention - how have research outputs (articles, data sets, etc) been shared, discussed and reused online -, for example on X, in scholarly blogs or policy documents, in newspapers.
After running a search query for research outputs, you can browse through the Explorer's analysis tools to view detailed demographics, attention over time, individual mentions, and more.
Related database: Dimensions