The Digital Collection

The Law Library of Victoria subscribes to a wide range of online resources such as legal databases, journals, and commentary services. These are available for the general public and legal professionals on the computers in the Supreme Court Library.

Resources include:

• AGIS Plus Text – Australian legal articles
• Australian Law Dictionary
• CCH Intelliconnect – Commentary
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM 5) and Previous Editions (DSM I - IV)
• HeinOnline – American and some Australian legal articles
• Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (ICLR) – Law reports from England and Wales
• LexisAdvance – Judgments and commentary
• Oxford Law Journals – Legal journals
• Timebase LawOne – Australian legislation material
• Westlaw AU – Judgments and commentary
• Westlaw and Westlaw UK – International judgments, legislation and commentary

To access a range of free resources, click here to go to the A-Z list of Digital Resources.

Digital Library users must comply with the Digital Library terms of use.

Digital resources available to Judicial Officers

In addition to the material that is available on the Intranet and the public computers, Judicial Officers who log into the Law Library website have remote access to a selection of online resources.

These include:

• AGIS Plus Text – Australian legal articles
• Australian Law Dictionary
• CCH Intelliconnect – Commentary
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM 5) and Previous Editions (DSM I - IV)
• HeinOnline – American and some Australian legal articles
• Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (ICLR) – Law reports from England and Wales
• LexisAdvance – Judgments and commentary
• Oxford Law Journals – Legal journals
• Timebase LawOne – Australian legislation material
• Victorian Reports – Victorian judgments
• Westlaw AU – Judgments and commentary
• Westlaw and Westlaw UK – International judgments, legislation and commentary

To access these resources, please log in and click here to go to the A-Z list of Digital Resources.

Digital Library users must comply with the Digital Library terms of use.

To request a login account for the website, please contact the library.

For more information about the resources and services available to Judicial Officers, click here.

Digital resources available to registered Victorian Legal Practitioners

In addition to the material that is available on the public computers,  registered legal practitioners who log in to the Law Library website have remote access to a selection of online resources.

The online resources available to registered legal practitioners are:

• Lawyers Practice Manual – Guide to the practice and procedure of law in Victoria
• AGIS Plus Text – Australian legal articles
• Australian Law Dictionary
• Commonwealth Sentencing Database – Sentencing information for Commonwealth offences
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM 5) and Previous Editions (DSM I - IV)
• HeinOnline – American and some Australian legal articles
• LexisNexis (selected resources) – Judgments and commentary

To access these resources, please log in and click here to go to the A-Z list of Digital Resources.

Digital Library users must comply with the Digital Library terms of use.

Legal practitioners who aren't registered yet can request registration here.

For more information about the resources and services available to Legal Practitioners, click here.

Digital resources available to Victorian Barristers

Victorian Barristers have remote access to the same selection of online resources as registered legal practitioners (see above).

In addition, they have around the clock access to a wider range of online resources at the Law Library branch at the Victorian Bar: the Richard Griffith Library.