Freedom of Expression and Opinion - International and Comparative Legal Research

Evaluate the four searches in Primo, the FIU catalog, that appear below. Experiment with your own searches.

"Subject" -contains- 'censorship' AND "Any field" -contains- 'international' [with Sort by Date-newest applied]

"Subject" -contains- 'freedom of expression' AND "Any field" -contains- 'comparative' [Sorted by relevance, the default setting]

"Subject" -is exact- 'freedom of the press'  [Sorted by Date-newest applied]

"Subject" -is exact- 'Freedom of the press -- China'  [Sorted by Date-newest. This is an example of filtering for a single country or region when included by the cataloger in the subject heading.]

Subject headings seek to capture the main topics covered in a book. Other subjects or countries (or geographical areas) might be discussed by an author, but not assigned a separate heading by the cataloger. Other sample general subject heading searches include:

• Government and the Press
• Materials found at FIU only
• Material at FIU and in other Florida State University System libraries.

• Mass media and international relations
• Materials found at FIU only
• Material at FIU and in other Florida State University System libraries.

• Journalism -- Political Aspects
• Materials found at FIU only
• Material at FIU and in other Florida State University System libraries.

Scholarly articles on foreign and international law can be retrieved in the following databases:

Westlaw, you can search all secondary sources content or restrict your search to international law materials

Lexis, in Content > Secondary materials, or using Practice Area > International Law or selecting a listed country from the International link in the 'Explore' selection tab or the View all Jurisdictions link.

HeinOnline, you can perform searches in several libraries:

•   Law Journal Library
•   Foreign & International Law Resources
•   International & Non-U.S. Law Journals
•   Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP), Contains foreign journals; articles are indexed in their original language.

Cambridge Journals Online GL

Oxford Journals GL

These two bibliographies are useful for earlier titles.