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For External Placements

For External Placements

When you are on placement with organisations outside La Trobe University, you are creating work product for those organisations rather than for the University, and the library’s licence agreements with many publishers won’t let you use La Trobe University subscriptions for that work. This means you cannot use LexisNexis, Westlaw, CCH, or any subscription service that requires a login.


The following resources are freely available and can be used when you are on placement without worrying about licencing issues.

Remember that authoritative versions of cases are generally in reports accessible via Lexis and Westlaw, and thus you won't be able to access them. Keep this in mind when using non-authoritative versions.

The authoritative versions of legislation are freely available, provided by the various Australian parliaments. For states and territories other than Victorian and the Commonwealth, see this page.

While academic journals are usually access through a subscription, some journals are also available for free. This is particularly the case for journals that include the name of the University in the title. It is often worth searching the title of the journal in Library Search to see if one of the access links says “Free e-journals”.

Courts and Tribunals

Other free resources