Some of you will undoubtedly want to search law review and journal articles for ideas for paper topics. Always ask yourself, am I too late to write on this topic? Does this article suggest new areas for research? How can I avoid simply rewriting a good article already posted on the subject? To the last question, one way is to mine the footnotes for information and find a new angle.
BePress' Digital Law Commons is an example of a great source for articles on particular topics. Below is an example from the Science and Technology Law Commons.
I also recommend searching articles on Google Scholar. It mines articles from HeinOnline, SSRN, BePress Law Commons, and newcomer, LawaXiv. Of course you can also search Lexis+ and Westlaw Edge for articles (in Westlaw you have to filter for "law reviews and journals" among secondary sources). Finally, I also recommend JSTOR and Academic Search Complete (on the library subscription databases page at https://umkclaw.link/db) for journals that are "peer reviewed," are of a high quality, and are interdisciplinary in nature.
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