The link to holdings indicates whether or not any B.C. library owns the journal in which the article is contained as well as whether any issues have been charged out. Legal Trac index data in keyword and boolean searchable format. While it covers fewer journals than the more formal indexes, it is much more current in its indexing. A periodical index and bibliography of Canadian secondary legal literature from both the common law and civil law traditions. It indexes monographs, individual essays from edited collections, federal and provincial government publications, and articles, case comments, and annotations from Canadian legal and law-related periodicals.
References are in English or French, depending on the language of the item indexed.
Cross references are provided between English and French subject headings. Indexes selected legal periodicals dealing with international law, comparative law, and local law of countries outside the common law system. It is published quarterly with annual cumulative bound volumes. CJPI is indexed using a controlled-vocabulary thesaurus incorporating current legal terminology as well as relevant terms from the social sciences. In 1985 subject headings were substantially revised and updated.