It is searchable. These are useful for widening your search beyond strictly legal materials. BUBL Information Service - a national information service for the UK higher education community. A list of common legal abbreviations, including law report series and legal journals, as well as a few general abbreviations, based on the holdings in the Templeman Library. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library - University of London.
Search engines are useful for more general research, or for finding very specific terms.
Other resources WoS Web of Science online service giving access to the ISI Social Science Citation Index. Useful for broadening legal research into the social sciences.