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Introduction to Online Legal Research  (Westlaw and Lexis)
Professors Healey, Callister, Johnson, Williams & Ribstein & Ms. Denslaw


Session: Fall - Spring

How to register your ID and login.How to find the appropriate database to search.How to retrieve a document by its citation or name.How to print, download and email documents.How to construct terms and connector searches.
How to conduct searches within a searching using Lexis Focus and Weslaw Locate.How to use preformulated terms and connector searches on given topics using Westlaw Keysearch.Practice problems for Fall Session.line

Lexis:  Focus Searches


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Suppose that in your intitial search in the O.J. Simpson problem, you had entered just "((11 U.S.C. ) /3 522) & "profit sharing plan." 

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