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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 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 the Fall Session of Westlaw and Lexis instruction.line
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.
Sign on to Westlaw (To do it now:  Click here)

To sign on (login) to your account, you simply enter your password (top arrow).  To make it easier to remember, you may also create your own password and username (bottom arrow).  Law librarians will hand out your Westlaw password in an instructional session scheduled though your legal research and writing instructor.  You will register and login to Westlaw for the first time at that session.
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