Introduction to Online Legal Research  (Westlaw and Lexis)
Professor Callister


Session: Fall - Spring
Working with databases with tables of contents.Using clip and alert services to stay current.Keeping track of your searches.Practice problems for the Fall Session of Westlaw and Lexis instruction.
Segment and restricted field searching.Natural language search on both Lexis and Westlaw.How to find similar documents using Lexis More Like This searching.How to searcher for similar cases using West Key Numbers.How to check status with Shepards and KeyCite.
Lexis: Shepard's Citation Service
Custom Shepardizing		  
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By selecting Custom Restrictions, you can restrict your Shepard's treatment to various kinds of citing cases:
  • By kind of negative or positive treatment
  • By portion of the citing opinion (dissent or concurring)
  • To citing cases that follow or explain the case being Shepardized
  • To various federal and state jurisdictions
  • To certain secondary materials (including law reviews and ALR)
  • By Lexis (Lawyer's Edition) or Westlaw headnote
  • By date
In this instance, you decide to restrict the search to law reviews and ALR.

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