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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

Westlaw:  Locate Feature


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Westlaw also has a feature, known as "Locate," which permits a search within a search.  

For instance, suppose I had searched for "profit sharing plan" and "creditor" in the Westlaw "CTA9" database and that I got 35 cases in my search results.  To run a locate search I would hit the "Go" button at the bottom of the document (making sure that "Locate" had been selected).
Retrieved 35 documents. See top of left navigation bar.
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