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.
Westlaw: KeyCite
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If you limit your search using the locate function, you will find cases that cite your case and which require the terms specified in the Locate Query box.  In this instance, you want subsequent cases that cite Davis v. Beason and which, within the same citing paragraph, contain the terms "free exercise" and "oath." 

 

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