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:  Key Number Searches
Searches by Headnote		  
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In this instance, you get 139 documents, but note that you have to skip to the fourth document before you find a relevant case.  Searching headnotes is not as precise as searching by Topic and Key Numbers.  You can easily skip from document to document, just viewing the relevant terms, by clicking the "Term" button.

© 2002, Paul D. Callister