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:  "More Like" Searches
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Since it is a natural language search, a "more like" searches always produces either 100 or 20 hits (depending on the system default).  Again, results are ranked in order of relevance scoring with the initial documents most likely to be relevant.  In this instance, the highest ranked document appears to be relevant. 

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