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


Session: Fall - Spring
How to search efficiently and restrict your search to specific segments and fields.How and when to use Natural Language searching instead of Terms and Connectors.How to find similar documents using Lexis More Like This searching.How to find similar cases using Westlaw's Key Numbers.How to conduct citation analysis including Lexis' Shepard's and Westlaw's KeyCite.
Special considerations when working with Secondary Sources.Setting up Clip and Alert Services.How to keep track of where you have been.Practice problems for Spring Session.line
Lexis: Secondary Sources  
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Lexis has a similar system for secondary materials.  Suppose you wanted to find some sample agreements for the sale of a restaurant business.  Looking under "Secondary Legal Materials," you decide to check in "Mathew-Bender Treatises & Materials" under "Tax."  You decide Rabkin & Johnson - Current Legal Forms looks promising. The Chapter symbol signifies that the table of contents for the form book can be easily browsed.  Other databases use a Alternative chapter symbol to signify that the table of contents can also be viewed, but not in a searchable, hierarchical format.

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