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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

Lexis:  Focus Searches


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It is advisable to "group off" the initial query (which will appear in the FOCUS Terms query box) in parentheses.  Here we add the rest of our search string (also grouped off by parentheses) as well as a date restriction.

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