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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 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 the Fall Session of Westlaw and Lexis instruction.line
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.
Registering Your Lexis ID

You can login with Lexis at  http://lawschool.lexis.com.  When using your password for the first time, you will need to register it, or it will expire within 48 hours. Click the "Register now" link to register your password.  After registering your password, you may select your own "easy-to-remember" password and user ID (see the second red arrow below).  Law librarians will hand out your Lexis password in an instructional session scheduled though your legal research and writing instructor.  You will register and login to Westlaw for the first time at that session.
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