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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.
Lexis:  Terms & Connector Searches
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To future limit the number of hits, the boolean connector "and" is added so that the search expressions will search documents from the 1970s which have the term, "murder" or "homicide," and in addition, place the term, "fetus," within three words of "human being." 

Note that the "Suggested Words and Concepts for Entered Terms" option can be use to find synonyms.

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