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.
Hints: Citation Analysis
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Under the "Distinguished by" heading you note Caplin was distinguished in Berman. There is no other negative treatment.   When looking for negative treatment of your primary case, you need to ignore the flags which accompany the citing references (these flags refer to the citing cases rather than the primary case).

To restrict your citation analysis to certain headnotes of Caplin, use the "Custom Restrictions" link.

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