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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.
Westlaw:  Key Number Searches
Searches by Headnote		  
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Finally, if you were unfamiliar with the proper West Topic and Key Number, you could simply search the "Headnote" field ("HE") for instances of when murder or homicide appear within the same paragraph (i.e., headnote) as "fetus or unborn."  Rather than searching the West Topic and Key Numbers, this search will be limited to the short paragraph which makes up a headnote entry immediately after the West Topic and Key Number.

Use the Headnote or "HE" field.

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