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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.

Westlaw:  Searching "IDEN"--Database of Databases


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Your firm needs information on recent legal developments in Vietnam.  You decide to look for a legal news database covering Vietnam.  The expression "'legal news' & Vietnam" will search for databases which refer both to "legal news" and Vietnam.  Note that you should have selected "Terms and Connectors" for this kind of query.  You will learn more about term and connector searches when you get to the presentation under the "Terms & Connector Searches" tab.
Make sure that your search field is set to "Terms & Connectors" and enter "'legal news' & vietnam"

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