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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 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.
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 Fall Session.line

Westlaw:  Locate Feature


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A "Locate Query" permits you to add additional terms and connectors and to just search the documents in your previous set of results.

Suppose that I entered the additional terms "(sole or single or only) /5 (shareholder or stockholder or employee)" into the "Locate Query" field and run my search.
Add search terms on the "Locate Query" pages in the query box.
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