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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.
Sign on to Lexis (To do it now:  Click here)

Enter you Lexis ID number.  As a law student, you do not need to enter a password.  Do not check the "Remember my Sign On Information" box unless you are on your personal computer.  Law librarians will hand out your Lexis password in an instructional session scheduled though your legal research and writing instructor.  You will register and login to Westlaw for the first time at that session.
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Select either the LexisNexis ID and enter your password or the Cutsom ID and Password
 
 



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