Winning Research Skills - Westlaw

Chapter 9
Browsing Documents on Westlaw
This chapter discusses different ways to move within and among the documents you retrieve on
Westlaw.
Refer to the following chart as you browse your search results.
If you want to view Do this
a specific document in your search result
the next or previous occurrence of your search terms
the part of each document in your Natural Language
search result that most closely matches your
description
a term or terms not necessarily included in your
search
While viewing the result list, click the document’s title
or retrieval number. Or select Go to Specific List Item
from the Result Options drop-down list at the bottom
of the result list and click Go; type the document’s
retrieval number in the text box and click Go; and
then click its title or retrieval number.
While viewing the Result List tab, click the
document’s title or retrieval number. Or select Go to
Specific List Item from the Result Options drop-down
list and click Go, then type the document’s retrieval
number in the text box and click Go.
Click the Term arrows at the bottom of the displayed
document.
Click the Best arrows at the bottom of the displayed
document.
While viewing the result list, click Locate in Result at
the top of the page. At the Locate Search Terms page,
type the terms you want to locate (formulated as a
Terms and Connectors query) in the Locate text box
and click Locate. To edit or cancel your Locate
request, click Edit Locate or Cancel Locate at the top
of the result list.
While viewing a document, click Locate in Result in
the left frame. At the Locate Search Terms page, type
the terms you want to locate (formulated as a Terms
and Connectors query) in the Locate text box and
click Locate. Click the Term arrows to move between
the pages containing your Locate terms. To edit or
cancel your Locate request, click Edit Locate or
Cancel Locate in the left frame.
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