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Using an Index to Retrieve Statutes and Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Using the Popular Name Table to Retrieve Statutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Retrieving Prior Versions of Statutes or Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Other Westlaw Resources for Legislative and Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Legislative Service Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Legislative Tracking and Bill Text Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Archival Legislative Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Legislative History Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Regulation Tracking Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Archival Regulations Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Court Rules Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Treaties Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Westlaw 50 State Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Chapter 12 Citation Research on Westlaw - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 143 KeyCite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 KeyCite Is Comprehensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 KeyCite Is Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 KeyCite Is Accurate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 KeyCite Is Easy to Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Accessing KeyCite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 KeyCite Status Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 KeyCite Information for a Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 History of the Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Customizing the History You View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Displaying Direct History in Graphical View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Citing References to a Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 KeyCite Depth of Treatment Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Restricting Citing References to a Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Limit by Headnote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Limit by Locate Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Limit by Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Limit by Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Limit by Document Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Limit by Depth of Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 KeyCite Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 KeyCite Information for a Statute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 History of a Statute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Citing References to a Statute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Restricting Citing References to a Statute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Limit by Notes of Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Limit by Locate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Limit by Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Limit by Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Limit by Document Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 KeyCite Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Winning Research Skills vii
Creating a KeyCite Alert Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Restricting Citing References to Your KeyCite Alert Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Modifying or Deleting a KeyCite Alert Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Table of Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Retrieving Table of Authorities Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Checking Citations in Your Word-Processing Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 WestCheck.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Creating a Citations List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Checking Your Citations List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Viewing, Printing, or Saving an Online Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 WestCiteLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Chapter 13 Secondary Sources, News, and Nonlegal Materials on Westlaw - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 177 Secondary Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Law Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Texts and Treatises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 American Law Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 American Jurisprudence 2d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Restatements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Uniform Laws Annotated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Black’s Law Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Forms and Practice Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Practice Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Directories and Reference Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 West Legal Directory Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 50-State Legislative Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 International Professional Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 News and Other Nonlegal Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 The Tabbed Business and News Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 All News and All News Plus Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Radio and Television Program Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Scholarly and Technical Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 WestClip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188 Chapter 14 Delivering Documents on Westlaw - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 189 Printing the Document You Are Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Delivering Other Documents in Your Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Selecting Default Delivery Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Using the Print/Delivery Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Printing an Entry in the Print/Delivery Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Deleting an Entry from the Print/Delivery Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 viii Winning Research Skills
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Page 6 and 7: Contents Introduction - - - - - - -
Page 8 and 9: Administrative Decisions . . . . .
Page 10 and 11: Adding Related Concepts . . . . . .
Page 14: Chapter 15 The Research Process-Con
Page 18 and 19: Chapter 1 A Short History of Legal
Page 20: A Short History of Legal Research c
Page 23 and 24: Chapter 2 After a slip opinion is m
Page 25 and 26: Chapter 2 ■ Where the official re
Page 27 and 28: Chapter 2 On Westlaw, the All U.S.
Page 29 and 30: Chapter 2 Systematic editorial trea
Page 31 and 32: Chapter 2 A Westlaw Citation If an
Page 33 and 34: Chapter 2 Parts of a Case Understan
Page 35 and 36: Chapter 2 If you have many cases to
Page 37 and 38: Chapter 2 Using Case Digests Digest
Page 39 and 40: Chapter 2 Using the Descriptive-Wor
Page 41 and 42: Chapter 2 Figure 2.9: Headnote para
Page 43 and 44: Chapter 2 Using the Table of Cases
Page 45 and 46: Chapter 2 Case Citation Research As
Page 48 and 49: Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Statutory
Page 50 and 51: Fundamentals of Statutory Law Legis
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Page 54 and 55: Fundamentals of Statutory Law When
Page 56 and 57: Chapter 4 Fundamentals of Administr
Page 58 and 59: Figure 4.1: Authority and source no
Page 60 and 61: Fundamentals of Administrative Law
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Fundamentals of Administrative Law
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Chapter 5 Series Years Coverage ALR
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Chapter 5 references to West topics
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Chapter 6 Getting Started on Westla
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Getting Started on Westlaw 3. Selec
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Getting Started on Westlaw Receive
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Getting Started on Westlaw Deliveri
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Chapter 7 Retrieving a Document on
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Retrieving a Document on Westlaw by
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Using the Citation Field Retrieving
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Retrieving a Document on Westlaw by
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Chapter 8 Basics of Westlaw Searchi
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Figure 8.2: Westlaw Directory Basic
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Basics of Westlaw Searching (BERKLA
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Figure 8.6: Thesaurus page Basics o
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Basics of Westlaw Searching Common
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The Root Expander (!) Basics of Wes
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Basics of Westlaw Searching OR Conn
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Basics of Westlaw Searching Restric
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Document Ranking Basics of Westlaw
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Chapter 9 Browsing Documents on Wes
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Your Search Result Display Browsing
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Browsing Documents on Westlaw Full-
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Browsing Documents on Westlaw ■ f
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Browsing Documents on Westlaw To us
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Browsing Documents on Westlaw Movin
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Browsing Documents on Westlaw When
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Figure 9.13: Profile of an attorney
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Chapter 10 Searching Case Law Datab
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Digest (di) Opinions (op) Citation
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Restricting Your Search by Field Se
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Searching Case Law Databases on Wes
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Chapter 11 Searching Legislative an
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Searching Legislative and Regulator
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Field abbreviation Restricting Your
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Using an Index to Retrieve Statutes
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Chapter 12 ■ citations to session
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Chapter 12 KeyCite Status Flags A K
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Chapter 12 Restricting Citing Refer
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Chapter 12 To access KeyCite Locate
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Chapter 12 Limit by Jurisdiction To
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Chapter 12 abbreviation in the Publ
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Chapter 12 2. A list of the types o
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Chapter 12 Figure 12.16 shows an ex
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Chapter 12 under which the notes of
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Chapter 12 Your list of citing refe
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Chapter 12 Creating a KeyCite Alert
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Chapter 12 Table of Authorities The
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Chapter 12 case containing the cite
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Chapter 12 Figure 12.32:Citations l
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Chapter 13 Secondary Sources, News,
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Secondary Sources, News, and Nonleg
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WestClip Secondary Sources, News, a
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Chapter 14 Delivering Documents on
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Selecting Default Delivery Settings
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Each entry in the Print/Delivery Ma
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Chapter 15 Step 3: Budget Your Time
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Appendix A West Digest Topics and T
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213 Innkeepers 216 Inspection 217 I
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Appendix B Federal Courts of Appeal
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Appendix C State Courts Information
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Index -A- abbreviations 84 accessin
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multiple database searching 75 Rece
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statutes and regulations indexes on
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previous section 94, 101, 134 prici
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