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Citation Research on Westlaw Your list of citing references is limited to documents that contain your Locate terms (Figure 12.7). Figure 12.7: List of citing references limited to documents containing Locate terms To view the full text of a citing document in the Link Viewer, click the number preceding its citation. Your Locate terms are highlighted in the text of the citing documents (Figure 12.8). Figure 12.8: Locate terms highlighted in the text of a citing reference Winning Research Skills 153
Chapter 12 Limit by Jurisdiction To limit citing cases by jurisdiction, follow these steps: 1. Click the Jurisdiction arrow in the left frame of the KeyCite Limits page. A list of jurisdictions that have issued cases citing your case is displayed in the right frame (Figure 12.9). The number in parentheses following a jurisdiction shows the number of cases from that jurisdiction that cite your case. 2. Select the check boxes for the jurisdictions from which you want to retrieve citing references. 3. Click Apply in the left frame. Limit by Date You can restrict citing references to documents ■ issued during a specific time period ■ issued before or after a given date Figure 12.9: KeyCite Limits–Jurisdiction page ■ added to Westlaw during a specific time period or after a given date Click the Date arrow in the left frame of the KeyCite Limits page. A number of drop-down lists and text boxes are displayed in the right frame (Figure 12.10). To restrict the citing references by the decision date or publication date, select Date of Document in the right frame; then select a restriction from the drop-down list or enter your date restriction in the After or Before text boxes. 154 Winning Research Skills
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Contents Introduction - - - - - - -
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Administrative Decisions . . . . .
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Adding Related Concepts . . . . . .
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Using an Index to Retrieve Statutes
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Chapter 15 The Research Process-Con
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Chapter 2 On Westlaw, the All U.S.
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Chapter 2 Using Case Digests Digest
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Chapter 2 Using the Table of Cases
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Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Statutory
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