Winning Research Skills - Westlaw

Citation Research on Westlaw
■ Copy text from a legal document, preferably a table of authorities, and paste it in the text box
below Enter individual citation(s) ...
After you have selected the file or entered the citations, click Next.
Figure 12.31: Westcheck.com home page
Checking Your Citations List
You can use WestCheck.com to check the citations on Westlaw in the KeyCite, Find, and Table
of Authorities services (Figure 12.32). To check the citations, complete the following steps:
1. If you want to check individual citations, select the check box next to each citation under the service
in which you want to check the citation. If you want to check the entire citations list in the same
service or services, select the check box next to the heading (e.g., KeyCite). If you do not want to check
statute citations, click Deselect statute check boxes.
2. Select KeyCite options.
■ For cases, select a KeyCite option from the For Cases drop-down list: KeyCite Negative
History Only, KeyCite Negative History with Citing Refs (References), KeyCite History
without Citing Refs, or KeyCite History with Citing Refs.
■ For statutes, select a KeyCite option from the For Statutes drop-down list: KeyCite History
Only, KeyCite History with Citing Refs, KeyCite History with Annos (Annotations), or
KeyCite History with Citing Refs and Annos.
■ Select the Include court documents check box to include court documents (e.g., briefs) in your
KeyCite results.
3. Select a report option.
■ Select Online report display to view an online report.
■ Select Offline report delivery to deliver a report to an e-mail address. Select E-mail from the
drop-down list and type the e-mail address in the text box.
4. Type your Westlaw password and client identifier in the appropriate text boxes.
5. Click Go to check your citations on Westlaw and receive your report.
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