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multiple database searching 75 Recent Databases 76 Scope 77 selecting 73 Westlaw Directory 74–75 date restriction 89–90 See also added-date restriction Decennial Digest 23, 28 Defendant-Plaintiff Table 28 delivering documents 189–193 current document 189 downloading 189–190 e-mailing 189–190 Print/Delivery Manager 192–193 printing 189–190 Quick Print 189 resending print requests 192–193 result list 189–190 saving on Westlaw 189, 192 selected documents 189–190 selecting default settings 61, 191–192 depth of treatment stars 149, 156 description, Natural Language adding related concepts 80 editing 91 entering 79 excluding concepts 81 formulating 73 phrase searching 80 restricting 81 thesaurus 80 See also Natural Language search method 79 Descriptive-Word Index 24 dictionaries, legal 52, 180 digest field 109, 112, 117–118 digests about 22 American Digest System 23 Century Digest 23 choosing 23 Decennial Digest 23 Defendant-Plaintiff Table 28 Descriptive-Word Index 24 federal 23 General Digest 23 regional 23 state 23 Table of Cases 28 topical 26 United States Supreme Court Digest 23 direct history 146 direct history (graphical view) 147–148 directories and reference materials 181 display order 60 displaying page numbers 29 dissenting field 112 Doc arrows 100 docket-number field 112 document display preferences 60 document limit 60 document part 100 document ranking 91 downloading a research trail 63 downloading documents. See delivering documents dual-column printing 61 Winning Research Skills 209 –E– editing a Natural Language description 91 editing a Terms and Connectors query 91 e-mailing a research trail 63 e-mailing documents. See delivering documents encyclopedias, legal 49, 51, 179 entering a Natural Language description 79 entering a password. See password entering a Terms and Connectors query 81 exclamation point(!). See root expander excluding concepts 81 –F– Favorite Databases 76 Federal Cases 12 federal circuits map 12 federal code. See United States Code, United States Code Annotated, United States Code Service federal courts courts of appeals 12 district courts 12 special courts 13 U.S. Supreme Court 11 federal digests 23 federal legislation 33–39 Federal Register about 41 index 44 on Westlaw 42 Star Paging 102 updating 46 Federal Reporter 12
Federal Rules database (US-RULES) 141 Federal Rules Decisions 13 federal statutes. See United States Code, United States Code Annotated, United States Code Service Federal Supplement 12 fields about 89, 109 cases attorney 111, 112, 119 background 112 citation 111, 112 concurring 111, 112 court 112, 119 digest 109, 112, 117–118 dissenting 111, 112 docket-number 111, 112 full-text 112 headnote 109, 111, 112, 115–117 holding 112 image 112 judge 111, 112, 118 lead 111, 112 notes 112 opinions 111, 112 panel 111, 112 prelim 111, 112 synopsis 109, 111, 112, 113–114 title 70, 72, 111, 112 topic 109, 111, 112, 114–115 West-codenotes 111, 112 words-phrases 111, 112 restricting a search for cases 89, 113 for statutes or regulations 133 statutes annotations 132, 133 caption 132, 133, 134 citation 69, 132, 133 credit 132, 133 historical-notes 132, 133 prelim 132, 133–134 references 132, 133 substantive-doc 132, 133 text 132, 133 words-phrases 132, 133 50-State Legislative Directory database (LEGIS-DIR) 182 50 State Regulatory Surveys database (REG-SURVEYS) 141 50 State Surveys database (SURVEYS) 141 find about 65 accessing 65 citation templates 66 examples 68 Find&Print 65 party name 70 publication country 66 publications list 67 tabbed Law School page 65 tabbed Westlaw page 65 tips 68 wizard 74 Foreign Affairs database (FORGNAFF) 186 forms 53, 180 framing a legal issue 73 full-page view 94, 96 full-text field 112 210 Winning Research Skills –G– General Digest 23, 28 Graphical Statutes 98–99 green C 146 –H– headnote field 109, 112, 115–117 headnotes about 20 headnote field 111, 112, 115–117 West Key Number Digest (Custom Digest) 120–125 historical-notes field 133 historical versions of statutes or regulations 98–99, 129, 138–139 history of a case 146–148 history of a statute 159–160 holding field 112 Hornbook Series 52 hyphen. See compound terms –I– IDEN database 77 image field 112 images 105 index Code of Federal Regulations 44 Federal Register 44
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Winning Research Skills PROFESSIONA
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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 A Westlaw Citation If an
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Chapter 2 Parts of a Case Understan
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Chapter 2 If you have many cases to
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Chapter 2 Using Case Digests Digest
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Chapter 2 Using the Descriptive-Wor
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