Winning Research Skills - Westlaw
Winning Research Skills - Westlaw
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Major Magazines database (MAGSMJ) 186<br />
Major Newspapers database (NPMJ) 185<br />
maps<br />
of federal circuits 12<br />
of West’s National Reporter System 13<br />
modifying a search 91<br />
Most Cited Cases 123–125<br />
multiple database searching 75<br />
multistate Legislative Service database<br />
(LEGIS-ALL) 139<br />
–N–<br />
National Conference of Commissioners on<br />
Uniform State Laws 180<br />
National Reporter System. See West’s National<br />
Reporter System<br />
Natural Language search method<br />
about 4<br />
adding related concepts 80<br />
description 79<br />
document ranking 91<br />
excluding concepts 81<br />
field restrictions 81<br />
modifying search 91<br />
phrase searching 80<br />
quotation marks 80<br />
requiring concepts 80, 81<br />
thesaurus 80<br />
negative citing references 146<br />
New York Times database (NYT) 185<br />
news databases 182–184<br />
newspaper databases 182–184, 185<br />
next section 94, 101, 134<br />
notes field 112<br />
numerical connector (/n) 87<br />
Nutshell Series 52<br />
–O–<br />
official reporters 9<br />
Offline Print Directory. See Print/Delivery Manager<br />
opinions field 112<br />
options. See preferences<br />
OR connector (space) 87<br />
order of processing connectors 88<br />
Outline link 98<br />
212 <strong>Winning</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Skills</strong><br />
–P–<br />
page numbers, internal. See Star Paging<br />
page numbers, publication. See Star Paging<br />
page view 96–97<br />
panel field 112<br />
parallel citations 16<br />
parentheses, changing order of processing with 88<br />
party name<br />
find 70<br />
search by 71<br />
password<br />
creating 56<br />
entering 55<br />
registering 55–56<br />
<strong>Westlaw</strong> 55<br />
percent symbol (%).<br />
See BUT NOT connector<br />
period, searching with. See acronyms<br />
personalizing tabbed pages 58<br />
phrase searching<br />
Natural Language 80<br />
Terms and Connectors 82<br />
plurals 83<br />
Popular Name Table 138<br />
possessives 84<br />
practice guides 53, 180<br />
Practising Law Institute on <strong>Westlaw</strong> 181<br />
preferences<br />
about 59<br />
client ID 60<br />
delivery settings 61, 191–192<br />
Docket Alert settings 61<br />
document display 60<br />
images 105<br />
KeyCite Alert settings 61<br />
KeyCite settings 61<br />
location 60<br />
pricing 60<br />
print and download settings 61, 191–192<br />
Profiler Alert settings 61<br />
research trail settings 61<br />
result list display 60, 96<br />
search settings 60<br />
WestClip Alert settings 61<br />
prelim field 133<br />
cases 112<br />
statutes 133–134<br />
presidential documents 46<br />
previewing cited references in the Link Viewer 103<br />
previous research trail 62