LexisNexis and Westlaw – Registration, Basic Searching, Document Delivery
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library – Fall Semester 2008 Orientation

LexisNexis

Connecting To LexisNexis From Law Library Web Site Home Page
Connect to Law Library home page at:  http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/
Click on LexisNexis in left green “Quick Links” navigation bar.
LexisNexis for Law Schools  home page should appear.

Registering Your  LexisNexis Activation Code  and Creating Your Custom ID & Password
The LexisNexis Research System is not accessible until one registers one’s  LexisNexis Activation Code   as well as creates a  Custom ID  and  Password.
At  LexisNexis for Law Schools home page (http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/), click on Register Now in the “Student - Register Your Activation Code” box.  Registration  page should appear.  Follow directions and prompts.
To edit your LexisNexis registration information, sign on to LexisNexis, then click on Help tab.  At Help tab, under “Manage Account,” click on Update Registration Info.  Follow directions and prompts.

Signing On To LexisNexis
At  LexisNexis for Law Schools home page (http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/), within Student/Faculty Sign On box, type in your Custom ID and Password.
<enter> or click on red Sign On button below “Password”  box.
LexisNexis for Law Schools  page should reappear, recognizing you.

LexisNexis Tutorials and Help
At LexisNexis for Law Schools home page, click on Teaching Tools under the “Prepare For Class” tab.  At the Teaching Tools page, note links to Reference Literature, Videos and Tutorials in left column.

Connecting To LexisNexis Research System
At  LexisNexis for Law Schools  home page, at upper right, click on Research or LexisNexis or Enter Research System.
Search/Sources  page should appear.
Note Live Support and Help links at right of top black navigation bar.  Click on these for chat support and wide range of help topics.

LexisNexis  Get a Document
Get a Document is a LexisNexis service that allows you to retrieve a single document when you know the citation of that document.  You can Get cases, law review articles, statutes, regulations, and a few other types of documents.
When in LexisNexis Research System, click on yellow Get a Document tab at top middle.
Get a Document  page should appear.
Note by Citation, by Party Name, and by Document Number search options.

At by Citation search option:
Click inside Get by Citation  box, then type in:   392  us  1
<enter> or click on red Get button.
Terry v. Ohio case should be retrieved.

At by Party Name search option: 
Type terry inside left Party  box, and ohio inside right Party box. 
Click inside circle to left of US Supreme Court
Click on red Search button at lower right.
The system should retrieve at least 28 cases.  One of these is the Terry v. Ohio case.

LexisNexis Basic Printing / Document Delivery
After getting results for the above party name search, note blue hypertext options at upper right to Print, Download, Fax, Email, etc.

Click on Print
Print Documents window should appear.
Note 701356 LEXIS PRINTER displayed in the Printer box at upper left.  This is the LexisNexis printer in the Law Library Computer Lab.
Note options –
	Document View (ie, Cite, KWIC, Full, Custom)
	Document Range (ie, Current, Original Results, Selected Documents)
	Page Options (ie, Each Doc New Page, etc.)
	Formatting Options (ie, Font Type, etc.)
After making option selections, you would then click on Print
Do Not print at this time – click on Cancel at top right or bottom right.

To print to an attached printer, click on arrow to right of Printer box, then select desired word processing format from drop-down menu.
Remember, if you’re in the Law Library Computer Lab, this means you’ll be printing to a networked Lab printer (and you’ll use up your Lab print account!).

After getting search results, if you want to download results, click on Download hypertext option at upper right.
Download Documents window should appear.
Note options –
	Format (Word (DOC), WordPerfect (WPD), etc.)
	Document View
	Document Range
Page Options
Formatting Options
After making option selections, you would then click on Download
Do Not download at this time – click on Cancel at top right or bottom right.

Signing Off LexisNexis
Wherever you are in your search session, at upper right, click on arrow next to Navigation: box, then select Sign Off in drop-down menu, then click on Go button to right of Navigation: box.
The system should sign you off.

LexisNexis Sample Search –  Try This When You Have Time!

Issue:  You’re working on an Ohio case, and need to determine if evidence of a concealed weapon, obtained by police pursuant to a stop and frisk search must be suppressed as in violation of a defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights, when the police officer believed, based on his observations, that defendant was about to commit a robbery?

Connect to LexisNexis Research System.
At Search/Sources  page, note Look for a Source directory.
Look for a Source –
	Includes three broad source groups – Legal,  News & Business, and Public Records – as well as 		Find a Source.
If you click on any of the broad source group tabs, the system will display source categories and selected individual source files for that broad source group.
If you click on a source category, a sub-set of source categories or individual source files appears.
	Source categories have an icon of a folder.
	Individual source files have an icon of a piece of paper.
To select an individual source file, browse through a source category until desired source file is revealed.
Click on source file name to search it.

Within  Look for a Source  directory, browse until you find the OH Federal & State Cases, Combined source file.

After selecting a source file, Search page, with Enter Search Terms  box, should appear.
Note Terms and Connectors, Natural Language, and Easy Search  searching mode options – for now, stay in Terms and Connectors searching mode.
Note ability to restrict search by Document Segment and Date.
Note Search Connectors box below Restrict by Date box.  Positioning your cursor over a connector will open description box about it.
LexisNexis uses these character/truncation Symbols:
	* – universal character  (g**se – goose, geese, etc.)
	! – truncation  (regulat! – regulate, regulation, etc.)
LexisNexis automatically searches plurals, but not irregular plurals
	(lawyer, lawyers   but not   goose, geese)

Type this suggested search statement inside Enter Search Terms box:
(concealed weapon) and frisk! and (fourth amendment) and robbery
then <enter> or click red Search button.
[should retrieve at least 51 cases]

If you conduct a successful search, the system will retrieve one or more documents matching your search statement.
When in search results, note Cite, KWIC, Full, and Custom View hypertext options at top left.
	Cite displays a list of documents.
KWIC displays one document at a time, with its basic citation information and 25 words on either side of every occurrence of your search terms.
	Full displays one document at a time, with its full text.
	Custom allows you to specify desired document segments to display.
In Full or KWIC  view, note left and right arrows on either side of 1 of #  at top middle.  Click on these to move forward and backward in the document list.
In Cite view, note left and right arrows on either side of 1-10 of #  at top middle.  Click on these to move forward and backward in the document list.
In Full or KWIC  view, at bottom right, note left and right arrows on either side of Term box.  Click on these to move forward and backward in the document and document list according to where your search terms are located.

Practice browsing your search results.  Can you find the Terry v. Ohio case; can you find the State v. Andrews case?

Westlaw

Connecting To Westlaw From Law Library Web Site Home Page
Connect to Law Library home page at:  http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/
Click on Westlaw in left green “Quick Links” navigation bar.
lawschool.westlaw.com  home page should appear.

Registering Your  Westlaw Password  and Creating Your Custom Username & Password
The Westlaw system is not accessible until one registers one’s Westlaw Password as well as creates a custom Username and Password.
At  lawschool.westlaw.com  home page (http://lawschool.westlaw.com), click on Register password now! inside blue box along left side.  Academic Westlaw Registration page should appear.  To right of Registering for the First Time? click on Click here.  Follow directions and prompts.
To edit your Westlaw registration information, at lawschool.westlaw.com home page, click on Register password now! inside blue box.  Academic Westlaw Registration page should appear.  To right of Updating Your Account Information? click on Click here.  Follow directions and prompts.

Signing On To Westlaw
At  lawschool.westlaw.com  home page, (a) type in your custom Username and Password - or - (b) type in your original Westlaw password.
<enter> or click on Go circle to lower right of Westlaw password  box.
lawschool.westlaw.com  page should reappear, ready for access.

Westlaw Tutorials and Help
At  lawschool.westlaw.com  home page, note Survival Guide and Westlaw Training links within top blue navigation bar.  Click on these for access to research and writing resources, training materials, tutorials, and other helpful materials.

Connecting To Westlaw Research System
At  lawschool.westlaw.com  home page, click on (a) Westlaw Research at left of top blue navigation bar - or - (b) Go to Westlaw button in middle column.
Tabbed  Welcome to Westlaw - Law School  page should appear.
Note HELP link at right of top blue navigation bar.  Click on it for a wide range of help topics and help.
Note tabs along top of page – click on Law School tab.
At Law School tabbed page, note:  Shortcuts in left frame and Resources  in right frame, as well as DIRECTORY link at middle of top blue navigation bar, and View Westlaw Directory link below Search for a database in Shortcuts left frame.

Westlaw Find
Find is a Westlaw service that allows you to retrieve a single document when you know the citation of that document.  You can Find cases, statutes, regulations, law review articles, and several other types of documents.
At Law School tabbed page, note Find by citation: and Finding Tools: in Shortcuts left frame.

In Shortcuts left frame, inside Find by citation:  box, type in:   392  us  1
<enter> or click on blue Go to right of Find by citation:  box.
Terry v. Ohio case should be retrieved.

Return to tabbed  Law School  page by clicking on Law School tab at upper left.
In Shortcuts left frame, click on Find a Case by Party Name below Finding Tools: .
“Find a Case by Party Name” page should appear in right frame.
Type terry inside left party name box, and ohio inside right party name box.
In Select a Jurisdiction:  area, click inside circle next to U.S. Supreme Courts, and be sure box next to   U.S. Supreme Courts says Cases.
Click on blue Go at bottom left of right frame.
The system should retrieve at least 41 cases.  One of these is the Terry v. Ohio case.

Westlaw Basic Printing / Document Delivery
After getting search results for the above party name search, you can initiate Printing two ways:
(a) When in full text search results, click on Print Document icon at top right of right frame.
(b) When in Full Screen List search results, click on Print Document icon at top right.
Print page should appear.
Note Westlaw Printer  (S4427  WESTLAW LIBRARY) in Printer box – this is the Westlaw printer in the Law Library Computer Lab.
Note Settings link to right of Printer box.
Clicking on Settings should display information on, and options for, each delivery destination.  For example, Settings options for printing to the Westlaw printer include delivery format (ie, Dual column or Single column) and Time of Delivery.  To save selected Settings options, click inside box next to “Save as default in Preferences” and click on Done button at lower left.
Note printing options –
	Current Document, Result List (All), Result List (Selected), Selected Documents
	Page Options (ie, Full Text, etc.)
After making option selections, you would then click on Print at lower left.
Do Not print at this time – click on Cancel at lower left.

To print to an attached printer, click on arrow to right of Printer box, then select Attached Printer  from pop-down menu.
Remember, if you select Attached Printer and you’re in the Law Library Computer Lab, this means you’ll be printing to the networked Lab printer (and you’ll use up your Lab print account!)

After getting search results, you can download results, in two ways:
(a) When in full text search results, click on Download Document icon at top right of right frame.
(b) When in Full Screen List search results, click on Download Document at top right..
Download page should appear.
Click on arrow to right of Save to box, then select My Computer from pop-down menu.
Click on Settings link to right of Save to box.  Make Format (ie, Spacing, Font, etc.) and Content  selections.  If desired, click inside box next to “Save as default in Preferences.”  Click on Done at lower left.
Note options –
	Format (ie, Plain Text, Word, WordPerfect, etc.)
	Result List (All), Result List (Selected), Selected Documents
	Page Options (ie, Full Text, etc.)
After making option selections, you would then click on Save at lower left.
Do Not download at this time – click on Cancel at lower left.

Signing Off Westlaw
Wherever you are in your search session, click on SIGN OFF at top right.
The system should sign you off.

Westlaw Sample Search –  Try This When You Have Time!

Issue:  You’re working on an Ohio case, and need to determine if evidence of a concealed weapon, obtained by police pursuant to a stop and frisk search must be suppressed as in violation of a defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights, when the police officer believed, based on his observations, that the defendant was about to commit a robbery?

Connect to Westlaw Research System.
At  Law School  tabbed  page, click on DIRECTORY within top blue navigation bar or View Westlaw Directory below Search for a database: in Shortcuts left frame.
Two-frame Westlaw Directory page should appear.
In right frame, note arrangement of databases by groups of U.S. Federal Materials, U.S. State Materials, Topical Practice Areas, etc.
To choose an individual database, browse through a database group until the desired database is revealed.
Click on database name to search it.

Within Westlaw Directory, browse until you find the Ohio State & Federal Courts (OH-CS-ALL) database.

After selecting a database, Search page should appear.
Note Terms and Connectors and Natural Language tabs above Search box – for now, stay in Terms and Connectors searching mode.
Note Add Connectors or Expanders box below Dates and Fields box, as well as Help link for connector/expander information.
	Note:	Westlaw interprets a space between words as the OR connector.
		Use quotation marks when searching a phrase in Westlaw.
Westlaw uses these character/truncation Symbols:
	* - universal character  (g**se - goose, geese, etc.)
	! - truncation  (regulat! - regulate, regulation, etc.)
Westlaw automatically searches plurals, but not irregular plurals
	(lawyer, lawyers   but not   goose, geese)

Type this suggested search statement inside  Search  box
“concealed weapon” and frisk! and “fourth amendment” and robbery
then <enter> or click on blue Search Westlaw button.
[should retrieve at least 56 cases]

If you conduct a successful search, the system will retrieve one or more documents matching your search statement.
The system will default to Full Screen List display of document citations and words surrounding your search terms on the left, as well as hypertext links to secondary sources and West Key number references on the right.
When in Full Screen List display, note left and right arrows on either side of 1 - # at bottom middle.  Click on these to move forward and backward in the document list.
Click on any document citation in Full Screen List to display two frame full text of that document.
	In right frame, full text of the selected document will be displayed.
	In left frame, there will be two tabs for Result List and Links for. 
When in Result List tab, to display full text of a document, scroll down document list (in left frame), then click on desired document citation – full text of that document will display in right frame.
	Still in Result List tab, note Term and Doc arrows at bottom middle of right frame.
Clicking on Term arrows takes you forward and backward in document and document list according to where your search terms are located.
		Clicking on Doc arrows takes you forward and backward in document list.

Practice browsing your search results.  Can you find the Terry v. Ohio case; can you find the State v. Andrews case?