moving from westlaw classic to westlawnext
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Demonstrates some of the features of WestlawNext and helps faculty move from Westlaw Classic to WestlawNextTRANSCRIPT
Making the Move to WestlawNext
Sol Blatt Jr. Law LibraryLisa Smith-Butler
May 8, 2014
The Home Page
Features
• Browse Content• Use Terms & Connectors & Fields with Advanced Search• Creating & Using Folders• Find & Print• KeyCite• News & Insights• Practitioner Insights• Practical Law• Favorites• Customize Page
Browsing
What Do I See & What Can I Do?
Moving Around• You can annotate and add notes to your case, statute, or law review.• You can add the annotated item to a specific folder that you create.• You can search within the document, i.e. focus, using the search icon,
search within.• You can go to selected portions of a document.• You can change your display options to view a document. • You can deliver your document via print, email, download, or to a Kindle. • You can then create an Alert that notifies you whenever changes are
made.• Court filings, forms, briefs, jury verdicts and settlements, and public
records are included in the document retrieval if available.• Filters can be applied on the side to further limit search results by
jurisdiction, date, keyword, topic, judge, attorney, party or docket number.
Tools: Folders & Notes
Focus/Search Within
Go To
Display Options
Delivery: Email, Print, Download, Kindle
Create Alerts
Court Filings
Filters
Browsing Statutes
• You can:– browse the Table of Contents;– find via a citation;– use the USCA editor created index;– use the Popular Names Tables; – use the Conversion Tables with the STATUTES AT
LARGE, Public Law Numbers, etc.; or– check the historical changes back to 1990.
Terms & Connectors & Fields: Advanced Search
Party Name
Terms & Connecters
Narrow Results? Use the Filter(s)
Make a Folder?
View Your Folder?
Find & Print
KeyCite
Negative Treatment
History
Citing References
Narrow or Limit Your Results by Applying Filters
News & Insights
Practitioner Insights for Health Care Law
Practical Law
Practice Areas
Resource Types
Make Another Folder?
Favorites
History or Research Trail
More?! Customize Your Own Page
Is the Digest Still Available? Yes. Check It Out Under the Tools Tab.
Is There More?
• Yes. West continues to add content and tweak. WestlawNext is a continuously evolving project.
• For more information about using WestlawNext, check out the User Guides @ https://lawschool.westlaw.com/shared/marketinfodisplay.asp?code=SG&id=1 .
Questions?
• Contact your library liaison or the Reference Desk @– 843.377.4020– reference@charlestonla
w.edu– Please stop by! We’re
glad to help.