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Help with 2019 October Memo Research on Texas Premises Liability

This video demonstrates how to use Texas Jurisprudence 3d on Lexis and Westlaw to find cases on premises liability. The video is 2:19 minutes long and features closed captioning

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Researching Session Laws, State Statutes, and Superseded Codes

This video, updated in 2020, covers state statutes, superseded codes, and session laws. It describes how statutes are codified, explains the structure of state session laws and codes, tells you…

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Uniform Laws & Model Acts

This video explains what a uniform law and model act are, explores the Uniform Laws Annotated set in print and online, demonstrates how to use the finding tools within this set, and discusses…

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Federal Law Part 4: Researching Federal Case Law: Overview of the Federal Courts, the Reporter System, and Case Law Authority -- by Susan Boland

This video covers the structure of the Federal court system; Federal reporters, and identifying what court a case is from using the citation. The video is 6:36 minutes long and features closed…

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Using Lexis Headnotes & Topics to Find Cases

This video explains the differences between Lexis and Westlaw headnotes. It also demonstrates how to find cases using the headnote topics from another case. It also covers browsing Lexis Topics to…

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Researching Secondary Sources: Finding and Using Encyclopedias on Lexis -- by Susan Boland

This video, updated for 2020, covers how to find and use legal encyclopedias on Lexis Advance. It shows the structure and organization of an encyclopedia on Lexis and demonstrates how to use the…

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Business Filings & Company Research Part 4: Specialized Resources

In part 4 of our videos on business filings and company research, we will look at some specialty resources such as Hoovers, Dun & Bradstreet, PrivCo, Skyminder, and more. This video is 9:48…

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Business Filings & Company Research Part 2: Public Companies & SEC Filings

In part 2 of our videos on Business Filings & Company Research, we look at publicly traded companies and how to find SEC filings. This video is 6:55 minutes long and features closed captioning…

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Cost Effective Research on Lexis -- by Shannon Kemen

This video discusses how to perform cost effective research on Lexis Advance. It discusses how you can use the table of contents, filters, the legal issue trail, history, and folders to save money.…

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Finding Dockets and Court Documents

A docket is a calendar and a table of contents for the materials filed in a court case. Once upon a time, you would have had to go to the courthouse to get a docket. Now most Federal and some state…

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Federal Law Video Part 3: Researching the US Constitution, Federal Statutes, and Federal Court Rules on Lexis -- by Susan Boland

This video covers researching the US Constitution, federal statutes, and court rules on Lexis. It covers finding statutes, court rules, and constitutions by citation, finding them when you…

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Advanced Lexis & Westlaw Searching Video Part 4: Commands & Filters for 1Ls -- by Susan Boland

This video, updated in 2020, demonstrates how to use commands and filters for more cost effective and precise searching. It is 8:46 minutes long and features closed captioning.

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Advanced Lexis & Westlaw Searching Part 4: Commands & Filters -- by Susan Boland

This video, updated in 2020, describes how to use commands and filters for advanced searching in Lexis and Westlaw. It is 11:12 minutes long and features closed captioning.

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Basic Terms & Connectors Part 3: Selecting Sources -- by Susan Boland

This video, updated in 2020, explains how to select the appropriate source for online searching in Lexis and Westlaw. It provides questions to ask and demonstrates finding sources by name, browsing…

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Basic Terms & Connectors Video Part 5: Constructing Searches

This video explains terms and connectors (also known as Boolean) searching on Lexis and Westlaw. It covers stop words, truncation, plurals, acronyms, connectors, and order of processing. The video is…

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Researching Secondary Sources Video: Finding and Using Treatises on Lexis -- by Susan Boland

This video, updated August 15, 2019, demonstrates how to find and use treatises on Lexis. It covers retrieving a known treatise, finding treatises by topic, and using indexes and tables of contents…

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