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Basic Terms & Connectors Tips & Order of Processing

This video will provide tips about stop words, hyphenated words, plurals, truncation, and acronyms as well as cover order of processing. The video is 6:08 min. long and features closed captioning and…

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Basic Terms & Connectors Part 4: Choosing a Search Method -- by Susan Boland

This video explains the different search methods available in Lexis and Westlaw and when to use which search method. The video is 7:15 minutes long and features closed captioning and a table of…

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FastCase Video -- by Susan Boland

This video describes one of the low cost alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw: FastCase. It covers boolean search connectors, truncation, citators, and search examples. It is 6:21 minutes long. It is…

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VersusLaw -- by Susan Boland

This video demonstrates how to use VersusLaw, a low-cost alternative to Lexis and Westlaw. It covers boolean connectors, truncation, citators, and search examples. The video is 2:56 minutes long…

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Casemaker Video -- by Susan Boland

This video, updated in 2021, discusses and demonstrates Casemaker, one of the low cost alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw. It covers retrieving legal materials by citation, searching, using…

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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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Advanced Lexis & Westlaw Searching Part 5 Video: Filters, Fields & Segments -- by Susan Boland

This video, updated in 2023, explains how to use filters, fields and segments in Lexis and Westlaw for advanced searching. It also covers some of the more useful fields and segments. The video is…

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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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Basic Terms & Connectors Part 2: Framing the Issue and brainstorming terms -- by Susan Boland

This video demonstrates how to analyze a fact pattern in order to frame your issue for online searching. The video is 6:50 minutes long and features closed captioning and a table of contents.

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