Research Strategies
Research Strategies
Research Certificate Seminar
September 6, 2011
Research problem
May jailhouse tape recordings between a married couple be admitted into evidence by the prosecution or can a spouse assert the marital privilege (i.e., prevent their admission into evidence)?
Terms and Connectors
|and |think required terms |copyright AND “fair use” will retrieve documents that contain both terms, but |
| | |they may not be related to each other or close together in proximity |
|or |think synonyms |car OR auto! OR vehicle |
|w/# |think proximity |“fair use” w/20 library The number sign represents any number of your |
| | |choosing. Most common searches are w/2, w/10, w/20, etc. |
|w/s |think within same sentence |copyright w/s YouTube The connected terms must appear in the same sentence as |
| | |each other. |
|w/p |think within same paragraph |copyright w/p YouTube The connected terms must appear in the same paragraph as|
| | |each other. |
|! |think expander |tax! This searches tax, taxes, taxation, taxable, etc. (It would also |
| | |retrieve taxi, taxonomy, etc.) |
|* |think wild card |wom*n Retrieves woman and women. |
| | | |
| | |B*rnst**n Useful for party names when you are unsure of the spelling. |
| | |Retrieves Bernstein, Bornstein, Bernstien, etc. |
Field / Segment Searching
|SY,DI() |Synopsis/Digest search in Westlaw |Searches both the synopsis (a summary of the case prepared by Westlaw editors)|
| |case databases |and digest (combined topic and headnote) fields in one search and insures that|
| | |in the cases retrieved the issue is central to the case. |
| | |sy,di (wrongful! /5 terminat! Discharge!) |
|CO/Court |Court field in Westlaw and Lexis |Limits to the court of decision. |
| |case databases | |
| | |For example, to retrieve U.S. Supreme Court cases originating from state |
| | |courts in the Sixth District, access the All U.S. Supreme Court Cases database|
| | |(SCT) and type: co(6). |
| | | |
| | |You can also limit to a high (supreme court) by searching co(high). |
|JU/Judges |Judges field in Lexis or Westlaw |Limits to name of judge writing the principal opinion. |
| |case databases | |
| | |JU(Antonin w/ Scalia) |
|WP |Words-Phrases in Westlaw case |Retrieves legal terms and phrases defined within headnotes. This field is |
| |databases |based on West's Words and Phrases publication. |
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(This chart is on the library webpage under Research Guides – LexisNexis and Westlaw Order of Operations)
Lexis and Westlaw Features Compared-
From the library homepage under Research Guides – LexisNexis and Westlaw Features Compared
Ways to find cases on point:
• Search a case law database
• Shepardize or Keycite a case that is on point
• Secondary sources – practice books, encyclopedias
• Digest
• Annotated Statutes (if a statute is involved)
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