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Federal and state case law, statutes and administrative rules and regulations, law reviews and journals.
Also includes news and business-related information from sources such as newspapers, trade, business and professional publications, newswires, broadcast transcripts, foreign language publications and company information.
Find current and historical newspapers, including the New York Times back to 1850, the Atlanta Constitution back to 1868, African American newspapers such as the Chicago Defender, international newspapers, and more.
A handout that describes how to use boolean terms and connectors within the Westlaw environment.
Advanced Searching
Use " " to search for a phrase (i.e. "social media")
Use ! or * to search for words with multiple endings (i.e. object! will return results containing the words object, objection, objection, and objecting)
Use /s to search for words in the same sentence
Use +s to require that the first search term precede the second search term in the same sentence
Use /p to search for words in the same paragraph
Use +p to require that the first search term precede the second search term in the same paragraph
User /n to require that search terms appear within a specified number of terms to each other (i.e. /5 will look for terms that are within 5 words of each other)
