Westlaw Next—Tutorial Information Before We Begin No need to sign on Just type westlawnext in URL Click on Training and Support and scroll down to Video Tutorials and User Guides- Click on Getting Started Download WestlawNext Guide for Paralegals

Sign-on Click on Log In to Westlawnext Below log on boxes, click on “create new one- pass profile” Complete creation of account, using registration key provided Sign-in

Let’s look at home page Before you begin—click on tools – All My Content – Search box and Jurisdiction – Content—databases – Features: folders and history

Searching Search by citation—put citation in search box; entire database is searched—overrides jurisdiction choices Other searches—choose jurisdiction Select “content” All Content: (limited by jurisdiction choise) Cases-- "search warrant" /5 trunk and auto! or vehicle State Cases—same search Advanced Search

Looking at Results Left Pane—Filtering results Try—Filter by date Before 1990 Expand Jurisdiction Reported; Trivial defect defense

Looking at Results, cont. (right pane) Related documents (can hide) Yellow and Red Flags Start from top—official and parallel cite Case name—upper case Summary Headnotes and Key Numbers West v. Official (look at official version and Westlaw case Star Pagination

Key Numbers Look under “tools” West system of indexing and organizing the law In Print—Topic and Key Number Online—same—or just key numbers Every headnote assigned a key number (topic and key number)