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Statute and Case
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KeyCite
Misc.
100

You can type anything here 

What is WestSearchPlus or Search Bar

100

A plain language sentence describing your case 

What is a headnote

100

Where to save a document to view later

What is a folder

100

A warning will appear in this form

What is a flag
100

Where to find learning modules 

What is the Knowledge Center

200

The location you want to search within

What is Jurisdiction 

200

Tab of Cases that Interpret a Statute 

What is Notes of Decision

200

When you want to return to a document you saw before

What is history


200

Showing severe negative treatment

What is a red flag 

200

An encyclopedia, jurisprudence, or law journal

What is secondary source 

300

To Narrow Results use these

What are filters 

300

Where to find authorities citing your statute

What is citing references

300

To paste the citation of the source into word

What is copy with reference

300

A Yellow Flag

What is negative treatment...move with caution


300

24/7 Experts Ready to Help

What are Reference Attorneys 

400

Used when you want to search for an exact phrase

What are quotation marks  

400

When a case is overruled go here to find what happened

What is Negative Treatment 

400

Pink, Blue, or Yellow to draw attention

What is highlighting 

400

A statute with a red flag

What is repealed or unconstitutional


400
1867

What is the year Westlaw started the key number system 

500

You want to find something inside a document 

What is search within 

500

A universal categorization system for ALL cases 

What is the Key Number System 

500

A word document of all research and notes in a folder 

What is folder research report

500

An implicit overruling 

What is Key Cite Overruling Risk 

500

An advanced search method 

What is terms and connectors

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