1. Using LegalTrac To Find Law Review Articles

2. What Is LegalTrac? A commercial service UW Libraries subscribe Indexes law reviews, other legal periodicals & legal newspapers Contains a small number of full-text articles Covers from 1980 to date

3. Restricted Access University of Washington students, faculty & staff Other users visiting a University of Washington library

4. Accessing LegalTrac Research Databases > K-L > Research Databases K-L OR Resources by Subject > Law > Resources by Subject Law

5. Computing from Home? Off-Campus Access Sign in with UW NetID 8 hours of access to subscription databases

6. LegalTrac Introduction Describes content & coverage Click on LegalTrac or Start Searching links

7. Search Options Keyword & Advanced No limit to the number of articles retrieved Results listed from most recent to oldest RelevanceMaximum number of articles = 200 Results listed by relevancy All search options permit combinations of words & phrases with AND & OR

8. Searching - Keyword Single search box Combine search terms with AND OR Results listed with most recent first

9. Searching - Advanced Three search boxes Combine boxes with AND OR Results listed with most recent first

10. Searching - Relevance Single search box Combine search terms with AND OR Results listed with most relevant first Results limited to 200 items

11. Reviewing Search Results Number of articles retrieved

12. Reviewing Search Results Number of articles retrieved Title of the article & link to the index information

13. Reviewing Search Results Number of articles retrieved Title of the article & link to the index information Author(s)

14. Reviewing Search Results Number of articles retrieved Title of the article & link to the index information Author(s) Journal title, date, volume, issue & pages

15. Reviewing Search Results Number of articles retrieved Title of the article & link to the index information Author(s) Journal title, date, volume, issue & pages Link to index information

16. Index Information Repeated citation information

17. Index Information Repeated citation information Subject headings

18. Index Information Repeated citation information Subject headings Links to additional articles with same subject headings Click View to see list of articles

19. Index Information Repeated citation information Subject headings Links to additional articles with same subject headings Links to closely related subject headings Click See also

20. Full-Text Articles Text indicates that the full text of the article is available Click on link to view

21. Full-Text Articles Search terms highlighted in red Footnotes included Text & Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)

22. Recording Search Results Copy & Paste Requires WordPad or word processing (Law Library public computers don’t have word processing software) Mark Items LegalTrac feature Print, download, or email selected search results

23. Selecting Search Results Click in the Mark box to select articles

24. View Mark List Click on View Mark List

25. Print or Email Marked List Print on attached printer (in the Law Library)Law Library

26. Print or Email Mark List Print on attached printer (in the Law Library)Law Library Email mark list

27. Download Mark List Use Print command Use browser’s File > Save As Download list to disk or flash/thumb drive

28. Locating Law Review Articles Search Law Library catalog by journal title (not title of the article!)journal title Use the Hein Online citation navigator (UW Restricted)citation navigator Search LexisNexis Academic by author & words in the title (view LexisNexis Academic instructional slideshow)LexisNexis Academic

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