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UsingLegalTrac

To Find

Law Review Articles

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

Restricted Access University of

Washington students, faculty & staff

Other users visiting a University of Washington library

Accessing LegalTrac

Research Databases > K-L >

OR Resources by Subject > Law >

Computing from Home?

Off-Campus Access Sign in with UW NetID 8 hours of access to subscription databases

LegalTrac Introduction

Describes content & coverage Click on LegalTrac or Start Searching links

Search OptionsKeyword &

Advanced

No limit to the number of articles retrieved

Results listed from most recent to oldest

Relevance Maximum number of articles = 200

Results listed by relevancy

All search options permit combinations of words & phrases with AND & OR

Searching - Keyword

Single search box Combine search terms with AND OR Results listed with most recent first

Searching - Advanced

Three search boxes Combine boxes with AND OR Results listed with most recent first

Searching - Relevance

Single search box Combine search terms with AND OR Results listed with most relevant first Results limited to 200 items

Reviewing Search Results

Number of articles retrieved

Reviewing Search Results

Number of articles retrieved Title of the article & link to the index information

Reviewing Search Results

Number of articles retrieved Title of the article & link to the index information Author(s)

Reviewing Search Results

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

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

Index Information Repeated citation

information

Index Information Repeated citation

information Subject headings

Index Information Repeated citation

information Subject headings Links to additional

articles with same subject headings Click View to see list of

articles

Index Information Repeated citation

information Subject headings Links to additional

articles with same subject headings

Links to closely related subject headings Click See also

Full-Text Articles

Text indicates that the full text of the article is available

Click on link to view

Full-Text Articles

Search terms highlighted in red Footnotes included Text & Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)

Recording Search ResultsCopy & 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

Selecting Search Results

Click in the Mark box to select articles

View Mark List Click on View Mark

List

Print or Email Marked List

Print on attached printer (in the Law Library)

Print or Email Mark List

Print on attached printer (in the Law Library) Email mark list

Download Mark List

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

Locating Law Review Articles Search Law Library catalog by journal title

(not title of the article!) Use the Hein Online citation navigator (UW

Restricted) Search LexisNexis Academic by author &

words in the title (view LexisNexis Academic instructional slideshow)

Questions? UW Libraries

Email UW Libraries Gallagher Law Library

Phone Odergaard 543-2060 Suzzallo 543-0242 Gallagher 543-6794

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