Legal Research 101: Online Resources

Making the most of your time online

4.45 (38 reviews)

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What you will learn

Sstudents will learn how to use Westlaw, Lexis, and HeinOnline.

Students will learn how to conduct more relevant searches using any Internet browser.

Why take this course?

For the beginning legal researcher (and even for many seasoned litigants), legal research can be pretty scary. Having someone walk you through "how to use" online resources can help remove some of the scary-ness.

This course teaches students what is and how to use some of the more popular online legal databases like Westlaw, Lexis, and HeinOnline. Students will be exposed to both Natural Language and Boolean (aka Terms and Connectors) search techniques using both basic and advanced search options.

Reviews

Martha

October 26, 2022

It is a good match! It gave me more examples of searching and using search terms than the online class that I took that didn't contain videos.

Kelly

September 16, 2022

This course was a great overview of the online/computerized tools for research. A good add-on to Bret's other courses in the Legal Research 101 series; Which I HIGHLY recommend.

Rachel

September 4, 2022

Being able to see how subscription databases work is very helpful when you don't have a subscription, but you want to improve your career skills.

Angela

July 4, 2021

Information on how to do searches and navigate research sites as well as doing internet research and tips on narrowing results.

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