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Introduction to the Basic FeaturesStephanie A. HuffnagleLast updated 2/25/11
Online database providing access to News, Business & Legal Information
Newspapers (New York Times, Buffalo News)
Magazines (Newsweek, The Economist)
Company Information (SEC Filings, Hoover’s Company Records)
For a complete listing of publications, click on the Publications List link
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Secondary Sources◦ American Jurisprudence 2d (Am Jur 2d)
◦ American Law Reports (ALR)
◦ Over 800 law reviews and journals
Primary Sources◦ United States Code Annotated (USCA)
◦ All federal and state court cases, including all U.S. Supreme Court cases
◦ State statutes and regulations
◦ Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
◦ Federal Register
For a complete listing of law content, click on the Content List
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KeyCite◦ Red Flag = no longer good on at least one point of
law
◦ Yellow Flag = some negative history
◦ Blue H = some history
◦ Green C = citing references with no direct negative history
West’s Key Number System◦ Cases are organized by topic and given a specific
Key Number
◦ You can search the Key Numbers to find cases with a specific topic by clicking on “Go” in the KeySearchbox under the Law tab.
You can browse through the subject list to find what you are looking for
OR, you can click on the Key Numbers in the case headnotes
Field restrictions and connectors◦ Examples:
Author – AU(Lewis)
Synopsis/Digest – SY,DI(“native american”)
* = universal character (e.g. wom!n = women and woman)
/s = within the same sentence (e.g. cigarettes /s tax, cigarettes and tax will appear in the same sentence)
◦ See separate handout for additional examples
Famous Documents
Legal Guides
Scope & Coverage
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