Using LegalTrac To Find Law Review Articles
Using LegalTrac To Find Law Review Articles. What Is LegalTrac? A commercial service UW Libraries subscribe Indexes law reviews, other legal periodicals.
Dec 21, 2015
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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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