Legal Search: Get A Case

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A common assignment is to research the major news that occurred on your birthday. You can easily do this on the power search form.
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'''The easiest way to look up a case is to use the Look Up A Legal Case widget on the [[Academic_Help:_Easy_Search|Easy Search Form]]. Below, is another way!'''
  
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# Click "Show" (in the same spot as "hide" on the above picture) to display the Document Section boxes.
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After clicking the US Legal Tab,
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# Select DATE from the Section drop-down box.
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# Type the equal sign and any date you'd like in the terms box. In this case, "=8/2/1982"
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# Click the link to add this date to your search.
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# Click the red OK-Continue button to find your results.
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You can also use this function to search all articles before or after a certain date. Simply replace the equal sign with a greater than/less than sign. For example, if you wanted to search for all articles before 8/2/1982, you would type "<8/2/1982" in the Terms box.
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# Click the "Federal & State Cases" link on the right side of the screen.
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# If you would like to get a case by case name, enter a name (or both names) in the box. Although the formal name of the case is "Roe v. Wade", entering "Wade v. Roe" will return the same results. If you would like to get a case by citation number, enter the citation inside the "Citation Number" box.
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# Select Party Name or Citation from the drop-down box depending on which field you would like to search under.
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==Watch this Tutorial on YouTube==
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Latest revision as of 08:54, 4 November 2010

Follow the instructions below to find a specific case in the Legal Search form in LexisNexis Academic.
GetACase1.jpg

The easiest way to look up a case is to use the Look Up A Legal Case widget on the Easy Search Form. Below, is another way!

After clicking the US Legal Tab,

  1. Click the "Federal & State Cases" link on the right side of the screen.
  2. If you would like to get a case by case name, enter a name (or both names) in the box. Although the formal name of the case is "Roe v. Wade", entering "Wade v. Roe" will return the same results. If you would like to get a case by citation number, enter the citation inside the "Citation Number" box.
  3. Select Party Name or Citation from the drop-down box depending on which field you would like to search under.

Watch this Tutorial on YouTube

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