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A fully integrated research solution, available on Westlaw e CARSWELL

A fully integrated research solution, available on Westlaw e CARSWELL. Sign-On to WestlaweCARSWELL’s Criminal Source. Customize your Sign-On with Client ID, which allows you to: Track your work Recover costs. What’s In Criminal Source…. 1. Search Methods & Functionality.

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A fully integrated research solution, available on Westlaw e CARSWELL

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  1. A fully integrated research solution, available on WestlaweCARSWELL

  2. Sign-On to WestlaweCARSWELL’s CriminalSource • Customize your Sign-On with Client ID, which allows you to: • Track your work • Recover costs

  3. What’s In CriminalSource… 1. Search Methods & Functionality

  4. Choose a Starting Point Right from the Home page, browse, search, or find case law, legislation, digests or commentary

  5. Find / KeyCite a Document By case name

  6. Find / KeyCite a Document Find legislation by section number from the Home page

  7. Custom Search Templates Easily search cases, legislation or commentary

  8. Case Law Custom Search Get targeted results with flexible search terms and the ability to limit results. This allows you to quickly narrow your search

  9. Search Results Locateoption provides precise results allowing you to search-within-a-search

  10. Use Locate to Narrow Results At this point you can enter your Locate terms and click on the search button

  11. New, Refined Results List The Locate feature enabled you to refine your search to 38 results from the original search result of 1064

  12. New, Refined Results List Search terms are highlighted in yellow

  13. Check Related Information Click the Related Info tab to learn more about a case

  14. Check Related Information Related Infotab includes…

  15. KeyCiteCanada Flag system alerts you to the status of the decision

  16. KeyCiteCanada Select Full History to get Direct History (Graphical View). This can be viewed in word (text) or graphical format

  17. KeyCiteCanada Select Citing References to check all Citing References (negative, positive and neutral) and secondary sources that refer to your case

  18. What’s In CriminalSource… 1. Search Methods & Functionality 2. Variety of Search Tools

  19. Boolean Searching You don’t have to speak Boolean to access the most common terms and connectors at your finger tips

  20. Natural Language Searching You can enter actual phrases as well as words. It’s a great starting point!

  21. Search Authored Commentary Quickly locate the information you need or limit searches to one or more publications, if desired

  22. Browse by Table of Contents Browse commentary by Table of Contents like you would the index of a book

  23. Browse by Table of Contents • Authoritative commentary including: • Gibson, Criminal Law Evidence, Practice and Procedure • Watt’s Manual of Criminal Evidence • Cournoyer et Ouimet, Code criminel annote

  24. Browse a Title Select this commentary: “Watt’s Manual of Criminal Evidence”

  25. Browse Title's Table of Contents Select and search individual chapters

  26. Click Basic Concepts to Drill Down Select Basic Concepts to drill down and further your research

  27. Link to Documents Link Viewer – Web Page Dialog allows you to preview, Maximize and Locate within a document

  28. What’s In CriminalSource… 1. Search Methods & Functionality 2. Variety of Search Tools 3. Latest Developments

  29. Watt’s Criminal Law & Evidence Newsletter Exclusive to CriminalSource! This weekly newsletter is a “preview” of the latest important unreported criminal cases across Canada.

  30. Browse/Search Newsletter Archives Click Watt’s Criminal Law and Evidence Newsletter to access the archive

  31. Newsletter Features Featured content: each case comment has a link to the full text of the case

  32. Canadian Abridgment Digests

  33. Browse/Search Digests Search thousands of digests organized by topic, type of offence or evidentiary principal. Browse the Digests further by Table of Contents

  34. Drill Down Classifications Enhancements to The Canadian Abridgment include the ability to drill down the Table of Contents, and allow users to view all digests on the same issue in a single document.

  35. View All Digests at Once Result List tab indicates where you have clicked and how many digests are available under this classification

  36. View All Digests at Once The right side provides you with all 77 digests in one scrollable document

  37. Link from Digest to Full Text Case Link Viewer – Web Page Dialog allows you to preview, Maximize and Locate within a case

  38. What’s In CriminalSource… 1. Search Methods & Functionality 2. Variety of Search Tools 3. Latest Developments 4. Additional Features

  39. WestClip Clipping Service • Track case law, commentary, journals and law reviews on thousands of Westlaw and WestlaweCARSWELL databases

  40. WestClip Clipping Service • Monitor the activity on leading cases to protect yourself from missing vital information

  41. WestClip Clipping Service • Create your own currency newsletter of recent decisions

  42. Research Trail A running log of your work allows you to track, share and update your research

  43. Reporting System v. 2 Generate your own charge back and usage reports

  44. Reporting System v. 2 • Radio buttons and drop-down menus allow you to select pertinent user information • 20 standard report formats and an option for custom formats • Select the delivery method, such as display, download or email • Customize account groups to simplify and summarize usage information and then create client invoices right from the system • Experience dynamic screens, auto-reports and an automatic tax calculation function

  45. What’s In CriminalSource… 1. Search Methods & Functionality 2. Variety of Search Tools 3. Latest Developments 4. Additional Features

  46. A fully integrated research solution, available on WestlaweCARSWELL

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