Testing the Limits of WestlawNext |
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| Authors: | Lee F Peoples |
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| Institution: | Oklahoma City University School of Law , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , USA |
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| Abstract: | Law students in Advanced Legal Research courses at two law schools completed a series of exercises designed to explore several discrete aspects of WestlawNext. Professor Peoples reports the results of this study concerning the impact of WestlawNext's pricing model, user interface, and search algorithm on research results. The article concludes with suggestions for improvement to WestlawNext and a call for librarians to become more involved in training students to use WestlawNext. |
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| Keywords: | computer assisted legal research databases research habits of law students Westlaw |
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