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Academic Subscriptions on Westlaw International
Mahendra ChaturvediThomson Reuters (Legal)New Delhi
Westlaw Subscribers
• Government Institutions ( Ministries & Courts)• Academic & Research Institutions
i) National Law Schools
ii) UTD’s
iii) Private Law Colleges• U.N. Bodies• Corporations• LPO’s• Law Firms & Private Practitioners
Academic Subscriptions
• WLI General Academic Subscription
• WLI General Academic Subscription + AllNews (EMEA, Australia, JP, KR, TW)
• Campus News
• Campus Journals
For further info: http://support.westlawinternational.com/academic
WLI General Academic Subscription
Who is likely to subscribe?• Universities with a law faculty or strong interest in legal research• Law SchoolsWhy?
• Unparalleled collection of over 900 Legal Journals (both academic and practitioner publications - great resource for international legal topics))
• Wide range of books/treatises etc from respected publishers
• Westlaw puts the law in context – cross linking you to other related cases and secondary materials
• Citators – KeyCite and UK Case Locator let you know if cases are still good law
• Westlaw’s Impressive IP collection
Characteristics of General Academic Sub
• Subscription gives access to the majority of Westlaw’s legal materials
• Students access via IP Authentication link (i.e no password required, log into University Intranet using student ID)
• Passwords are also issued for a limited period to professors, librarians and selected students for Moot Courts etc.
Main Jurisdictions Covered for Legal Materials
Legal materials from:
USA
EU
UK
Australia
Canada
Hong Kong
Jurisdiction Cases Legislation JournalsLegal
UpdatesText
booksTreaties
UK Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IP
Australia Yes Yes Yes
Canada Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hong KongYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
USA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
EU Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Main Legal Content by Jurisdiction
Graphical View of Westlaw Content
WLI Content Cases
Briefs
Litigation Info
Treatises
Forms
Journals
Legal Updates
News & Business
US Public Records
IP Filings
Company Records
Securities
Legislation
Note - picture is for illustrative purposes to indicate variety of materials on Westlaw - not to scale
Westlaw Advantage New Directory
• Did You Mean ? i) Misspellings of common terms
ii) Misspellings of legal terms
iii) Terms that are spelled correctly but are used incorrectly in a legal context
WESTLAW ADVANTAGE
• Add Related Terms ; Include relevant synonyms• Expand Search: Get more results from related databases
Other ways Westlaw helps improve your research
•Automatic searching of plurals and possessives •Automatic searching of irregular plurals, e.g., child also retrieves children •Automatic searching of compound words, e.g., whistle-blower also retrieves whistleblower •Automatic equivalents for common misspellings, e.g., judgement also retrieves judgment •Automatic searching of all variations of acronyms, e.g., H.I.V. also retrieves HIV, H. I. V. •Automatic retrieval of a database when you enter part of a database name or database description
Westlaw Tabbed Research Pages
• West reference attorney is available 24/7
• West Law Advantage : True copies
• Westlaw Advantage : Editorial Enhancements i.e. Headnote , Case Synopsis, Statute annotation
WESTLAW ADVANTAGES
Journals
• Great coverage of international law and law from all jurisdictions
• - Harvard Law Review- European Competition Law Review- Criminal Law Review- McGill Law Review
- Intellectual Property Quarterly
- Law Quarterly Review - Melbourne University Law Review- Hong Kong Law Journal
Journals
Treatises/Books
Treatises, Commentaries, Encyclopaedia
• Vast Collection of US titles including : - American Law Reports, - Corpus Juris Secundum & - American Jurisprudence
• UK collection includes• Kerly, Terrel & Copinger IP Commentaries• Archibold Criminal Law• Palmers Company Law
Browse Treatises Using Table of Contents
Search, or browse treatises using Search, or browse treatises using table of contentstable of contents
Search, or browse treatises using Search, or browse treatises using table of contentstable of contents
Legislation
Beyond Legislation – USCA & CFR• view section’s
history• view documents
citing this section• view graphic view
of section history• view USCA table
of contents• view annotations
to this section• view
encyclopaedia discussing this section
• view citing cases’• view citing
journals and treatises
• view legislative history
• view federal administrative agency decisions and opinions
Cases
Cases
• - United Kingdom from 1865- United States (Federal & State) from 1658- European Union from 1952- Australia from 1903- Hong Kong from 1905- Canada from 1825
Beyond Case Law
West’s attorney-West’s attorney-editor written editor written headnotes, headnotes,
summaries and summaries and KeyNumber KeyNumber taxonomy taxonomy
system allow you system allow you to identify and to identify and
analyse relevant analyse relevant cases quickly cases quickly
and accuratelyand accurately
West’s attorney-West’s attorney-editor written editor written headnotes, headnotes,
summaries and summaries and KeyNumber KeyNumber taxonomy taxonomy
system allow you system allow you to identify and to identify and
analyse relevant analyse relevant cases quickly cases quickly
and accuratelyand accuratelyHeadnoteHeadnoteHeadnoteHeadnote
KeyNumbersKeyNumbersKeyNumbersKeyNumbers
SynopsisSynopsisSynopsisSynopsis
Beyond Case Law
Keycite Keycite Flags alert Flags alert
you to you to important important citation citation
historieshistories
Keycite Keycite Flags alert Flags alert
you to you to important important citation citation
historieshistories
Legal Developments
Recent Legal Developments - Topical Highlights, Current Awareness & Litigation Monitor
Just open the database to view latest developmentsJust open the database to view latest developmentsJust open the database to view latest developmentsJust open the database to view latest developments
News
News
View a patent’s litigation View a patent’s litigation history in flow chart formhistory in flow chart formView a patent’s litigation View a patent’s litigation history in flow chart formhistory in flow chart form
Search thousands of Search thousands of newspapers and newswires newspapers and newswires
from around the world from around the world simultaneously or simultaneously or
individuallyindividually
Search thousands of Search thousands of newspapers and newswires newspapers and newswires
from around the world from around the world simultaneously or simultaneously or
individuallyindividually
Campus News
Characteristics of Campus News
• Affordable!
• Access to newspaper archives from around the world
• Access via IP Authentication only
• No Passwords issued
• No legal content included
Campus Journals
Characteristics of Campus Journals Subscription
• Affordable!
• Access to the World Journals database (900 Journals)
• Should not be offered in the first instance - only as a last resort if the institution will not take the full WLI General Academic Subscription package
• Access by IP Authentication Only
• Can be sold in conjunction with Campus News
Academic Subscriptions
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