ABSTRACT
A HOW LEXIS WORKS 183
B HOW TO USE LEXIS ECONOMICALLY 184
1 Learn how to use the system in advance 185
2 Plan your search 185
C CHOOSING A DATABASE 186
D FORMULATING YOUR QUERY 186
1 Choosing your key words 186
2 Using connectors 187
3 Using universal characters and root extenders 189
4 Modifying your query 190
5 Doing segment searches 190
6 Choosing which portions of a document to review 191
7 Updating a selected document and finding similar documents 192
E THE FUTURE OF COMPUTERS AND SELF-HELP LAW 193
Chapter 12
Legal research is rapidly becoming automated. Push a button and see a case, flip a switch and read a statute-well, almost. But certain legal research tasks that might take hours or days in the law library can now be accomplished in minutes with the help of computers.
