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How to Use Lexis for Legal Research

LexisNexis and OverDrive®, the digital library provider selected by 22,000 libraries, schools and colleges worldwide, have joined forces to offer you a tailor-made library solution. The LexisNexis digital library can increase mobile access and search productivity, allowing you to reduce legal subscription costs and manage title usage. With so much data, how can you connect the dots and draw informed conclusions? Whether you`re creating a legal case, closing a deal, or handling a deal, easy-to-use tools can help you assess risks and identify factual trends that are critical to your strategy. They can turn facts into information and ideas into actions. Keep up to date with legal and business news and be prepared to spread important information quickly. Use intuitive online tools to search the LexisNexis collection® of legal, economic and financial news from authoritative sources around the world. Save key searches as notifications to receive updates on the schedule of your choosing, even in real time. And it`s easy to set up a Shepard alert® to stay up to date on cases and statuses. LexisNexis® eBooks make your legal library portable and accessible 24/7 through a variety of e-readers on a Mac®, PC or mobile device. Choose from e-books tailored to your areas of law and benefit from dynamic links to cases and citations. Updates are available as part of your subscription.

As always, you can also order the latest print publications to ensure your firm`s volumes of legislation are up-to-date and relevant to your areas of practice. Whether you`re working on legal documents, negotiating agreements, or doing other work, Practical Guidance® gives you access to essential tools, analysis, and practical advice. Consult checklists, draft notes, alternative clauses and model agreements that relate directly to the topic at hand. Rely on the advice of experienced lawyers from leading law firms and visit our author center at any time. Put quotes® – without leaving your Word document. Profile companies or important parties – from your email. Spending less time going back and forth between email, word processing, and online legal research tools means greater efficiency. Only Lexis for Microsoft Office brings these essential resources together in a powerful and productive way. To see is to believe. You start your day early and finish late.

Your process research needs are important and diverse. From tracking the latest submissions to evaluating potential deliverables to finding key players in the case, you need process search tools that are as fast and agile as you are. Get insight into the litigation history of judges, experts, litigants and opposing counsel, as well as trends related to specific types of charges, with easy-to-read graphs, data tables and facts. CourtLink® strategic profiles help you develop a litigation strategy, select new employees, write more effective briefs and requests, and provide resolution recommendations. The Lexis® Securities Mosaic service® gathers information about securities, federal agencies, disclosure, and legal transactions. This constantly updated research database notifies you of the release of a new SEC publication within minutes, and® SEC-EDGAR filings are updated in real time. Rely on comprehensive, authoritative legal content with convenient filtering to target your areas of interest. Simply enter search terms and easily narrow them down by jurisdiction, court, period, and/or business area – banking, energy and utilities, insurance, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, securities, taxes, etc. You can also choose to display only certain types of content: cases, statuses, secondary documents, and so on. You have your legal research results. But how can you translate your ideas into documents and case strategies? Stay organized with handy online folders for your research, as well as legal forms, checklists, and other efficiency tools. You can even integrate your search and validation with Microsoft Outlook® and Microsoft®® Word, as well as your own internal documents.

Dramatically reduce the time it takes to create, review, and respond to legal documents. You can access authoritative LexisNexis resources® and handy tools for checking citations, creating an authority list, and more, all from the Microsoft® Word and Outlook software® you use every day. The Lexis® Securities Mosaic service® gathers information about securities, federal agencies, disclosure, and legal transactions. Easily find SEC filings, comment letters, no-action letters, private placements, agreements, sample agency documents and filings, laws and rules, and law firm news and memos. Consult the legal texts of your jurisdiction from anywhere. LexisNexis® eBooks make your legal library portable and accessible 24/7 through a variety of e-readers on a Mac®, PC or mobile device. Benefit from dynamic links to cases and citations relevant to your jurisdiction. Your subscription may include updates. In addition, the latest print publications are available in the LexisNexis® Store, ensuring that your office volumes are up-to-date and relevant. If you want to search for a legal citation, click the by quote circle to select this option and enter the legal citation. Examples of legal citations include: 418 U.S. 683,121 S.

Ct. 2381,118 L. Ed. 2d 381,1992 U.S. LEXIS 2322 (Hint: You must enter the correct legal citation, including dots or dots.) Cover more ground with confidence – and an exclusive collection of 1,400 authoritative tax, accounting and probate practice sources, as well as tax-specific research tools. Where do you work? How do you work? Today, it varies from person to person – and sometimes from moment to moment. Whether you`re at your desk or on the go, with streamlined and integrated online legal research tools, as well as authoritative print titles, a wide range of current eBooks, a digital library solution, and mobile tools to help you succeed from anywhere.