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Searching for Cases and Documents
Users describe the characteristics of the cases or documents they want
to study by entering descriptors on one of the following four screens.
Descriptive terms can be selected from the drop-down lists in each category,
or entered directly into the text boxes. The characteristics are then built
into a query statement that can be used to search for cases or documents
matching those characteristics.
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The General tab displays search criteria that pertain to either
legal cases or office practice work. Within the Type of Work tab,
the user can choose whether to search for criteria specific to cases or
specific to non-litigated office practice matters by selecting either the
case or the transaction radio button. The Document tab
offers search criteria specific to any document, whether it is part of
a legal case or an office practice matter. Experienced users can use a
Direct search to continue their research on a particular case or
document by entering its ID number.
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Users can type a search term into a text box, or they can select one from a drop-down list. Once a drop-down box is opened (by clicking on the arrow to the right of the text box), the user can scroll through the list, or type letters in the text box and jump directly to that part of the list. Wildcard characters can be used to give the user more flexibility in designing a search. |
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With a search term entered into a text box, clicking the Add to the Query button will enter it into the query box. Then the Search button can be clicked to display the results of the query. Multiple characteristics can be added to the query statement, and advanced Boolean searching techniques can be used to develop complex queries. Users can save query statements on disk to be loaded and used again. This feature allows library users to save their work on a floppy disk from session to session.
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The search results are displayed in a list. The user can highlight a case in the list and read a summary of the case, and view the subject entries assigned to it. A list of the search results is available through the "Print" button. Clicking on the "Details" button will give additional details of a case. |
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| A list of participants in the case is given
in the "Details" screen. Users can sort the list alphabetically or by order
of importance in the case. Biographies of key people are a mouse click
away.
By highlighting a document in the list, the author or signer of the document is identified. Reports that include case and document information can be generated Go to the document images by clicking the "View Documents" button. |
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| The user can page through the document images,
enlarge, enhance, and rotate them. A "jump" feature is available to go
to a specific page.
A single page of an image or the entire image can be printed. |
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