Searching
Using West km, you can easily search for documents.
Basic Searching
Searching by Library Group
Basic Searching
Using the search box at the top of the page, you can search the full text of West km documents using either a terms and connectors query or natural language.
Terms and Connections
You can use a Boolean terms and connectors query to specify the relationship between your search terms. Just type your query in the search box at the top of the page and click Search.
These queries consist of two parts:
- terms from the document or issue that you are researching
- connectors that specify the relationship between those terms
This method is usually most effective when you know details about a specific document that you want to retrieve or when you want to retrieve all documents that meet specific criteria. For example,
"insurance policy" /s coverage period /s effect! /p damage injur**
For a listing of connectors, see Connectors and Special Characters.
Natural Language
You can use descriptive terms in plain language to describe the legal issue you are researching. Just type your terms in the search box at the top of the page and click Search.
This method is often effective when you are researching a complex legal issue. For example,
must damage be demonstrated that it occurred while an insurance policy is in effect
Searching by Library Group
Scope of Search
When using the search box in West km, you can restrict your search to particular groups of documents. For example, if you have both West km for Litigation and West km for Transactions, you might want to restrict your search to litigation documents, transactions documents, or both. Or you might want to restrict your search to documents in particular office locations or practice areas.
Before running your search, click the list next to the search box at the top of the page. In the Scope of Search dialog box, select the content and library groups you want to search and click Save.
Browsing
You can easily browse content in a particular library group from the Home page.
In the Browse section, click a libraries tab (e.g., Litigation Libraries). The documents in that library group are displayed. In addition, a corresponding tabbed text box is displayed at the top of the page. To search this library group, type your search in the text box and click Search.
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