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Westlaw Campus. Case Law. Printable version available at www.uwf.edu/jdebellis/Westlaw.ppt. Objectives. At the conclusion of this tutorial you should be able to do the following: Locate cases affecting your industry in Westlaw Campus

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Westlaw Campus

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  1. Westlaw Campus Case Law Printable version available at www.uwf.edu/jdebellis/Westlaw.ppt

  2. Objectives At the conclusion of this tutorial you should be able to do the following: • Locate cases affecting your industry in Westlaw Campus • Write a correct APA citation for cases retrieved from this database.

  3. Library homepage

  4. Online Databases

  5. Databases beginning with W

  6. Westlaw Campus

  7. Help (FAQ’s)

  8. Westlaw features 1 2 5—Choose which legal materials to search. 3 4

  9. Basic Search

  10. Results

  11. Morales v. Foodways Inc.

  12. How to cite • Correct APA citation: Morales v. Foodways, Inc., 186 A. D. 2d 407 (N.Y. A. D. 1992). Retrieved November 11, 2008 from Westlaw Campus.

  13. Advanced Search

  14. Results

  15. Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

  16. How to cite • Correct APA citation: Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc., 509 F.3d. 1168 (C.A. 9 (Cal.) 2007). Retrieved November 12, 2008 from Westlaw Campus.

  17. More examples

  18. Patterson v. McLean Credit UnionHow to cite • Correct APA citation: Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, 491 U.S. 164 (1989). Retrieved November 12, 2008 from Westlaw Campus.

  19. Stern v. AT & T Mobility Corp. How to cite • Correct APA citation: Stern v. AT & T Mobility Corp., 2008 WL 4382796 (C. D. Cal. 2008). Retrieved November 12, 2008 from Westlaw Campus.

  20. Citations in review • Use the Bluebook: a Uniform System of Citation to format your citations. • Supreme Court of the United States: plaintiff v. defendant, volume# Reporter page# (year). Retrieved date from Westlaw Campus. • Other courts: plaintiff v. defendant, volume# Reporter page# (court year). Retrieved date from Westlaw Campus • Not reported in a reporter: plaintiff v. defendant, year WL #### (court year). Retrieved date from Westlaw Campus

  21. Thanks! • Thanks for viewing this tutorial! If you are experiencing problems using or citing from this database, please contact the instructors for assistance. • Be sure to take the practice quiz to receive participation for completing the tutorial

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