Westlaw Database Guide

Westlaw is a legal research database that includes the full-text of case law (court opinions), statutory law, regulations, administrative law, and secondary sources like law review articles.

• Jurisdiction
  • Federal law
  • State law (all 50 states)
• Content Type:
  • Cases (court opinions / case law)
  • Statutes
  • Regulations
  • Secondary Sources

• Search the correct Jurisdiction
  • "Federal" link to the right of the main search box
• Browse by Content Type
  • Links to cases, statutes, regulations, secondary sources, etc., underneath main search box
  • Also, choices to browse by types of federal law or by state
• Search by Legal Citation
  • Advanced search box
• Full-Text: Cases
  • Case name, court, legal citation, syllabus, head notes, summary, status
• Full-Text: Statutes
  • Case name, court, legal citation, syllabus, head notes, summary, status
• Reading a Legal Citation