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Current Index to Legal Periodicals on Westlaw
Contents
This is an overview of using the Current Index to Legal Periodicals
(CILP) on Westlaw, including how to set up a WestClip search to have your searches
automatically run in the future. To learn about features not discussed here,
and for help and advice specific to your research,
contact one of the reference
librarians or call the reference desk at (415) 422-6773.
Coverage and Content
The Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) is a weekly topical
list of recently-published law review articles. It notifies researchers about newly
articles, often before they appear in "full-text" law review
databases on Lexis and Westlaw or in other law review search tools such as Index
to Legal Periodicals or Legal Resource Index⁄LegalTrac.
The Zief Law Library has CILP issues for the past 12 months shelved at call number
K 33 .C85 Law Reference. Westlaw has only the most recent 8 issues of CILP
in the
Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) database.
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Access
You must have a Westlaw password to use the CILP database on Westlaw. If you have forgotten
or lost your Westlaw password, please speak to a reference librarian in the
law library.
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Login
Log in to Westlaw at Westlaw's law
school web site (http://lawschool.westlaw.com/). Next, enter CILP in the
"Search these databases" textbox on the left-hand side of the screen and click the "Go" button.
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Searching and Display of Results
Once you have connected to the CILP database on Westlaw, you will automatically be shown a citation
list of the most recent eight issues of CILP.
To run your own search in the CILP database, click the "Edit Search" link on the left-hand
side of the screen above the citation list. Use "Terms and Connectors"
searches for searching the CILP database.
After you have run your CILP search, you will be returned to the citation list
display of issues of CILP. Select the first item on the list to display it in full.
Use the "Term" arrows at the bottom of the screen to see your search terms
highlighted in each issue of CILP.
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Printing, Saving, and E-mailing
Due to licensing restrictions, Westlaw's printing, saving, or e-mailing
functions aren't available for the CILP database.
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Setting Up a WestClip Search
WestClip lets you run searches automatically on a regular basis
and get notified when there are new results. This can be very useful if you are
trying to stay abreast of scholarship in a particular area. Also, if you are
writing a law review article, this is one way to monitor new articles
to make sure your topic isn't preempted.
To create a WestClip search, follow these steps:
After you have run a "Terms and Connectors" search, select the "Add Search to
WestClip" link at the top of the results list in the "Full Screen
List" view. (If you are in the split-screen view, select the "Result
Options" menu⁄link, then select "Add search to WestClip."
The "Result Options" menu⁄link appears near the top of the "Result
List" tab in the split-screen full-text display.)
At the next screen ("WestClip Create Entry"):
- Name the WestClip Search.
- Click the "Edit" button to the right of the heading "Delivery Settings."
From the "Edit Delivery Settings" screen:
- Select "Weekly" from the "Frequency" drop-down menu.
- Select "E-mail" from the "Destination" drop-down menu,
then click the "Properties" button. In the Properties page,
enter your email address, then click the " Save" button.
- Select "Notification Only" from the "Result Format"
drop-down menu.
- Select an appropriate "End by" date for your search.
- Make sure that the "Inform me of no results" box is not checked (unless
you want to receive an e-mail message every time Westlaw runs the search
and retrieves no results).
- Click the "Save" button for this "Delivery Settings" screen.
- Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the next "WestClip
Create Entry" screen.
To view, edit, or delete any existing WestClip searches, select the "Alert Center"
link near the top right-hand corner of the Westlaw screen, then select the "WestClip
Directory" link in the WestClip category of the Alert Center directory.
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Specific Searches Useful for Legal Research or Preemption Checking
Note: Terms and Connectors searches work best in CILP; natural language searching is not recommended.
These examples all use Terms and Connectors searches.
Subject⁄Topic Searching
To see cites to recent articles under a particular CILP subject⁄topic heading,
use a search such as:
topic(judges)
topic("military law")
(You'll find a list of CILP
subject⁄topic headings at: http://lib.law.washington.edu/cilp/revsub.html.)
Keyword Searching
To search by keyword, enter a single word, a phrase, or mulitple words using
"proximity operators," e.g.,
terrorism
"title ix"
apprendi pre/2 "new jersey" (for case-name searching)
Author Searching
To find cites to recent articles by a particular author, use a search such as:
ontiveros w/2 maria
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Law Review Title
To see a list of of all recent articles from particular law reviews, use a search
such as:
topic(harvard)
topic("maritime law journal")
(You'll find a list of
law reviews "indexed" by CILP at: http://lib.law.washington.edu/cilp/period.html.)
Go to Finding Law Review Articles
Go to Law Library Research Guides
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