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Navigate to [https://library.columbusstate.edu/index.php](https://library.columbusstate.edu/index.php)
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Click "Databases A-Z"
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Click the "Search" field.
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Type "westlaw" into the search bar.
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Click this dropdown.
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Click 'Apply'.
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Click "W"
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Click "Westlaw Campus Research"
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Click "Cases"
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Click the "Search:" field.
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Type in the court case you are looking for. In this example, I used Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka Kansas. I did a simple keyword search, "brown v. board of education."
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When the search results populate, on the left, are tools to help you reduce the number of search results to a more manageable amount. You can use any of them that you think will be helpful. In this example, I clicked, "Expand Jurisdiction - Federal"
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Click the "Federal" field.
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Using a date range can be very helpful in weeding out the irrelevant entries. Click "All"
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Click "Date Range"
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In this example, I used the years, 1950 - 1960. Type "1950 [[tab]] 1960"
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Click this button.
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You can also use the other options such as the Judge if you know the name.
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Or if you know the Docket Number, that can be very helpful as well.
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Using the limiters helped reduce the search results from over 6,000, to a little over 200. Click "Brown v. Board of Ed. of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan." to see what is linked to that case record.
