Choosing the Most Cost- Effective Database

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Choosing the Most Cost- Effective Database
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Choosing the Most Cost-Effective Database

• Use the smallest database that contains the
  documents you need. ALL as part of a database
  identifier indicates a large database that
  contains more than one smaller database. (Both
  hourly and transactional rates are higher in the
  larger databases.)
• Use Idaho Cases (UT-CS) database rather than All
  State Cases (ALLSTATES) if you need only Utah
  cases.
• Use Environmental Law Reviews, Texts Bar
  Journals (ENV-TP) database rather than All Texts
  Periodicals (TP-ALL) if you need only
  environmental articles.
• Use The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) rather than the
  All News (ALLNEWS) database if the article you
  need was published in the Wall Street Journal.

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Choosing the Appropriate Database

• Use Scope to find out what materials or
  information a database covers and to get helpful
  search tips.
• Under transactional pricing, there is no charge
  to view Scope information.

The Scope icon in the Westlaw Directory and on
the Search page of each database indicates that
descriptive information for the database is
available. Click the icon to view this
information.
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Here are two pages of Scope information for
the U.S. Court of Appeal Cases Reported (CTAR)
database.
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Choosing the Appropriate Database

• Use the SUBSCRIBER database to check the cost of
  searching in a database using hourly or
  transactional pricing.
• You incur no hourly database or transactional
  charges when you use SUBSCRIBER.
• Law students cannot run searches in the
  SUBSCRIBER database.

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This is the page in the SUSCRIBER database that
shows the pricing for the Criminal Justice - Law
Reviews, Texts, and Bar Journals (CJ-TP) database.
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Finding the Appropriate Database

• If you dont know which database(s) might be
  appropriate, use the Westlaw Directory.
• Access the Westlaw Directory by clicking
  Directory on the toolbar.
• Browse the Westlaw Directory by clicking the plus
  () or minus (-) symbol next to a section that
  interests you.
• Click a blue hypertext link in the Westlaw
  Directory to access the Search page for that
  database.

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Finding the Appropriate Database

• You can also find the appropriate database by
  entering a description of the material of the
  database in the Search these databases text box
  on most tab pages in westlaw.com.
• A list of possible database names and their
  identifiers is displayed.
• Check the database you need and click OK at the
  bottom of the screen.

irs private letter rulings
You incur no hourly database or
transactional charge for browsing the
Westlaw Directory or the Search these
databases feature.
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