If you wish to create a course
web page utilizing either TWEN or the LexisNexis Web
Course System, the following information is provided to help
get you started with the setup and maintainance of the course
web page.
Westlaw
TWEN
TWEN is a course home page system
available to professors through the Westlaw system. Among the
features of TWEN are:
Ability to post course
syllabus and readings on the Web.
Ability to seamlessly link to the full-text of cases and law
review articles availabe on the Westlaw system without concern
about copyright clearance.
Create links to CALI lessons.
Create threaded forums for course participant interaction.
Create online quizzes.
Create faculty access levels, create co-teachers and invite
guests into your course.
Access online teacher's manuals for many West Group casebooks.
View course usage statistics.
Archive a course.
Professor's Guide to TWEN 2007 - 2008 - click here to obtain instructional brochure on using TWEN.
Some things to consider before creating the course:
1. Do you want to password protect
the page? (If you choose to password protect the page you will
have to let your students know what the password is.)
2. Be cognizant of the registration date - do you want students
to be able to access the page immediately or do you want to
give yourself some time to work on the site?
3. What types of documents will you be posting and how do you
want to organize them? (Document pages: Syllabus, Course Materials,
etc.) Remember, you can always go back into TWEN and change
your initial settings.
Additional Training
For TWEN assistance 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week call 1-800-486-487 for general or technical
assistance. For further follow-up, contact Denise
Gibson, Assistant Law Librarian for Research Services.
Lexis Web
Course System
LexisNexis Web Courses is based
on the popular Blackboard software platform. It provides many
of the features of Westlaw's TWEN system. You can view this system
at http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/webcourses/
to determine if it meets the needs of your course.
An especially useful link on the site is Getting Started with
LexisNexis Web Courses. It provides a step-by-step approach
to creating a web course. There are also links to a Course
Creation and Update form, Web Courses at a Glance,
plus a Faculty User Manual for buidling LexisNexis web
courses in Blackboard 6.0.
For further assistance, contact Denise
Gibson, Assistant Law Librarian for Research Services.
Create
Links to Specific Westlaw and Lexis Documents and Databases
The following provides instructions
on creating a link to an actual document or database on Westlaw and Lexis.
The advantage of using the following methods for creating links is the ability to "customize" these links in your Word document, Mercer Faculty Profile, or your Course and Assignment web pages. For example, you can write any text you like, and then link that text to a specific Westlaw or Lexis document or database.
Please contact Denise
Gibson for further information or assistance.
Westlaw - Intranetsolutions
Creating a Link to a Specific Westlaw
Document:
To create a link to a specific document on Westlaw, i.e., to
a particular case, code section, law review article, regulation, etc.
1. Access Westlaw Intranet Solutions at http://intranetsolutions.westlaw com. In the menu on the left side of the page, go to Create a link to: and click on "a document."
2. At the next screen, enter a citation, e.g. 842 NE2d
962 or 72 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1375 in the Citation: box.
(NOTE: The citation for the document MUST be recognizable by Westlaw, just as it would be when you use FIND BY CITATION on Westlaw's law school home page. If you do not know the Westlaw citation or abbreviation for a particular document, go to lawschool.westlaw.com, click on Research Now, and then click on the Publications List in the left frame.)
3. Next, click on Create Link.
4. At the next screen, highlight the URL in the HTML window after the beginning
quotation mark and before the ending quotation mark (but don't highlight the quotation marks).
Example:
5. Press Ctrl and C to copy. To paste the link to
a specific application, such as to a Word document, your Mercer Faculty Profile, Course and Class Assignment pages, follow the pasting
instructions below.
Pasting Instructions:
Pasting to your Class Assignment
Page:
1. In the Course Assignment box, write the text of your assignment,
i.e., Please read this new case or Surveillance Law Through Cyberlaw's Lens, 72 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1375 (2004) for next week. Highlight
the words you wish to link, i.e., new case or Surveillance Law Through Cyberlaw's Lens, 72 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1375 (2004).
2. Click the Hyperlink tab on the top row of buttons. Example:
3. Next, delete the http:// in the Link: box.
4. Place your cursor in the now empty Link: box, and then
press Ctrl and V to paste. Click OK.
Pasting to your Course Web Page:
Go to the Course Page Builder as you normally would. Scroll down
to Post a Web Site Address. Delete the http:// in
the Website Address field.
Place your cursor in the now empty field and press Ctrl and V to paste.
Write a name or label for the link in the "WebSite Name"
field, such as Interesting New Case from Georgia, or U.S.
v. Stenton or Surveillance Law Through Cyberlaw's Lens, 72 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1375 (2004). Finally, click "Post Address."
Pasting to your Mercer Faculty Profile:
1. Retrieve your Mercer Faculty Profile as you normally would. In the Publications: box, write the text and then highlight the text that you want linked, e.g., highlight: Surveillance Law Through Cyberlaw's Lens, 72 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1375 (2004).
2.
Next, click the Hyperlink tab on the top row of buttons. Example:
3. Next, delete the http:// in the Link: box.
4. Place your cursor in the now empty Link: box, and then
press Ctrl and V to paste. Click OK.
Pasting to a Word Document:
Open a word document, and type the text you wish to have directly
linked to the Westlaw document (or if the text is already written,
highlight the words you want linked). For example, A new case
on child custody has impacted Georgia law significantly. If
you want new case linked, then highlight only those words.
While you still have the words highlighted, go to Insert, select Hyperlink.
At next screen, place your cursor in the Address box. Then
press Ctrl and V to paste. Click OK.
Creating a Link to a Specific Westlaw Database:
To create a link to a specific Westlaw database, i.e., to the
Georgia Case Law database:
1. Access Westlaw Intranet Solutions at http://intranetsolutions.westlaw com. In the menu on the left side of the page, go to Create a link to: and click on "a database."
2. At the next screen, you can either type in the
database identifier under Enter Westlaw Database ( e.g.
type in ga-cs for Georgia State Court Cases), or you can select Choose
a Westlaw Database (although this is
a very limited list - for a comprehensive listing of Westlaw databases, use its online directory or use Westlaw's paper directory at the reference desk).
3. Next, click on Create Link.
4. At next screen, highlight the URL in the HTML window after the beginning
quotation mark and before the ending quotation mark (but don't highlight the quotation marks).
Example:
5. Then press Ctrl and C to copy.
To paste the Westlaw database link to your Class Assignment Page,
Course Web Page, or to a Word document, follow the pasting instructions
for Linking to a Westlaw Specific Document above.
Note: If you just wish to copy this database link from your
Word document to your Class Assignment page, then copy the text
from Word, and paste it into the Class Assignment web form using
your browser's Edit Copy and Paste function.
Other options in Westlaw's Intranet Solutions include creating
links to a search result in a specific database or to a KeyCite
result.
Lexis -
LinkBuilder
Creating a link to a specific Lexis document:
LinkBuilder works in a similar fashion to Westlaw's Integration
Solutions. Step-by-step instructions are provided in LinkBuilder.
You can create direct links to specific Lexis documents (use the
Cite tab) or to a search result in a specific
databases (use the Any Source tab). However, LinkBuilder
does not have the ability to create a link to a specific database (see directly below for those instructions),
just to a search result within a database or to a citation. But
you can customize these links by writing your own text over the
citation or link.
Creating a link to a specific Lexis database:
They all start the same way: http://www.lexis.com/xlink?source= . After the = in the above URL, type in the Lexis library name followed by a semicolon ; and then type in the Lexis file name. Examples below:
http://www.lexis.com/xlink?source=estate;mesp
http://www.lexis.com/xlink?source=estate;tnt
You can find the Lexis library name and file abbreviations in Lexis’ Directory of Online Sources at http://w3.nexis.com/sources. Search by the full name of the source.
Copy w/ Cite
To copy a citation from LEXIS, i.e., 842 NE2d 962 as it appears
(without the option of writing text over it) to an application,
whether Word, Wordperfect, the law school's Course Web and Class
Assignment pages, PowerPoint, websites, or other applications,
you first need to retrieve the document on Lexis. Once the full
text of the Lexis document is open, look for the Copy w/ Cite
link at top of document and click on it. (You can also highlight
text from the document and click on Copy w/ Cite to capture both
the text and the citation.) At next screen, click Copy to Clipboard.
Open the application you wish to paste this cite to, and then
Edit>Paste.
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Otherwise, if just wish to have Westlaw or Lexis automatically find and mark legal citations in your Word, WordPerfect or HTML reading list, use WestCiteLink - Law School Edition, and LEXLink for Lexis. For each cited document, you must include a citation format recognizable to Westlaw and Lexis. For example, LEXLink’s “Find Citations” feature automatically makes a copy of your document, locates citations in it, and then creates links to the full text of the cited documents. This feature works in word processing documents as well as in HTML documents.
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Create
Lexis Alert and Westlaw Alert, WestClip Searches
Information and links to creating
a clipping service on either system can be found on the Library
Faculty Services: Current Awareness web page. Scroll to the
heading, Lexis Alert & Westlaw WestClip. Information
on creating a KeyCite Alert and a Shepard's Alert
is also included.
Legal Education Sites
ABA Section
of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar
Clinical Legal Education Associations
Institute
for Law School Teaching
Jurist for Law
Professors
Center for Engaged Learning in the Law - blog authored by several law professors and hosted by Elon, it provides teaching support to law faculty, including advice to new professors, adjuncts, 1L's, etc.
The Faculty Lounge Blog - conversations about law, culture and academia.
For
questions or suggestions regarding the Mercer Furman Smith Law
Library Website, please contact Denise
M. Gibson
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