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Welcome to EBSCOs Legal Information Reference
Center tutorial. Legal Information Reference
Center contains hundreds of full-text
publications and thousands of legal forms that
can help you to independently address a
wide-range of legal issues including financial
planning, family law, property real estate,
rights disputes, and estate planning. In this
tutorial, we will look at conducting a search
from the Basic Search screen, as well as the
browsing options available in Legal Information
Reference Center.
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Lets begin by conducting a Basic Search in Legal
Information Reference Center. Enter your terms in
the Find field and click Search.
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By default, your search results will appear in
order of relevance, but you can also sort
articles by source, author, or date. You can also
refine your results using the limiters in the
left-hand column. Click on a Full Text link to
view the full text article, or click the title to
view details about the article. Dont have time
to read it now? Sign In to your personal account
and click the Add to Folder link to save the
article to your personal folder. If at any time
you wish to return to the home page, click the
product logo.
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PDF full text displays in the PDF Full Text
Viewer. From this screen, you can Print, E-mail,
Export or Add the result to your Folder by
clicking the corresponding icons under the Tools
menu on the right. Navigate to other chapters in
the source by clicking the links under the Full
Text Contents column on the left. You can print
or save the article to your computer by using the
icons found in the Adobe Reader toolbar. To see
citation and summary information for the article,
click Detailed Record.
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From the Basic Search screen, you can Browse by
Category, Browse Legal Forms by popularity or by
U.S. state, or Browse Popular Sources. Lets
begin by browsing the Wills Estate Planning
category.
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Next, select from the displayed list of topics.
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Then click on one of the available sources.
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A result list of chapters from your selected
source is displayed. Click on a full text link to
view a chapter in the PDF Full Text viewer.
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Click the Legal Information Reference Center logo
to return to the Basic Search screen. From here,
you have the ability to browse law information in
books from Nolo, a publisher of legal information
for consumers. Use the left and right arrows to
browse through the available Popular Sources.
Click on a title to view a source in the PDF Full
Text Viewer.
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Legal Information Reference Center also includes
thousands of legal forms. From the Basic Search
screen, simply click on a subject in the Browse
Popular Legal Forms area for a list of relevant
forms, or click the Search by State button to
search legal forms by U.S. state.
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To view the complete online Help system, click
the Help link at the top right of the Legal
Information Reference Center home screen.
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