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WestClip is a tracking service that allows you to monitor case law; legislative sources; national
and local newspapers; major wire services; general business news; trade magazines and newsletters;
and legal journal and law review articles. WestClip will store your query, run it automatically,
and send you the results. You can run your query daily or weekly, and have the results delivered
via e-mail or to a printer.
There are two ways that you can access WestClip once you sign on to Westlaw:
- One way to set up the WestClip service would be from your search results. You would select a
database and type your query. Once you have your results list, you would click "WestClip" at the
top of the page. The next screen, WestClip: Create Entry, asks you to provide the name of your clip.
The database and query boxes will already be populated from your search. The Delivery Settings
default to a "daily" Frequency, a "notify at sign on" Destination, and a "no end date" End Date.
To change any of these settings, click "Edit" on the Delivery Settings Tab. You can change the
frequency to weekly, the destination to your e-mail address or a printer, and you can select an
end date for the service.
- The other way to set up the WestClip service is immediately after you sign on to Westlaw. First,
you would select "WestClip" from the drop down menu at the top right side of the screen that has the word
"More" in the box. When you are on the WestClip Overview page, you can click on "Create Entry" in the right
hand corner across from the "Overview" heading. You will then be on the same "Entry Details" page as above,
but you will need to type in the database that you want to search as well as the query, along with the
other information (clip name and delivery settings).
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