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Together, We Can
Lexis training guide
for
The Attorney
General’s Chambers
Malaysia
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Key in the respective
User ID and
Password
URL: www.lexisnexis.com/my/agc
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HOW TO SELECT SOURCES
When performing a search on LexisNexis ® the first thing that
you need to do is to choose the type of research that you
would like to conduct, for example a case law search or a
case analysis search.
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Case Law Search
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Click on the
case law tab
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Select an appropriate source
from the drop-down list
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For more information on the selected
source, click on the
icon
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A pop-up window as such
will appear. Click on
Malayan Law Journal
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A pop-up window will
appear which shows the
Source Information for the
particular source that has
been chosen.
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Once you have determined the source for
your research, the next step will be to enter
the key words that you wish to search in the
Enter Search Terms box, then click on the
[Search] button. (See example below)
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Type in your search term. E.g. Medical Negligence . Then click
the [Search] button.
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The result window is displayed
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HOW TO VIEW DOCUMENTS
There are 4 options available in
LexisNexis® to view documents. The
options are:•
Cite
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KWIC (keyword In context)
Full
Custom
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HOW TO VIEW DOCUMENTS: CITE
CITE (citation) is the default view. This view method will provide all
documents or cases pertaining to your search as a list of citations.
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FOCUS SEARCH
LexisNexis ® offers features that enable users to refine the search to
make the result more accurate and precise.
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From your result window,
click on the Advanced
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Type in additional keywords which
are more precise and specific. E.g.
Medical Negligence and Doctor’s
Duty.
Then, click [Focus]
button.
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The result window is displayed.
With the additional keywords,
it has been narrowed down to 7
document only.
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Terms and Connectors
LexisNexis® offers lists of connectors
which you can use throughout your
searches.
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See tables below for brief descriptions and example.
Connectors
AND
Examples
Links words or phrases that must appear together in the same document, no matter
how close or far apart.
Example: medical AND malpractice
OR
Links synonyms, antonyms, alternate forms of expression, etc. Broadens search results.
Words separated by OR will appear in any of the documents returned, but not
necessarily in the same document.
Example: breach OR violate OR infringe
W/N
Locates search terms within a certain number (N) of words of each other. Does
not specify word order.
Example: evidence W/2 act (read: act within two words of evidence)
*N is numeric number starts from 1 to 255
W/S
Looks for documents with search words in the same sentence; cannot be combined
with the W/N.
Example: infring! W/S freedom of speech
W/P
Looks for documents with search words in the same paragraph; cannot be combined
with the W/N.
Example: medical negligence W/P hospital
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Wild Cards
Wildcards
Asterisk (*)
Examples
Use the * to replace a single or multiple letter in a word. You can
use up to seven in the same word, anywhere in the word except as
the first letter.
e.g: wom*n finds both “women ” and woman”
e.g: Ahm*d finds both Ahmad or Ahmed
Use the ! to replace an infinite number of letters following a word
root.
Exclamation
Point (!)
e.g : insur! = insure, insured, insurance, insurer
e.g : charg!= charging, charges, chargeable, charged
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SEGMENT SEARCH
Segment Search allows you to conduct a search
within several headings. Among some of the most
commonly used segments are Name, Catchwords,
Court or JudgementBy.
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Select a [Segment] from the
drop-down menu.
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For e.g, if you have selected
the [JudgmentBy] segment,
type the judges name in the
next box
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Then, click on the
[Add] button
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Once you have clicked on the
[Add] button, you will be able to
see the selected segment and the
judge’s name in the [Enter Search
Term] box
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Then, click on the
[Search]
button
to
retrieve the results.
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Case Analysis Search
Click on the Case
Analysis tab
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Select
the
Type
of
treatment. For e.g. Positive
Treatment is for cases that
have followed or affirmed a
particular case.
Enter the Case Name (s)
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Legislation Search
Click on the
Legislation tab
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Once again choose the
appropriate source before
conducting the search
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Type in the key word and click the
search button to retrieve the results.
Please take note that the search techniques are the same through out the left panel menu.
E.g, Journals, News and etc.
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HOW TO PRINT A DOCUMENT OR CASE
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Firstly,
select
the
document(s) that you
would like to print
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Then, click on
the [Print] tab
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A [Print Document] pop-up window will appear
Choose the preferred
format for the document
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Choose the view format
that you would like to
print in. If you need
the full document, click
on Full, if you only
need the citations click
on Cite.
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Next, check the
document
range
and the formatting
options
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HOW TO DOWNLOAD A DOCUMENT OR CASE
Then, click on the
[Download] tab
Firstly, select the
document(s)
that
you would like to
download
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A [Download Document] pop-up window will appear
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Choose the type of format that you would like to download by clicking the drop down menu
in 3 , 4 and 5 . Once you have selected the formats, then click on 6 to download.
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You will see a [Ready to
Download] pop-up window
Choose option a or b to
save the document in the in
your preferred drive.
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b
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Support Information
Kurinji Malar
[email protected]
03-7882 3573
Sharmily Selvasegaram
[email protected]
03-7882 3574
Ahmad Fairuz
[email protected]
03- 7882 3576