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Legal Research Process - Coggle Diagram

- - - - AND - all specified words
      - OR - contains at least one of the words
        
        Type ORs always so it works on Lexis and Westlaw
        
        Westlaw: spaces = OR
        
        Lexis: words seperated by a space = phrase
    - - Enclose all words in quotation marks
    - - ( # - within number of words
      - /S - within the same sentence
      - /P - within the same paragraph
  - - - Any form pulls all forms
    - - Type OR between all alternative forms
      - Type phrases in quotation marks
      - Type nouns in singular forms
    - - "Plural" terms only pull plural (ex. dogs - dogs, dogs'