Lexis Advance Quicklaw Update
February 2019

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"About this document" offers new links in QuickCITE Records

We are excited to announce that a new feature titled "About this document" has been added to right panel in QuickCITE records. "About this document" provides quick-and-easy access to popular components of the QuickCITE record. Links to the History of Case, Citing Cases and Commentary Referring to this Case now make it easy to navigate through QuickCITE records, and are of particular importance when viewing long QuickCITE records composed of many parts. This feature is part of the series of enhancements designed to augment LexisNexis Canada's QuickCITE service.

Follow these steps to view this new feature:

  1. Navigate to a QuickCITE record for a case (i.e. Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190)
  2. Use the links on the right side under "About this document" to navigate to the: History of Case, Citing Cases, or to the Commentary Referring to this Case.
About this document

Summary of Total Times a Case is Cited Now Available in Results List

A new QuickCITE feature has been added to the results list for Cases which denotes the number of times a decision has been judicially considered. Number of Citing Cases provides a quick glimpse into the QuickCITE record and allows the research to quickly glean how significant a decision is based strictly on the number of times it has been cited. This feature is part of the series of enhancements designed to augment LexisNexis Canada's QuickCITE service.

Number of Citing Cases

New Search Terms Box in All Quantums Advanced Search Forms

Based on customer feedback a new Search within entire document for Terms box has been added to all Quantums Advanced Search Forms. Terms entered in this box will automatically be added to the Red Search Box along with items selected from the drop-down list, and/or terms entered in specific segment/field boxes within the Advanced Search Form. If entering multiple terms in the Search within entire document for Terms box, use Connectors to create the desired relationship between the terms.

To use this new feature:

  1. Select the Quantums Service you would like to search (i.e. Carlson Personal Injury). TIP: This can be done from Content Type Tab in the Explore Content Pod.)
  2. Enter your search terms in the Search within entire document for Terms box. If entering multiple terms use Connectors to create the desired relationship between terms (i.e. "chronic pain" or "frozen shoulder").
  3. Use the Advanced Search Form to add additional restrictions, and then select the magnifying glass to run the search.
New Search Terms Box

New Advanced Search Form for Canada News

We are thrilled to introduce a new Advanced Search Form for Canada News. Complementing the recent release of Canada News as new content type under the Canada flag; this new search form offers precision segment search capabilities and allows the researcher to quickly construct a detailed and focused search. This new feature makes Canada News both easily accessible and readily searchable.

Follow these steps to access and new Advanced Search Form for Canada News.

  1. From the Lexis Advance Quicklaw Home Page, select Advanced Search (top right corner above the Red Search Box).
  2. Click Select a specific content type to view the drop-down menu of Advanced Search Forms, and then select News.
  3. Use the segments/fields in the News Advanced Search Form to quickly locate the Canada News content of interest.
New Advanced Search Form for Canada News

New Expand All/Collapse All Table of Contents Feature

Some of the sources available on Lexis Advance® Quicklaw® include a table of contents. Now navigating through the table of contents for these sources has been simplified with the addition of a new Expand All/Collapse All feature.

To use this new feature:

While viewing the table of contents for a particular source simply hover over the plus sign to the left of a title to view the number of levels available for expansion under that section. Then select how many levels into the title you would like to expand to view the headings (or additional titles) under that section.

New Expand All/Collapse All Table of Contents Feature

Released in Late 2018

OneCase – Best Match Redefined

In late 2018 work continued on our OneCase Redesign Project. Now the citation listed in blue in the results list matches the case selected for the Search Term Map.

OneCase is a unique feature offered on Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®. With OneCase, multiple versions of a case resulting from parallel citations, and all case-summaries associated with a specific decision, are rolled-up into a single hit on the search result page. OneCase offers an advantage by searching all versions of a case and its associated summaries.

Previously the citation for a case appearing beside a case title may have differed from the case referenced in the Search Term Map. Work was done in late 2018 to ensure that there is cohesiveness between the citation appearing beside the case name in the results list and the "best match" excerpt cited in the Search Term Map. This improves the overall research experience by ensuring the researcher is consistently directed to the case which "best matches" the search terms entered.

OneCase – Best Match Redefined

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