{"id":2442,"date":"2019-09-25T09:57:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T08:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2019-09-16T11:50:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T10:50:01","slug":"all-change-for-westlaw-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/all-change-for-westlaw-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"All change for Westlaw UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a returning Newcastle Law School student? Welcome back!<\/p>\n<p>There have been some changes while you&#8217;ve been away (have you seen the Philip Robinson Library? No? Go take a look&#8230;!) but importantly for you, <a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA61148440740002411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westlaw UK<\/a> has had a makeover.<\/p>\n<p>Legal research is an essential element of your studies at Newcastle Law School so don\u2019t be put off by the change.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thomson Reuters Westlaw UK\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/au4byJp_-dc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/au4byJp_-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/au4byJp_-dc]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can still browse for cases, legislation, journals (using the Legal Journals Index) and current awareness.<\/p>\n<p>Selecting United States and International sources will launch a new browser window \u2013 just change your default Region from UK to US or International.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/09\/blog_westlaw-change-region.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of changing Region in Westlaw UK\" width=\"427\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/09\/blog_westlaw-change-region.jpg 427w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/09\/blog_westlaw-change-region-300x74.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com\/Link\/Document\/Blob\/I56a89fa3efff11e8a5b3e3d9e23d7429.pdf?comp=wluk&amp;transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Started<\/a> guide for an overview.<\/p>\n<p>Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/contact\/staff\/profile\/lucy.keating\">Lucy<\/a>\u2019s post for more information on the changes:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/2019\/06\/20\/westlaw-platform-upgrade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/2019\/06\/20\/westlaw-platform-upgrade\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the interface, or want a refresher on how to use Westlaw, contact your Student Representative \u2013 Darby Okafor. He&#8217;ll be announcing details of his Eldon Cluster drop-in sessions for this semester soon via Facebook (<a id=\"js_2q\" class=\"_2wmb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TRFLLNewcastleUniversity\/?hc_ref=ARSfEt00uZzsO4ZY5PtRC-y1RC8zUIvEiaNMnw_UvdhO-A1QlH9380Uu9uUJTwoJwHk&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCHAUWXvR4CuUNmGBVVu8zEp5ZcFsElfMvMVGyKfaG4Mmkk-rfzijzR9XPgEMz-KC8vo0KRThRkc23RPqXvVxj7Iig9jK7GDCIB9QDjcqcXW9Y_Ba4ncN9_qRZL0Ht2jiUTDt5Neq4HtkUc96_hT-ImjO7q0UVa4iEeYN2y4-u5zqPxUPXZRvCwgRMq-jllq1eS-hlEdlYhtBzflMsE9ey9bF0gBzU4_FJ1VDQDEoHDj3eunJzuRgp3TD49txDG4-xeGYbaNa0h&amp;__tn__=kC-R#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TRFLLNewcastleUniversity<\/a>) but drop him a line if you need assistance before then: <a href=\"mailto:D.Okafor@ncl.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D.Okafor@ncl.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a returning Newcastle Law School student? Welcome back! There have been some changes while you&#8217;ve been away (have you seen the Philip Robinson Library? No? Go take a look&#8230;!) but importantly for you, Westlaw UK has had a makeover. Legal research is an essential element of your studies at Newcastle Law School so &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/all-change-for-westlaw-uk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;All change for Westlaw UK&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7660,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-databases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions\/2446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}