Westlaw Australia Guide - How to search and browse books
Last Published: November 20, 2023
- Browse the collection of books by clicking Books under Secondary Sources.
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- Books are displayed alphabetically.
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- Click on Product Scope to obtain further information about each title.
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- You can also click on the library scope information to understand the key features within this page which includes filtering by Topic, Jurisdiction, Subscription or Favourites.
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- Once you are in a Book, you can browse by clicking on the + symbol to open up the documents within a chapter, this includes the index.
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To search the full text of the entire Books collection type your terms directly into the global search bar.
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- Searches can also be run with or without publication filters or by selecting specific publications using the checkboxes, i.e., a Topic filter.
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- Books can also be searched using the Advanced Search which contains more search fields.
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