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- Title
Not Just Key Numbers and Keywords Anymore: How User Interface Design Affects Legal Research.
- Authors
Jones, Julie M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the effects of computer software interface design on legal research, which is considered one of the foundational skills for the practice of law. The author applies information-foraging theory and standards for optimal web design to examine the user interfaces of electronic legal databases Westlaw and LexisNexis. She uses a heuristic analysis to determine whether or not these interfaces help or hinder the process of legal research and the development of research skills. Practical skills of students are detailed.
- Subjects
ONLINE databases; HUMAN-computer interaction; USER interfaces; LEGAL databases; LEXIS (Information retrieval system); WESTLAW (Database)
- Publication
Law Library Journal, 2009, Vol 101, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
0023-9283
- Publication type
Article