More About this Topic   Search Client Matter ID Tracking Search Results Page Viewing a Search Result Table of Contents (TOC) Search Results Toolbar Show/Hide Option

• Choose an Area of Law by clicking the desired tab (i.e.: Patents).


• Click the Search option tab.


• Choose a Country or Territory and a Resource from the drop-down menus. You will also have the chance to select All resources and include the information related to the three options ( Proceedings and Practice, Legislation and Regulation, and News and Updates ) in your search at the same time, but in this case you must enter a Key Term.


• Select a Topic and a Title. These drop-down menus will only be available if you choose Proceedings and Practice (when choosing a Resource). Although Titles are not required, you can opt to use them; they do provide a good way to help you in being more accurate and in finding what you are looking for.


• Enter a Key Term(s). This is optional unless you have chosen All resources.


• Click the Search button.

Client Matter ID Tracking

All the type of searches allow you to track search results for a specific Client Matter ID, as shown in the screenshot below. This box is located beneath every type of search.

• For Proceedings and Practice, you will see country and subject, (i.e.: United States > Patents).


• For Legislation and Regulation, you will see scope and country, (i.e.: International scope > Germany).


• For Updates and News you will see country and date, (i.e.: Australia [Aug 30, 2006]).

Below these indications, you have the corresponding Topic and Title, highlighted in blue.

Next to this, the Open option will allow you to view all the information corresponding to the Result.

Finally a snapshot of the result is located below.

Viewing a Search Result

Once you click to open a Result of the Search Results Page, this will be displayed on the whole screen, without sharing space with other results, allowing you to get more information about it.

On the left side of the screen you will find the Table of Contents (TOC).

On the right side you will find the right pane where the selected document is displayed.

The Search Results Toolbar shows you different options you can apply to the displayed document.

The Source indicates the full path of the displayed document, including the Area of Law, Country, Resource, Topic and Title. If an associate law firm of the Associates Network helps to maintain the displayed country, a legend is shown.

Table of Contents (TOC)

The Table of Contents (TOC) allows you to visualize contents in an organized and hierarchical way. Use the TOC to navigate through the information. Content displayed on the screen will be bolded and displayed on the right pane. You can hide it by clicking the arrow icon, located in the middle of the screen.

To expand an item just click the + (Plus) icon, to collapse it, click the - (Minus) icon.

• Download: the current document will be downloaded onto a Microsoft® Word file.


• Email: email displayed document.


• Print: print displayed document.


• Store This Doc: save the displayed document into My Stored Docs. Whenever you get a search result that you think might be useful in the future or that you would like to keep for any reason, you have to click the Store this Doc button.


• Feedback: by clicking here you will be taken to a form that will allow you to report any comment about this particular document.

Show/Hide Option

When you are viewing a result, the Search Bar will be hidden automatically.

In case you want to change a value or enter a new Key Term for your search, you can click the Show button and the Search Bar will be shown allowing you to change restrictions or terms.

Once you have entered the new options, click the Search button again.

If you want to hide the Search Bar, click the Hide button.