Research Tools: LawWatch and My Saved Searches

LawWatch

LawWatch is a special search tool that notifies subscribers whenever Loislaw indexes new documents satisfying certain predetermined (and user-configured) search criteria. LawWatch may be activated from any Results List or document-level screen. To save a search and configure LawWatch, click Save Search from either a Results List page or a View Document page. The save dialog screen will appear.

The save dialog allows users to save search criteria that led to an active document or results list. The criteria will be saved between sessions, and kept until manually deleted. Users may recall saved searches by clicking My Saved Searches on the main tool bar near the top of the browser window.

My Saved Searches lists the names of searches saved during visits to Loislaw and offers access to the results.

Click My Saved Searches to view the saved-search dialog screen. To see results for a previously saved search, click View Results.

My Saved Searches records the LawWatch status for each saved search. If a search is "active," LawWatch will post results automatically whenever Loislaw indexes new content satisfying the search criteria. To execute a saved search manually at any time, click Rerun Search.

If a search is "inactive," LawWatch has not been turned on for that particular search. To edit an existing search, change the LawWatch status, or request email notification of search results, click Settings. Subscribers who do not request email notification may check the status of searches through the View Results link at any time. To remove a saved search, click Delete Search.