From our friend The Researching Paralegal, a great legal research tip!

Westlaw has added an important search term, the carat (^) (shift 6 on your keyboard). This allows you to put more emphasis on a search term. To use it, place the carat symbol right behind the term you want emphasized.

Here is a further explanation from Cleveland Marshall College of Law Library Blog:

You can use the caret in the main search box or in Search Within Results. An example of a search is:

liability /p (park^ or recreation or camp!)

This would place the emphasis on the term “park” and your results will be somewhat different if you run the search with or without the caret.

You can read more about Search Term Emphasis in the Search Tips document that you’ll find linked to the right of the main search box in Westlaw.

Find the caret symbol above the 6 key on a standard qwerty keyboard. Not to be confused with the carrot.

As The Researching Paralegal reminds us – If you need a refresher on Westlaw Edge, check this out:

Westlaw’s Guide to Law Review Research.

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