Monitoring Products Course Outline

Duration: 1-hour online course presented from 9:00 – 10:00

Databases Covered: Bill Tracker, Parliamentary Documents, and Monitoring Newsletters.

Target group

Learners participating in this course are assumed to have basic computer and Windows literacy. Learners will include advanced information seekers and researchers pursuing legal information.

Objectives of the course

The objective of the session is to promote the understanding of where and how to look for Legal Information using Sabinet’s reliable range of Legal Products. The range of products covered in this course includes Bill Tracker, Parliamentary Documents and Monitoring Newsletters.

Topics covered

1. Overview of databases

1.1. In-depth detail of each of the above database’s content
1.2. Coverage of each database
1.3. The main use of each database

2. Interface

2.1. Navigational Buttons
2.2. Explanation of different panes
2.3. Various hyperlinks

3. Searching

3.1. Basic search
3.2. Advanced Search
3.3. Exact Phrase Search
3.4. Search within Results
3.5. New/Clear Current search 3.6. Searchable parts of the item 3.7. Save Search/Create Alert 3.8. List Searching
3.9. Sorting results
3.10.  Filter results
3.11.  Add to Action list
3.12.  Download file
3.13.  Add to My Briefcase

4. Advanced Search Strategies

4.1. Boolean
4.2. Proximity
4.3. Truncation
4.4. Wildcards and plurals