PREMISE^® Research Software 3.73 for Windows

PREMISE Research Software (PREMISE), a package provided by West Group, gives you the ability to access and search material stored on CD-ROM discs and magnetic media. PREMISE was designed for use with West CD-ROM Libraries^TM, but it can also be usedto access Westlaw® , West Group’s premier online legal research service.

With PREMISE, you have all the tools you need for your research.

• Features
• The PREMISE Package
• System Requirements
• The Local Area Network (LAN)

• The PREMISE Forms Launcher, which copies forms from PREMISE to your word processor.

• Access to KeyCite^TM, the citation research service from West Group that integrates all case law on Westlaw.

• Access to the Table of authorities, which can help you find weaknesses in your case by showing whether the cases on which it relies have significant negative history.

• Automatic phone number configuration during the installation of PREMISE.

• Client Validation, which compares project client identifiers with those defined in a file of valid client identifiers.

• Total Westlaw time displayed in the Project Summary dialog box.

• Transactional pricing on Westlaw, which allows you to incur a predictable charge for

• each search you run with no connect time or communications charges.

• Access to the QUOTE service on Westlaw, which provides stock, mutual fund and treasury issue price quotes.

• Online update button that allows you to easily include an online update database associated with a CD-ROM book in your search.

• Natural Language searching that allows you to retrieve documents by typing a description in plain English.

• Electronic notations, including bookmarks, sticky notes, highlights and attachments, that allow you to add your own personal notes to your search.

• The capability to download your search results in dual-column format to a file readable by your word processor.

• Improved button palette choices that leave more viewable space for text display.

• A thesaurus that allows you to add alternative terms or concepts to your search.

• Multiple-book searching enhancements, featuring a single summary window.

• Access to more than 11,000 Westlaw databases and services.

• License control features that include the ability to simply enter a key to activate licenses for masked or multiple-user books.

• When you order PREMISE 3.73 for Windows, you receive the following items:

• PREMISE Research Software

• PREMISE Installation and Technical Reference Manual

• Using KeyCite guide

• Using Westlaw Through PREMISE QuickScan mat

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Personal Computer (PC)

• Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT® or Windows 3.1

• DOS version 3.3

• 486 processor

• 4MB of available RAM (8MB or more is recommended)

• VGA or Super VGA monitor

• 30MB of available hard disk space if you want to install the tutorial, 15MB if you choose not to install the tutorial. (The tutorial takes 15MB of hard disk space. It does not have to be installed on your hard drive; it can be run from the PREMISE CD-ROM disc.)

• The word-processing formats require up to 3MB of available space on your hard drive, depending on the number of formats you install.

• If you access Westlaw through PREMISE, your modem must connect at 9600 bps or faster. Full V.32 modem compatibility with error correction is required.

• To access information on a CD-ROM disc, you need a CD-ROM drive using Microsoft® CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) Version 2.1 or higher (compatible CD-ROM drives must meet the ISO 9660 standard). The drive must be capable of reading discs with a capacity of 680MB.

Local Area Network (LAN)

The following communications servers are supported for accessing Westlaw through PREMISE on a LAN:

• AT&T StarLAN
• Banyan Vines Asynchronous
• Banyan X.25 Server-to-Server
• CTERM
• Eicon X.25 Gateway
• Enhanced Interrupt 14h
• Generic Interrupt 14h
• IBM ACS, LCS and LAN ACS
• Internet (TCP/IP)
• J&L X.25
• Local Area Transport (LAT)
• Net2Com
• Novell NACS
• Telebit ACS
• UngermannÐBass
• Windows Eicon X.25 Gateway
• Windows Sockets

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