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Segment E Mock Exams: Validation Research



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

KeyCite is found both on Westlaw and in the Law Library.
 

 2. 

KeyCite is found both on Westlaw and on Lexis.
 

 3. 

Shepard’s is found both on Lexis and in the Law Library.
 

 4. 

Shepard’s is found both on Westlaw and on Lexis.
 

 5. 

A red flag or a red stop sign are indicators that an authority is no longer valid (at least as to one point in that authority).
 

 6. 

Shepard’s is considered non-authority.
 

 7. 

KeyCite is considered secondary authority.
 

 8. 

KeyCite and Shepard’s are used to validate only case law.
 

 9. 

KeyCite and Shepard’s, as validation tools, are best used at the beginning of the research process.
 

 10. 

The indicators in Shepard’s and KeyCite that inform the researcher as to the validity of a case (or other authority) are called signals.
 



 

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