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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Westlaw RegulationsPlus

Westlaw announces RegulationsPlus, a new enhancement
that expedites and expands research in federal regulations.
Highlights include:

*The CFR Center: New links above the search box available when you
access the CFR database

*The new RegulationsPlus Index for CFR: Familiar structure of print
index with power of electronic navigating

*Notes of Decisions: Provides short summaries of Fed Cases back to 1938
that interpret your regulation

*KeyCite history, Yellow flag: Westlaw has added a
yellow flag which alerts you if an agency has published a proposed
amendment

*RegulationsPlus links tab: Dynamic links for Fed Regs provides
immediate access to cases, statutes, Federal Register, agency opinions
or decisions and other documents