# Research

## What is it?

Here you'll have access to more than **9 million decisions** from state and federal US courts.

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## What can I do?

* Search among more than **9 million decisions** from state and federal US courts; 
* Find **decisions that cite the decision you are reading**;
* Find **decisions related** to the decision you are reading;
* Make **citations automatically**;
* **Save decisions** that you always want to have at hand in your favorites;
* **Share decisions** with colleagues or externally;
* **Upload your own content** (for example, first-instance decisions in case law) so that everyone can also consult and cite via Legau.
* Use **AI Assistant to help you summarize** information from decisions.

## 5 minute vídeo tutorial to guide you through this task▶️

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## Quick guide 📚

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<summary><mark style="color:blue;">Search tips in case law?</mark></summary>

Just enter the functionality and put in the terms you want to search for.

The **use of quotation marks** in the search is also very important to guarantee the relevance of the results.

We also suggest **using filters** to obtain more targeted results, such as searches by author, which are also possible.

So, without leaving Word you can access legal knowledge that supports all your work, whether in the context of drafting legal documentation or confirming controversial issues.

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<summary><mark style="color:blue;">How can I make citations automatically?</mark></summary>

All you have to do is **select the parts of the article or agreement** that you want to quote, and then click on "add".

The text will be copied automatically into your document, preserving the original formatting and with the link and meta data already in place.

So the hours wasted confirming quotes and harmonizing them can now be used on what really matters.

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<summary><mark style="color:blue;">Where can I find my own content?</mark></summary>

You can find your own content using the filte&#x72;**"internal library".** You can, for example, submit doctrine that you have digitized in your company, or first instance decisions in case law, and in this way, everyone can also consult and cite via Legau.

***Note**📢: Not all users will be allowed to upload content, it will depend on the permissions defined by your company. All the doctrine and case law you submit to Legau will only be available to your company.*

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<summary><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>How can I build my library of knowledge in case law?</strong></mark></summary>

Whenever you have content that you would like to consult later, you can save it to your **favorites**. To do this, simply **click on the**⭐ inside the judgment or on the preview of the judgment.

You **can manage folders, name them and even create subfolders. It's all customizable** and tailored to you.In addition, you can **share your favorites with your team**, whenever you want. Just click on this icon <img src="https://2000756989-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FrWWAWN1Gk1PI3pspIROr%2Fuploads%2FyUPccB7cKCbORZ0WjYaw%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=4cc76f59-1343-49cf-8e21-b2474f4221c9" alt="" data-size="line">&#x20;

This gives you faster and more targeted access to the content that really interests you.

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<summary><mark style="color:blue;">How can I use AI Assistant to help me summarize information?</mark> </summary>

When you open a judgment or article, **on the right-hand side you can ask AI Assistant** to help you process all the information more quickly and decide whether it's worth reading the judgment more calmly. How? **Just ask it questions about the judgment** and it will summarize the information based exclusively on its content. 😊

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