Westlaw AU

Westlaw AU offers two different ways to save content for future reference when signed in using OnePass.

Quick Links are located on the right-hand side of the Westlaw AU home page. Quick Links may be entire products (eg Robson’s Annotated Corporations Legislation), chapters of products (eg New Developments), entire pieces of legislation (eg Corporations Act 2001 – Annotated), or Chapters, Parts, Divisions or individual provisions of legislation (eg s 180 Care and diligence – civil obligation only). You can also save a list of search results to Quick Links.

Save to Quick Links while browsing

1. Use the plus sign to open the part of the product you are looking for.
2. Any time you see the yellow star icon, you can save this content to your Quick Links.
3. Click on the star
4. You will be prompted to name the Quick Link
5. Click save

Save to Quick Links while viewing a document

1. Click into the document you want to save
2. Click on the yellow star and name your Quick Link

Save a Search to Quick Links

1. Run your search query
2. From search results screen, click on yellow Quick Links star
3. The search results will be added to your Quick Links

Note: You can delete or edit your Quick Links using the blue Edit button under the Quick Links heading on the right hand pane.

My Folders is located in the blue “system” toolbar at the top of the screen. Folders gives you the ability to create customized folders and subfolders, and organise your content accordingly. Only individual documents (ie, the FirstPoint record for a case, a legislative provision with associated commentary, a Journal article, or a commentary paragraph) can be saved to folders. You can also save a search to your folders.

You can save multiple documents to a folder in one go (up to 150 documents).

Save documents to Folder while browsing

1. Use the plus sign to open the part of the product you are looking for
2. Tick the box next to the documents you want to save
3. Click on the Add to Folder icon from the delivery options at the top of the screen
4. Choose an existing folder from the list, or create a new folder to add these documents to

Save documents to Folder when viewing a document

1. Click into the document to view content
2. Choose Add to Folder icon from deliver options at top right of screen.
3. Choose an existing folder from the list, or create a new folder to add these documents to

Save documents to Folder after searching

1. Run your search query
2. From search results screen, select the documents you want to save (or select all using the top check box – note, a maximum of 150 documents can be saved at a go).
3. Click on the Add to Folder icon from the delivery options at the top of the screen
4. Choose an existing folder from the list, or create a new folder to add these documents to.

Note: You can also use the Save Search to My Folders icon on the left of the delivery icons to save this search to your folders.