LRAC Legal Research Class Site (Gotschall)

A legal citator is a tool that provides a list of all documents (cases, statutes, secondary sources, etc.) that have cited a document. The two legal citators are KeyCite and Shepard's.

There are two broad purposes of a citator.

1. Validity: To establish the authority of a primary source such as a case or statute
2. Research: To assist with research by providing a list of primary and secondary sources that cite a case or statute

KeyCite Example

Westlaw Tutorials and Quiz

• What Is a Citator?
• Introduction to KeyCite
• Is Your Case Actually Good Law?
• Quiz (Over the 3 tutorials)