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Publications, databases and tools are grouped in sections under different library
Tabs. Each publication/database is organized differently, unique to it’s
own content. You can open a database and view it’s underlying contents
by Browsing. Click on the database title (a checkbox to the left of the database
title indicates that it can be browsed/searched) to open and view the sub-topic.
Each sub-topic can be clicked and opened in turn, letting you drill down to
a specific document.
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Use CCH Link Express to add a link to your Browser Favorites or copy a URL
to paste in another application. Use Add to Research Folder to store links to
specific document(s) within CCH IRN.
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Download and install the CCH Login Express utility to create a desktop icon for easy login to your CCH IRN subscription contents.
For CCH Tax & Accounting (tax.cch.com), Health & Medical (health.cch.com) and Human Resources & Employment (hr.cch.com) subscriptions - the 'Download Login Express' link is located in the 'Downloads, Sign-ups and Links' section of the MY CCH tab within CCH IRN (right side panel).
For CCH Business & Finance subscriptions - use this URL (http://business.cch.com/loginexpress)
to download/install CCH Login Express.
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Make sure to set up your Preferences for searching by going to the Preferences selection directly above the textbox. Click on the next to the last tab (Set
Search Options). Customize your personal defaults and then click Apply Changes.
For example: Search Results can contain up to 9999 results, select from five
(5) possible Search Methods. Your search preferences will be set until you go
back in and change them. You can also change them temporarily when performing
individual searches by using the Search Tools command.
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It's easy to change your Display Preferences to minimize the Options Toolbar size within CCH IRN:
At the top of the document view, there is a toolbar. There are Previous and
Next buttons under Search Results as well as under Nearby Documents. Using the
Previous or Next button under Nearby Documents allows you to move out of your
Search Results list and move to the previous or next physical document as it
is organized in the publication. If your search results list contains a document
that is Part 1 of Part 2, clicking the Next under Nearby Documents will take
you to Part 2.
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Check the target box to the left of a database title and click Search Tools.
Scroll down to bottom and view the available document types.
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Report Letters for Federal Securities Law Reporter, State Banking Law Reporter,
Trade Regulation Reporter, and Government Contracts Reporter are available via
email for subscribers. To sign up for this complimentary service, follow the
instructions below:
1. Log in to the CCH Internet Research NetWork.*
2. Click on "Preferences" above the search expressions box.
3. Click on the "Set News Options" tab.
4. Fill in your personal data.
5. Check the publication(s) that you currently subscribe to.
6. Select your preferred email format.
7. Click the "Submit" button. You’ll receive your first email
as soon as the news is available.
*Note: You’ll need your CCH ID and Password to sign up through the CCH
Internet Research Network. If you’ve misplaced your ID and Password or
you're a print or CD-ROM subscriber, please call Customer Service at 800-344-3734.
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Use the Research History command to view all of your research activity from
the last 15 days (default setting). Click on a link for a document to automatically
retrieve it.
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This happens when the browser's memory cache is full. Within MS IE: Delete
the temporary internet files by clicking Tools command, selecting Internet Options,
and then clicking 'Delete Files' within Temporary Internet Files section. (Alternatively
you can also expand the size of your browser's memory cache to allow it to hold
more web pages.)
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Click on the new 'Chat with Technical Support' link located on the top right
of the Training & Support tab.
Select the desired 'Live Help' button to open a web chat dialog with CCH staff
for Research, Subscription or Technical Support.
Note: Web chat is available Mon-Fri, 9AM-5PM Central Time
You can create a customized list of titles to search on the My CCH tab. Click
on the CCH icon next to a publication title to add a link to that title on the
My CCH tab (and turn the CCH icon blue). You can create a link for each of your
favorite publications and search them all at once by checking the ‘Select
all’ box on the My CCH tab. ( To remove a title from the My CCH tab, click
on the blue CCH icon.)
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Use the Topic Navigator tool to browse or search topic categories. Topic Navigator
gathers online content from multiple sources into a single, topically-organized
map. The tool helps locate particular topics of interest and then links directly
to the available resources for those topics. Users can find information in two
ways: (1) browsing through topics in the left pane, then drilling down to the
desired item and accompanying document list (appearing in the right pane); or
(2) performing a key word search in the “Search Topics” field, then
clicking on the desired topics in the results list. Note: Green checkmarks indicate
the reference is available within your subscription contents. If there is no
green checkmark then you won’t be able to access the reference within
your firm’s current subscription contents on CCH Internet Research NetWork.
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Conduct a word search using the truncation wildcard '!'. For Example: To find
all documents containing a reference to 'Rule 15c3':
Steps:
Conduct a Boolean Connectors search using 3 variations of the section number.
For example: to find all documents containing a reference to Section 14(d)!
or s14(d)! or ss14(d)! within 1934 Securities Exchange Act
Steps:
1. Target desired publication(s) (e.g. Federal Securities Law Reporter)
2. Enter your search expression: 14(d)! or s14(d)! or ss14(d)!
3. Open Search Tools and change your Search Method to Boolean Connectors
4. Click Search
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You have multiple ways to keep up with new developments:
A. The Report Letters are the updates to the primary CCH Reporters (e.g., Federal
Securities Law Reporter, Blue Sky Reporter, etc.).
Steps:
1. Click on Federal Securities Report Letters under Current Developments.
2. Click on the latest Letter.
3. Review the letter: first comes the Table of contents with links to the full text of the item then come the digests of the item with links to related laws, regs, cases, etc.
B. You can set up "Tracker News" on the MyCCH tab to present notifications right on that tab of daily news items pertaining to a wide variety of topics or customize your daily updates by keyword. You can also have these items emailed to you. For instructions on setting up your Tracker News Search(es), look in the Online Help on the Training & Support tab.
C. Conduct a search and narrow your focus to recent dates using Search Tools.
Note: this will only retrieve documents that are 'dated'. (e.g., Report Letters,
Decisions, Releases, No-Action Letters).
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If you've already executed a search and want to refine your search without
starting from scratch, use the Main Menu button to return to the menu screen
with your checkboxes intact. Then you can modify your search expression or Search
Tools before executing again.
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Using Find by Citation is the fastest way to retrieve a law, regulation, or case using its citation.
Steps:
If you’re reading a printout of a CCH Report Letter and you want to access
the referenced CCH Paragraph document quickly – use Find by Citation.
For Example: You’re reading the Federal Securities Report Letter #2196,
October 5, 2005 which includes the reference ‘ Selbst v. McDonald's Corp.
(ND Ill) is reported at ¶93,360 ’
Within CCH IRN, click on the Securities tab, check the box next to Federal Securities
Law Reporter, click ‘Find by Citation’, type the paragraph number
(93360) in the box to right of CCH ¶, and click the Search button on the
left. Your desired document is automatically retrieved.
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Try Search Tools > Narrow Search Results section.
There are selections to narrow by Date, select Part of Document - case-name
(so the search only looks in the name of the case part of the documnet), plus
you can specify the court (clicking on U.S. Appeals Courts expands to list the
circuits).
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Steps:
At the top of the document view, there is a toolbar. There are Previous and
Next buttons under Search Results as well as under Nearby Documents. Using the
Previous or Next button under Nearby Documents allows you to move out of your
Search Results list and move to the previous or next physical document as it
is organized in the publication. If your search results list contains a document
that is Part 1 of Part 2, clicking the Next under Nearby Documents will take
you to Part 2.
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Once you have retrieved your Search Results List, at the top there is a drop
down that currently says Display by Document. Click on the drop down and select
Display by Table of Contents – Hits Only. Now you will see all the hits
organized into the publications/databases where they reside. If you click on
the publication, it will expand to display sub-topics. If you click on the yellow
folder icon to the left of the topic or sub-topic, the list with those results
will open.
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If you find a citation reference that is not hyperlinked but looks like a proper
citation format (i.e. 17 CFR 229.601), highlight the citation, hover your mouse
on Find by Citation. You will see the Quick Link template appear right above
the Find by Citation with your highlight citation already populated in the box.
Click on the Quick Link to retrieve the text of the citation.
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After conducting a search, you will get a list of documents in your Search
Results List.
Click on the printer icon next to left of numbered (and cancel out of the print
option).
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On the My CCH tab, locate the drop down for Recent Searches. This list will
show the last 20 searches you executed, with your most recent search at the
top.. When you select and re-run a recent search, you'll be asked if you want
to save it as a Favorite Search (so it will be available after it drops off
your Recent Search listing). Whenever you do a search, on the Search List tool
bar there will be a selection to Add to Favorite Searches. Favorite Searches
can always be accessed from the My CCH tab.
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You can disable the CCH Legal Thesaurus for a single search by clicking Search
Tools, unchecking the Thesaurus box.
To turn off the Thesaurus as a default setting, click on Preferences, click
Set Search Options tab, uncheck Thesaurus box and then click Apply Changes to
save these settings as your new personal defaults for all future searches within
CCH Internet Research NetWork.
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With the Search Tool for 'Automatically include Thesaurus' turned off (unchecked),
you can use the $ symbol immediately after a term to selectively substitute
synonyms for that term when conducting a word search. For example, a search
for 'compensation and disclosure$' will include 'consent, disclose, disclosed,
divulge, divulged, informed consent' as synonyms for disclosure but no synonyms
for compensation.
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Example: You want to find all subsections of Rule 6 in the New York Mercantile Exchange Guide
This will allow you to find every subsection of Rule 6 and batch print a whole
range of subsections.
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Use the Research History command to view all of your research activity from
the last 15 days (default setting).
Click on a link for a document to automatically retrieve it.
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If your CCH subscription includes a Tracker News component, you can create
customized daily searches. Tracker News is currently available for Securities,
Tax, Health Care, Labor, Environmental, Pension, Payroll, and Computer Law.
Access Tracker options by clicking on the Preferences command (above search
box at top) and use the 3 Tracker tabs:
Add Tracker Searches - select Topic(s), Document Type(s), State(s), and/or use
Narrow with Search Options to enter a search expression an
Edit Tracker & View Archives - search for Tracker News within a time frame,
modify options for a Tracker, or delete a Tracker News Search
Tracker Email Options - enable email delivery of your Tracker News Searches
and desired format.
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If 'Sort by Relevance' is turned off (in Search Tools or within Preferences/Set
Search Options), then search results will be displayed based on the organization
of the targeted databases. The results will be displayed based on layout of
data within the tab and within each publication. If a database contents are
populated in date order, e.g., SEC No-Action Letters, then search results will
be displayed in date order when 'Sort by Relevance' is turned off.
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Selecting ‘Boolean Connectors’ as your Search Method (in Search
Tools or the Preferences/Set Search Options) will look for your search expression
as a single phrase, unless you use operator terms and parentheses to specify
more precise logic for your search expression. Those operators, in process order:
• Dog OR cat – search will look for either one or both of the words
in documents.
• Dog W/5 cat – search will look for dog within 5 words of cat
• Dog P/5 cat – search will look for dog preceding the words cat
by no more than 5 terms
• Dog AND cat – search will look for documents containing both dog
and cat.
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Use the Topic Navigator tool to browse or search topic categories. Topic Navigator
gathers online content from multiple sources into a single, topically-organized
map. The tool helps locate particular topics of interest and then links directly
to the available resources for those topics. Users can find information in two
ways: (1) browsing through topics in the left pane, then drilling down to the
desired item and accompanying document list (appearing in the right pane); or
(2) performing a key word search in the “Search Topics” field, then
clicking on the desired topics in the results list. Note: Green checkmarks indicate
the reference is available within your subscription contents. If there is no
green checkmark then you won’t be able to access the reference within
your firm’s current subscription contents on CCH Internet Research NetWork.
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Look to see if your subscription contents include any CCH Smart Charts. If
so, then you can use CCH Smart Charts to select topics and jurisdictions and
quickly create chart for easy comparison. CCH Smart Charts are currently available
for Employment Law, Blue Sky, State Tax, Business Franchise, Consumer Credit,
and more.
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After conducting a search, you will get a list of documents in your Search
Research List.
Click on the printer icon next to number and cancel out of the print option.
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Depending on your File Download browser set-up, you might experience difficulty while exporting a document. Here are a few suggestions
When you are viewing a document, click on the "Add" icon on the document
toolbar under Research Folder.
Click "Create a New Folder" and name the folder you wish to put the
document in (client name, project name, etc.). Then click OK.
You can print all documents or selected documents from the Research Folder.
The Research Folder is retrievable from the My CCH tab and from the navigation
bar.
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Send the full-text of a document to someone by using the new ‘Mail’
function, within the Store Document commands in the document toolbar at top
of display. You can use your Preferences / Set Display Options to change the
default setting of what gets emailed to either ‘Entire Document’
or ‘Title and URL’. Don’t forget to click ‘Apply Changes’
if you alter your Preferences.
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While viewing a document, save it by clicking on the Research Folder option
up in the light blue bar, giving the folder a client name or a subject title.
Remember, the document is dynamic -- if there is a change between the time you
put the document into a Research Folder and the next time you open it, that
change will be reflected. You can create any number of folders which will stay
until you delete them.
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When you are in a document, highlight the portion of the document you want
to print and/or copy/paste. A little printer icon will appear on the upper left
corner next to the document link. When you click on the printer icon, a new
window will open with your highlighted portion as well as the title of the document.
You can then either print it or highlight contents, copy (right-click and select
Copy) and paste it elsewhere.
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Example: You want to print subsections 6.0 through 6.5 of Rule 6 from the New York Mercantile Exchange Guide
Preambles for final Treasury Regs are contained in the NPRM for tax. Pension calls them preambles. You can get to them by following these steps.
Use the CCH Citator.
Go to the Federal Tax tab. Click on the button under the Search field for Check
Citator. You can enter the name of a case or use the template to help with a
specific citation format. The CCH Tax Citator lists court cases and rulings
that significantly comment on a cited case or ruling. It shows all paragraphs
in CCH publications where a cited case or ruling is annotated. It also provides
citations to cases and ruling that may have been superceded by or may supercede
your case or ruling.
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If you need to find a particular occurrence, like stock splits, mergers, etc.
for a particular company, conduct a search for the company. Once you open the
document containing the company's history, delete the search expression and
type "split " (or whatever other occurrence you wish to find) into
the search box and click Search. The company history will now have all the stock
split occurrences highlighted in yellow and you can use the red arrows to quickly
navigate throughout the history to find all occurrences of the stock split.
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