How to Use Checkpoint Edge: Home

Checkpoint Edge is a full-text database of federal, state, and some international tax materials. It contains full-text statutes and regulations and some secondary tax research sources.

Use of Checkpoint Edge is limited to the University of Michigan Network.

You can search one or more sections of Checkpoint Edge or you can browse individual areas and publications through Checkpoint Edge's hierarchical structure.

Guides and lessons using Checkpoint Edge are available at the Onboarding button at the top of the screen.

Searching

The default page when entering Checkpoint Edge is the search page. When searching, you can choose entire libraries or individual sections to search by clicking the appropriate check-boxes on the search page.

Decide How to Search

• Intuitive Search. This natural language search option uses Thomson Reuters' proprietary search algorithms to interpret your request and provide results. Natural language searching means using phrases, sentences, questions, or other keywords to search, like using Google.
• Terms & Connectors. When this option is selected, the search will recognize Boolean operators and other connectors. Use this option to search for specific phrases and other known terms.
• Citation and Other Search Tools. Click this option to search directly for a particular statute, regulation, Rev Rule, and any other tax-related citation.

Decide Where to Search

• The default setting will search everything in the Federal and International Tax Practice Areas.
• Click + Practice Areas & Sources and/or + Countries to select specific sources or jurisdictions.
• In the left sidebar, click Table of Contents. Select one or more general libraries to search within. 

Browsing

Browse Topical Libraries

• Click Table of Contents in the left sidebar.
• Scroll down to the hyperlinked Table of Contents.
  • Expand each category for more specific content items.
• Click any hyperlinked title to access.

Browse All Titles

• From the homepage, scroll down to Quick Links.
• Click Titles.
• Scroll, select alphabetically, or Ctrl/Cmd+F to find specific titles.

Individual secondary sources can be browsed through the hierarchical table of contents or can be searched with any other material on Checkpoint Edge.

Federal tax editorial materials available on Checkpoint Edge include:

Full-text journals available on Checkpoint Edge include:

A subpart of Checkpoint Edge is RIA Worldwide Tax and Commercial Law, which includes full-text English translations of foreign tax and commercial laws that are full-text searchable and can be limited by jurisdiction.

Access this tool in the Titles list (see above), or by navigating from Table of Contents > International Tax Library > RIA Worldwide Tax and Commercial Law.

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