A Guide for Searching on Lexis / Lexis+ - LexisNexis

A Guide for Searching on Lexis / Lexis+

The transition from Westlaw? to conducting research with Lexis? / Lexis+? is made easier by the fact that most of the commands and approaches that work on Westlaw also work on Lexis / Lexis+. However, there are some important differences to keep in mind.

When Searching with Terms and Connectors (Boolean)

If You Use This Connector in Westlaw?

and / &

or

a space between terms (to replace or) /p +p /s +s /n +n Quotes "search term(s)" with or without wildcards but not or % to exclude ! as a root expander atleast(n) * as a single character wildcard #

Use This Connector to Search Lexis?/Lexis+?

same

same

or (Note: A space between terms does not mean OR on Lexis or Lexis+ when using terms and connectors)

same (Note: On Lexis/Lexis+ a paragraph is equivalent to /75)

same

same (Note: On Lexis/Lexis+ a sentence is equivalent to /25)

same same same same (Note: Using quotation marks on Lexis/Lexis+ turns off some functionality, such as finding singulars or plurals) same same (Note: A wildcard must be preceded by three or more characters (Ex. limit!)) same Use ? as a single character wildcard. (Note: A wildcard must be preceded by three or more characters (Ex. wom?n)) Use quotes around the term or phrase

If you intend to search using Natural Language, please note the following:

On Westlaw a query is processed as terms and connectors if it includes a grammatical, numerical, or BUT NOT connector; a root expander, phrase in quotation marks, or universal character; or a field (segment) restricter

*As of April 2022

On Lexis/Lexis+ a query is processed as terms and connectors if it contains a grammatical, numerical or BUT NOT (AND NOT, %) connector; an AND (unless a lengthy query where the intent is obviously natural language), or an OR connector

Get more search tips for using Lexis / Lexis+ here:

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