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Lexis-Nexis

Database

Boolean

Truncation and
Wild cards

Adjacency

Lexis-Nexis and
or
* = wildcard
! = truncation
w/3 within x words
w/p same paragraph
w/s same sentence
words in any order
pre/2 first word must preceed second

Selected Field Tags

Parenthesis ( )

Phrases

See SPECIFIC FIELDS Below ( ) Yes

Search Example:

Searches such as the following may be entered in the search box on either the
basic or the More Options screen.

cable pre/3 television and program! and (turner or fox)

We get frequent requests to search a specific newspaper or journal for articles.
Entering the above search on the More Options page; selecting FULL TEXT; and selecting a specific publiccation from the Source page, limits the search to the selected publication.

NOTES

An entry in the KEYWORD field is required.

Adjacent words are treated as a phrase.

An entry in the ADDITIONAL TERMS box is not required. But additional search terms may be used.

SPECIFIC FIELDS

Limiting your search to specific fields such as publication, headline/lead paragraph, etc.
may be accomplished from the MORE OPTIONS page.

This page is maintained by P. Charles Livermore
Reference Librarian, St. John's University, New York.
It was last updated on Oct 18, 1999.
Suggestions and corrections are welcome and should be sent to him.

It should be noted that while I am an employee of St. John's University this site reflects my views only. St. John's University is not responsible for the accuracy, or inaccuracy for that matter, of any of the information on this page.

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