LEXIS AND WESTLAW CONNECTORS AND SEARCH TERMS
LEXIS		WESTLAW
Connector	Description	Connector	Description
and	both terms appear	and, &	both terms appear
or	either term appears	or , space	either term appears
/s	within same sentence	/s	within same sentence
/p	within same parag.	/p	within same parag.
/# /5	within '#' words, e.g. within 5 words	/# /5	within '#' words, e.g. within 5 words
pre/#	precedes by 'n' words	+n	precedes by 'n' words
and not X	X cannot appear in the document	but not X (%)	X cannot appear in the document
phrase	as typed e.g. habeas corpus	phrase " "	enclosed in quotes e.g. "habeas corpus"
!	root expander e.g. employ!	!	root expander e.g. employ!
*	single character placeholder	*	single character place holder
atleast(n)	term will appear atleast n times	n/a	n/a
allcaps(RICO) caps(North) nocaps(department)	specify capitalization	n/a	n/a
n/a	n/a	key	key number service
n/a	n/a	95k292	search term for Contracts topic, key number 292 (fraud)
name(roe and wade)	search by name of documents	ti(roe & wade)	search by title of documents
and date is X e.g. and date is 1/1/97	search for documents from a specific date	and da( X ) and da(1/1/97)	search for documents on a specific date
and date bef X e.g. and date bef 1/1/97	search for documents before a certain date	and da(bef X ) e.g. and da(bef 1/1/97)	search for documents before a set date
and date aft X e.g. and date aft 1/1/97	search for documents after a certain date	and da(aft X ) e.g. and da(aft 1/1/97)	search for documents after a certain date
and date aft X and date bef Y e.g. and date aft 1/1/95 and date bef 1/1/97	search for documents between certain dates	and da(aft X and bef Y) e.g. and da( aft 1/1/95 and bef 1/1/97)	search for documents between certain dates

-compiled by Lisa A. Spar, Computer Services Reference Librarian at the Lillian Goldman Library at the Yale Law School - 1/99