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 A @

enclosed in quotes

e.g. Ahabeas 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