Terms and Connectors Searching

Glossary

Asterisk (*) - Universal character used to replace a letter or letters in a word.

Boolean Searching - This is the same definition as Terms and Connectors searching which is a traditional way to search information in most text-retrieval services.

Edit Search - This link is located on the results screen next to the Terms which were listed in your query. Edit Search takes you back to the Search screen so you can change your query.

Exact Phrase Searching - This type of searching reduces your search results as compared to other types of searching.

Exclamation Mark (!) - Universal character used to replace an infinite number of letters following a word root.

PRE/# - Proximity connector finds two terms where the first term must precede the second term by a specified number.

Proximity Connectors - Special characters which allow you to define how close one word appears in relation to another word in a document.

Search Input Box - Field inn the main Lexis.com and Advanced Search Screen which allow you to type the words in your query.

Terms and Connectors - This is the same definition as Boolean searching which is a traditional way to search information in most text-retrieval services.

Universal Characters - Special characters which are used to substitute for letters in words [i.e., asterisk (*) and exclamation mark (!)].

/# - Proximity connector finds documents where the search terms are within a certain number of words of each other. The ì#î stands for a number from 1 to 255.

/P - Proximity connector finds two terms within the same paragraph.

/S - Proximity connector finds two terms within the same sentence.