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Please review the Finding Information section of the help pages to learn how to build a successful search. Using Help, you will also learn how you can use connectors (AND, OR, etc.) and special wildcard characters (* and !) to help express your search. After reviewing this information, use your browser's Back button to return to this page.

Search for ... in ...
You do not need to enclose phrases within quotations marks. Combine the term you are searching with the field of the document where you want the term to appear.
Example:  computer software in Headline

Fields that can be searched are:

• Headline: Headline or title of an article
• Headline and Lead Paragraph(s): The headline and first paragraph(s) of the article
• Full Text: The entire article
• Caption:  The description of any graphics accompanying the article
• Author: The writer of the article. You can enter an author's full name or last name only. If you are having difficulty retrieving articles searching for a full name, use a w/3 connector between the first name and last name.
  Example:  George w/3 Will

Search Connectors
You can use connectors to establish logical relationships between words and concepts.

and - Words or phrases must all appear in the same document or field, no matter how close or far apart.
Example: doctor AND malpractice finds documents with both doctor and malpractice

or - Links synonyms, alternative forms of expression, acronyms, and so on.
Example: doctor OR physician finds either doctor or physician.

and not - Excludes documents that contain the word or phrase following it. Use this connector with caution because it can exclude relevant documents. If you use this connector, always use it at the end of your search.
Example: doctor AND NOT malpractice finds the word doctor anywhere in the document , but the word malpractice cannot appear anywhere in the same document.

w/n - Links search words and phrases to create concepts. You can choose within 5, 10 or 25 words. W/n does not specify a word order.
Example: doctor w/5 malpractice finds doctor within 5 or fewer words of malpractice, regardless of which word appears first.

w/paragraph - Looks for documents with search words in the same paragraph.
Example: doctor w/paragraph malpractice finds doctor in the same paragraph as malpractice

w/sentence - Looks for documents with search words in the same sentence.
Example: doctor w/sentence malpractice finds doctor in the same sentence as malpractice.

Note: If you select any within (w/) connector, you should search the full text. Otherwise, you will get incorrect results. Also,  the w/paragraph and w/sentence connectors may not be combined with the w/n connector.

Date
You can narrow your search to documents published on a specific day or within the date range you specify. You may either select a predefined date range from the drop-down list or enter your own custom date range. Most date formats are supported.
Examples: 07/24/97, Jul 24, 1997, 07/97, July, 1997, 1997

To specify a specific day, select the custom date range option and enter the same date in both the From and To fields.
Example: From: Aug 3, 1997 To: 08/03/97

To search all documents published on or after a specific date, enter that date in the From field and leave the To field blank.
Example: From: July 5, 1996 To:    searches all documents published on or after July 5, 1996.

And, to search all documents published on or before a specific date, enter that date in the To field and leave the From field blank.
Example: From:    To: 9/15/96 searches all documents published on or before September 15, 1996.

Note: If you do not enter a specific day or month, the first day of the month/year you entered is assumed when placed in the From field and the last day of the month/year is assumed when placed in the To field.
Example: From: 1995 To: 8/96 searches documents published on or between January 1, 1995 and August 31, 1996.

Search this title
You can limit your search to documents from a specific publication. Use the Source List link for a listing of sources available for this search.
Example: New York Times

For even more helpful information (such as Search Basics, Sample Searches, Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and Error Message Descriptions) , we recommend you browse through the other areas of our LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic Universe help pages.