Search Basics
Start at the News, Advanced Search Page.
Choose your search terms:
- Think about the words that should appear in your desired results.
- Nouns are the basic keywords you should start with. think: names, title, place, event, etc.
Lexis reads words next to each other as a phrase: so herald towers reads as “herald towers”
AND is the most important connecting word you must use in any pay database. To do a simple search, just separate words and phrases with an and – for example: MTA and accessibility
You can choose a date range otherwise the default is “all dates” searched.
Your default Sources searched are “all news sources.” If you want a specific publication, type the name into the Publication box.
hlead(adams and operation padlock) - searches headline/lead paragraph
byline(helina selemon) - this searches author name
! - replaces an infinite number of letters, ex.: legis! = legislate, legislator, legislation, etc.
w/# - locate terms within a certain number of words near each another
OR ben brafman w/10 (lawyer or attorney) - searches for lawyer or attorney within 5 words of brafman
- Note: or does not need to be capitalized like in Google
atleast4(adams) - searches for at least 4 (can be any #) mentions of a word, good for profile searches
length(>900) searches for articles greater than 900 words in length - also good for profiles and long-form searches.
More on Search Term Connectors, Proximity Connectors, Search Connector Wildcards, Connector Order Priority
Enter your search terms in the fields and click add:
This will populate the search box with your terms in a complex sentence:
Enter terms in the Documents Segments where you want them to appear in the results:
These terms will automatically add to your search string, then hit search:
