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Searches in www.lexis.com Saved Automatically for 30 Days
Your www.lexis.com searches and search results are saved automatically under the Today’s Results tab of the Search History log until the next morning—2 a.m. Eastern time to be exact. For example, if you run a search at 5 p.m. Monday, the search request and results will be kept in the History log until 2 a.m. Tuesday ET. Click to the History link and then the Today’s Results tab to view the original saved results up to 2 a.m.—without incurring additional search charges*.
Additionally, www.lexis.com searches (but not the results), including Alert updates, are now saved for an additional 29-day period under the Archived Activities tab of the History log. You can edit a saved search or use it again as is and incur your usual subscription charges. NOTE: If you’ve-run a saved search, you’ll receive an on-screen notification if you are about to search in a sources outside your subscription.
Here’s how you gain access to your search history in www.lexis.com:
- Click on History in the upper right corner of the lexis.com® menu screen.
- A list of today’s results will display. Click an underlined search request under View Original Results to see saved results without additional charge. Click Re-run/Edit to update or revise the search. (If you actually revise the search, you’ll be charged according to your subscription.)
- Click the Archived Activity tab to display a list of searches from the previous 29 days. Click
on an underlined search request to re-run or edit the request. (You will receive an on-screen notification if you search a source outside your subscription.)
4. Click Client ID or Date to sort all the requests. Click Set Filter to limit your history view to specific client(s) or date(s).
*If you use a transactional ID, you can still review original results until 2 a.m. without additional charge. |