Use this form to locate specific terms in the LexisNexis® Congressional subject index.

The items listed on this form are terms that the editorial staff have assigned, at one time or another, to publications to describe subject matter. Performing a search on any one of these terms increases your likelihood of getting pertinent search results.

Selecting type of term (not available on all instances of the form)

Select either Subject Terms or Geographical Terms from the "Select type" drop-down list, depending of the type of subject term you're looking for.

Note that the subject terms list contains some instances of geographical terms (e.g., Pacific Ocean) that also appear within the geographical terms list; however, you can safely use the lists as if they were mutually exclusive of each other. For example, Pacific Ocean in the subject list will produce the same search results as Pacific Ocean from geographical terms.

Finding a term

Use the "Find a term" feature to locate terms from anywhere within the subject index. Type a term into the field and click the Find button. Your term can be a specific or as general as you like (e.g., b-1 bomber as opposed to military aircraft).

Use the "Browse terms" alphabet letter links to navigate to any portion of the subject index.

Selecting a term

Once you have found a term you want to use, click and check the box next to it. You may select as many items as you want; however, note that if you perform a second subject search or try to navigate to another part of the subject index, your selections will be lost.

Most of the terms within the subject index are cross-referenced to other items. Cross-referenced items appear under the main item and have one of the following prefixes:

• Broader/related term: These are terms that may have a more general, but related meaning, and so may result in more search results. For example War is a broader subject term than Military science.

• see also: Terms that have some relationship--whether overlapping, more specific, or mutually exclusive--to the main term. For example, Asbestos is a related term to Mineral resources.

• use: Terms are a substitute for the main term. For example, Runaway and missing persons is a substitute for Missing persons. Note that when a cross-referenced term is prefixed with "use," the main term cannot be checked; you must use the substitute term, if you want to search on that subject term.

Pasting to search

Click the "Ok - Paste to Search" button once your done making selection. Your selections will be pasted into your search terms field.

If you make multiple selections, the pasted terms will be separated from each other by the logical connector OR, so that the search string is syntactically correct and will search return publications satisfying any of the criteria.