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The LexisNexis® Continuous Alerts feature allows you to set up and track searches on Factiva® sources through lexis.com®. These alerts provide you with breaking news through your email within minutes of the time it's published. Retrieve results from Factiva’s collection of more than 10,000 authoritative sources from 152 countries in 22 languages including the exclusive combination of The Wall Street Journal®, the Financial Times®, Dow Jones® and Reuters® newswires, the Associated Press® and hundreds of other influential newspapers, periodicals, 120 continuously updating wire services, and more. Click here for additional source information.

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Technical support contact information

Setting up a new Continuous Alert

Modifying an existing alert

Deleting an alert

Managing alerts

Viewing alert headlines

Updating My Details

Setting up a mobile login

Search tips

Factiva Content

Using Help

Signing off Continuous Alerts

Click here for a quick reference guide listing all of the tasks you can do with LexisNexis® Continuous Alerts.

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Technical support contact information

Your email address and name are required in case you have technical difficulties and need to contact customer support. The information is not used for marketing or to make unsolicited contact. You must enter all of the information in the yellow boxes, then click the Accept checkbox next to the Continue button to indicate your acceptance of Factiva's End User Agreement and to enter the Continuous Alerts site.

To complete the new user information:

1. Enter your email address.
2. Enter your first name.
3. Enter your last name.
4. (Optional) Enter the name of your company.
5. Click the Accept checkbox next to the Continue button.
6. Click the Continue button.
7. Set up a new alert. See "Setting up a new Continuous Alert".

My Details

The My Details link allows you to change the information you provided the first time you signed on to Continuous Alerts.

For example, you may want to change your email from your work address to a home address while you are on vacation, or you may need to change your last name.

In addition, a "Set up mobile login" link is provided to let you have your alerts sent to a mobile device.

Change My Details

1. Click the "My Details" link near the upper right of the page.
2. Make your desired changes.
3. Click the Save details button.

Set Up a Mobile Login

1. Click the "My Details" link near the upper right of the page.
2. Click the "Set up mobile login" link.
3. Select and copy the link in the pop-up window to an email addressed to your mobile device.
4. When you receive the email on your mobile device, click the link in the email to start receiving your alerts on your mobile device.

Factiva Content

Factiva sources change all the time. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Factiva content.

What key newswires does Factiva offer?

More than 120 continuously updating newswires, including the exclusive combination of Dow Jones, Reuters, and The Associated Press. Factiva offers more than 500 wires, including Asia Pulse, Dow Jones-VWD, Agence France Presse, Agencia EFE and other industry, press release, and local newswires.

What key newspapers does Factiva offer?

Same-day and archival coverage of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Financial Times, Les Echos, South China Morning Post, The Australian, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Straits Times, Yomiuri Shimbun, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Irish Times and local newspapers from every corner of the globe.

What key television and radio transcripts does Factiva offer?

BBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, NPR, and more.

What key magazines does Factiva offer?

General business and industry must-read publications like The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, Time, Newsweek, Finanz & Wirtschaft, Satellite News, BusinessWeek, Focus, L'Express, The Bulletin, Far Eastern Economic Review and more.

How can I find a comprehensive list of sources?

Once you have logged in and registered, you will be able to search the database of Factiva sources through the Source selection area on the Set up new Continuous Alert tab. No charges are incurred unless you submit a search.

Search Tips

All searches used with Continuous Alerts will follow the existing Factiva rules. Valid search connectors include the following, where N indicates a number value:

• And — Use "and" to connect two words or phrases that must appear in the same document.

  land trust and Ohio

  This search retrieves documents that mention both land trust and Ohio.
  
  
• Or — Use "or" to find documents that contain one or more terms or phrases linked by "or".

  lawyer or counsel or attorney

  This search retrieves documents that mention lawyer, counsel, or attorney.
  
  
• Not — Use "not" to filter the specified word or phrase from your search results.

  wireless not cellular

  This search retrieves documents that mention wireless but not cellular.
  
  
• Same — Use "same" to find documents in which your search terms appear in the same paragraph.

  wireless same cellular

  This search retrieves documents that mention wireless and cellular in the same paragraph.
  
  

  wireless same (cellular and mobile)

  This search retrieves documents that mention wireless in the same paragraph as cellular and mobile.
  
  Notes:
  • "Same" cannot be used repetitively, for instance:

    wireless same cellular same mobile

  • "Same" cannot be used in field qualified searches, for instance:

    lp=(wireless same cellular)

    A field qualified search is one that uses an abbreviation, such as "lp=", followed by a parenthetical statement. The abbreviation identifies a specific field Factiva uses in searching. In this example, "lp=" indicates that you want to find articles that have both cellular and wireless in the lead paragraph.
    
    
• w/N — Use "w/N" to find documents in which your search terms appear within N words of each other, in the entered order.

  william w/3 hearst

  This search retrieves documents that mention william (first), then within the next 3 words, the name hearst.
  
  Notes:
  • N must be a number from 1 to 10.
  • N is required.
  • w/N will only work within the limits of a paragraph.
  
  
  
• adjN — Use "adjN" to connect two words or phrases that must appear in the same document within N words, in the entered order.

  grand final adj5 australian rules

  This search retrieves documents that mention grand final (first), then within the next 5 words, the phrase australian rules.
  
  Notes:
  • The N is optional; if omitted, the number 1 is assumed.
  • adjN will only work within the limits of a paragraph.
  
  
  
• nearN — Use "nearN" to find documents in which your search terms appear within N words of each other, in any order.

  grand final near3 australian rules

  This search retrieves documents that mention grand final within the 3 words of the phrase australian rules, no matter which phrase appears first.
  
  Notes:
  • The N is optional; if omitted, the number 1 is assumed.
  • "nearN" will only work within the limits of a paragraph.
  
  
  
• /N/ — Use "/N/" to connect two words or phrases that must appear in the same document within N words of each other, in any order.

  ball park /25/ cincinnati

  This search retrieves documents that mention ball park within 25 words of cincinnati, no matter which phrase appears first.
  
  Notes:
  • N is required.
  • "/N/" will only work within the limits of a paragraph.



• * — Use the "*" character as a wildcard at the end of your term to truncate it. Truncation allows you to search for alternate endings to a word.

  generat*

  This search retrieves documents that mention generate, generating, generation, and so forth.
  
  Note:  * must be the last character in your search term.
  
  
• $N — Use at least 3 characters followed by the "$N" (dollar sign followed by a number from 1-9) to indicate that you want to find this word plus up to N more characters.

  Example:  generat$2

  This search retrieves documents that mention generate, generates, and generated, but does not retrieve generating or generation.

  Non-Example:  ch$2

  This search is invalid because the term does not contain the minimum 3 characters before the dollar sign.
  
  Note:  The N is optional; if omitted, the number 5 is assumed.
  
  
• ? — Use the "?" (question mark) as a single wildcard character; for instance, in words that may have alternate spellings.

  standardi?e

  This search retrieves documents that mention both standardize and standardise, allowing you to find both the British English and American English versions of the word.
  
  Note:  A minimum of three characters must be entered before the question mark.
  
  
• wc> — Use the "wc>" (word count greater than) operator to limit a search by word count. You may substitute the less than sign (<) for the greater than sign (>).

  Microsoft and wc>500

  This search retrieves documents that contain the term Microsoft in articles with a word count greater than 500.

  immigration and wc<100

  This search retrieves documents that contain the term immigration in articles with a word count less than 100.
  
  

Using Help

Three types of Help links are provided for LexisNexis® Continuous Alerts:

1. Click the "How do I?" link in the upper right corner of each page to access a list of common tasks and descriptions of the items on each page.
2. Click the "What's this?" link next to an item name to find out more about it.
3. Click the "Factiva terms and connectors?" link for a list of search connectors and tips on searching.

A list of topics is provided on the left side of the help pages, for ease of reference. Or, you can switch to an Index if you can't find the item you want in the topic list. If you still can't find what you're looking for, enter one or two words in the Search Help box and click Go to search the Help system.

Signing off Continuous Alerts

You can end your session with LexisNexis Continuous Alerts and return to lexis.com® in either of two ways:

• Click the "Back to lexis.com®" link in the upper right corner of the screen.
• Click the LexisNexis logo in the top left corner of the page.