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LexisNexis AU offers several ways for you to search, using the content-type tabs that appear across the top of all search pages. Each of the forms is designed to search all sources which contain the same content. eg every source with legislation included can be searched in the Legislation search form. Each of the forms is designed to search in that type of content for particular sections of information eg Case Name or Legislation Title. For a more general search, you can use the General Search form on the home page. For information on how to construct a search, go to Developing a Search. You may also click the Browse tab to view a specific source's table of contents, if available. Once you have found a more targeted area within the Browse tab, you may select that area only, return to the Search form and search only on that specified area. For more information, see Browsing a Source. |
General search is the broadest search available. For this reason it is best to use when you are looking for something highly specific or searching in an unfamiliar area of law. General Search searches across your entire subscription or you can restrict your search to specific sources, document sections, content type. Use this form to search all of your cases sources. Depending on your subscription, this may include Australian Law Reports, Family Law Reports, Unreported Judgments, Australian Current Law Reporter and CaseBase Cases. From this form you can also access the CaseBase search form (to search the cases and journals components), CaseBase, Australian Current Law – Reporter, Australian and New Zealand Citator to UK Reports, Cases Indexes/Tables. Enter your search terms and/or:
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