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Basic Searching With SmartIndexing
Setting up a Search | Tips & Tricks
Setting up a Search
Searching with SmartIndexing is like doing any segment search with LexisNexis. Pick the appropriate segment and insert the index terms in the parentheses.
segment name(index terms)
The following segments are populated with SmartIndexing terms:
Proper Names
CITY
COMPANY
COUNTRY
ORGANIZATION
PERSON
STATE
Topics
SUBJECT
Group Segments
GEOGRAPHIC (searches Country, State and City)
TERMS (searches all indexed fields - from company to subject)
NEXTERMS (searches all indexed fields plus headline & lead paragraph)
Sample Searches
Tips & Tricks
- LexisNexis searching features apply to index term searches. Singular and plural forms of words will be retrieved, each word in a phrase is searchable.
- If an index term has an ampersand (&), the search engine will read that as a Boolean AND. To override that, put double quotes around the term or leave out the ampersand. For example: subject("mergers & acquisitions") or subject(mergers acquisitions).
- Searching the indexing segments will also retrieve indexing supplied by publishers, such as The New York Times. SmartIndexing Technology is easy to identify, just look for terms in uppercase followed by relevance scores.
- A SmartIndexing search can be combined with a free text search or a search on other segments (hlead, lead, headline, etc.).
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To view the index terms that are tagged on each document, use the Custom view in both Lexis.com and Nexis.com and select TERMS. If you are searching on the software, simply type TERMS to view both the full-text of the article and the indexing. Viewing the terms can be extremely helpful if you find articles that are on point. Check out the indexing and run a new search using some of the index terms you found!
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