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Saved Favorites are now easier to apply as they are available via a pull-down menu on the top of the new streamlined Lexis Advance® homepage. Favorites are useful short-cuts for targeted search starting points and can be any combination of pre and...

Segment searching has always been a useful precision search tool for librarians and other advanced researchers using Lexis Advance. However, one doesn’t always know what segments are available for a particular content set. Use Advanced Search to...

If you need to quickly print or save a list of results or a document in full, take advantage of the Printer-Friendly View icon at the top of the page: The printer-friendly view will present the content on your screen in cleaner format, with the...

A small but powerful feature is now available on Lexis Advance. When you sign in, you can choose to show or hide your password: This handy feature is helpful if the password entered is incorrect. Now you can see exactly what you type and notice...

The Legal News content category is distinct from News in an important way—it carries content from some of the most valuable legal-specific sources in the industry. You’ll find an unmatched collection of legal news content—and you can...

It’s now easier than ever to search news on the Lexis Advance service by industry as a pre-search or post-search filter. Prior to running a search, select News in the Content Type tab in Explore Content, then select News by Industry . Select all...

If you’re running searches on an individual for news or other background information, the Directories on the Lexis Advance service can help. To access, select Directories as the Content Type under Explore Content . This category includes directories...

If you want to explore the content available on Lexis Advance prior to searching, my recommendation is to download the Content Listing and access it from your desktop. To do this, sign in to Lexis Advance and access Help via the global navigation bar...

We often know the content we want to search from the start. The Explore Content pod is one way to select desired content prior to running a search. There is also a setting you can choose to have certain content categories automatically narrowed by subcategories...

Find more authority on a specific point of law with the Legal Issue Trail™ feature. This tool will surface the cases that cite to the case you are reviewing, as well as cases that have cited to your case for a particular point of law. Try it out...

The Compare Search Results feature in Research Map enables you to choose up to three searches (or filtered searches) of the same content type to find the documents common to all searches included. Access Research Map from History in the top navigation...

The interactive Shepard’s case cards visually display Shepard’s treatment , including the number of citations for each treatment, right from the results screen so you can quickly view how a case has been treated. Select a color to move to...

It’s easy to refine a search result on the Lexis Advance® service to a specific publisher of interest. After conducting a search, note that Publisher is a filter on the left at the bottom of the Filters pane. The screenshot below is an example...

When asked to find articles on a major company, event, issue or person, you may get an extremely large number of News articles. If you do not have specific terms to narrow your result, how can you refine the answer set? If the geographic, publication...

Suppose you are asked to prepare a comparison of the wage deduction requirements and prohibitions in Illinois, New York and Texas. The Lexis Practice Advisor State Law Comparison Tool available in Lexis Practice Advisor helps make this project quick and...

Shepard’s ® Citations Service makes it easy to find all cases citing to a specific statutory sub-section. When Shepardizing ™ a statute, a link will appear at the top of your screen to view Subsection reports by specific court citation...

When you need to retrieve a long list of cases and/or Shepard’s ® reports, remember the LexisNexis® Get & Print tool is available to make it faster and easier. You’ll find LexisNexis® Get & Print using the product switcher...

When you need to retrieve a long list of cases and/or Shepard’s ® reports, remember the LexisNexis® Get & Print tool is available to make it faster and easier. You’ll find LexisNexis® Get & Print using the product switcher...

The updated 2019 edition of Trademark Surveys: A Litigator’s Guide by FisherBroyles, LLP Partner R. Mark Halligan and Survey Consultant James T. Berger, is available on the Lexis Advance® service. This valuable resource is a practical guide...

Key Words in Context, better known as KWIC view, is available on the Lexis Advance service. The KWIC view within a document shows only your search terms and set number of terms on either side. To use the KWIC view, click into a document and then a...

Recently released federal cases from January 2018 to now have a placeholder for their reporter citation, in addition to their Lexis® citation and other citations. The placeholders will appear as: _F.3d _, _Fed. Appx._, _F. Supp. 3d_. The benefit is...

When finding and vetting expert witnesses, it’s important to search News on Lexis Advance as well to find out what experts are saying about a particular topic, where they are referenced related to a particular matter, etc. The news media loves...

When doing research, it’s easy to refine to a content set before you run a search from the Explore Content pod. However, in Settings , you can have your default set to certain content categories automatically, narrowed by subcategories. This is...

Now you can find a notification of Appeal Terminated at the top of U.S. District Court cases to help you quickly understand if the case is still open, and whether or not you need to check the docket. If it hasn’t been terminated, you can then...

The news media often covers court cases, particularly the outcome involving companies or hot topical issues—whether a trial or a settlement. With a simple search in News content on the Lexis Advance service, you can find information about verdicts...