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Lexis and Westlaw use similar ones, so what you learn here works there too.
| Type this | It finds | Example | In Lexis or Westlaw |
|---|---|---|---|
heat cell | Items with both words, anywhere | heat cell | heat AND cell (Lexis) · heat & cell (Westlaw) |
"two words" | The words together, in that order | "swamp cooler" | Same: quotation marks |
OR | Either word; widens the search | heat OR cold | OR (Lexis) · a space (Westlaw) |
-word | Leaves out items with that word; narrows the search | parole -federal | AND NOT (Lexis) · % (Westlaw) |
word* or word! | Any ending: griev* finds grieve, grievance, grievances | griev* | ! in both |
a w/5 b | Two words within 5 words of each other | heat w/5 cell* | w/5 in Lexis · /5 in Westlaw |
Searches ignore capital letters. Start broad, then narrow: add a word, use quotes, or leave words out until the list is small enough to read.