LEXISNEXIS® SEARCH TIPS

The LexisNexis^® Search Tip Archive is a handy place to find tips and techniques of value for the government information professional. A special thank you goes to Arielle Goldhammer, LexisNexis^® Federal Research Consultant, for putting these tips together. 

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• LexisNexis Customer Support Phone Numbers
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• LexisNexis Knowledge Base
• LexisNexis Literature and Reference Materials
• LexisNexis Online Tutorials
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Adding Custom Source Tabs on Lexis.com

When you sign on to lexis.com, the source selection screen displays with a choice of four tabs: Legal, News & Business, Public Records and Find a Source. It's easy to add your own additional tabs for jurisdictions and /or practice areas that you use most often.

You can add up to 14 custom tabs, in addition to the four standard tabs, and you can remove or reorder the custom tabs any time you choose. Here's how to add a custom tab:

1. Click Add/Edit Tabs in the top left corner of the source selection screen.
2. Scroll through the displayed list until the jurisdiction or practice area you want appears.
3. Highlight the jurisdiction or practice area you want (for instance: Immigration or Patent Law) and click Add.
4. Click Done. The tab(s) you selected will now appear on the menu screen next to the Create a Source tab.

*An additional note on custom tabs from your Information Professional Consultant: Custom tabs are really handy as a just-in-time resource when you are trying to do research in an area of law with which you are not familiar.

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Find Your Niche: Research Task Pages

LexisNexis® Research Task pages combine critical information and relevant resources, focused by areas of law.

The Research Tasks pages are tailored specifically for your information needs, offering you quick accessibility to the material you need all in one handy location.

Each Research Tasks page is specific to a particular area of law, but the consistent look and feel of all Research Tasks pages provides convenience and ease of use.

• Choose and combine sources to expand the potential for more comprehensive results
• Select research tasks by practice area or jurisdiction
• Link to productivity tools and search court records, access litigation profiles, compile due diligence reports, and more
• Find the forms that can simplify your work
• Shepardize® your document to see if it is still good law
• Obtain analytical materials, an abundance of information to even more facts from treaties, treatises, and strategic profiling products
• Gain access to key company information and public records