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Introducing Lexis Advance from LexisNexis This revolutionary online legal research service
was designed to transform the way you conduct legal research
This groundbreaking innovation delivers: The right results faster and more easily
The ability to easily sift and sort relevant content
Aggregated search results, in one place The confidence that critical information is
not overlooked Assurance that results are “current law”
Filters, folders and history tracking so you can work through interruptions
Lexis Advance is easy to use it provides a rich collection of content that includes trusted
premium materials most frequently used by practioners
Once you are logged in to Lexis Advance you can use the my workspace carousel to get quick
tips, go to a work folder, review history, or get immediate assistance
This new online legal research service has an intuitive interface that allows you to
navigate quickly through your personal workspace Here you can also begin a new search immediately
by typing keywords into the red search box Use the tab filters at the bottom of the bar
to narrow the search by content type, jurisdiction, practice area and topics or any combination
These filters are optional and allow you to control your results
When entering keywords you don’t have to know exactly what you are looking for because
Lexis Advance accesses all available content Ensuring you won’t miss a source and improving
search reliability In addition, the Lexis Advance search technology
intuitively picks up on the keywords you enter and searches all content using the most appropriate
method either natural or Boolean search allowing you to conduct research how you prefer
When you’re ready to begin the search simply hit enter or click the search button
Results are displayed in the center of the screen
Now that you’ve begun your search additional filters for refining your results are available
by content type including: date range - Limit by date using the timeline slider, practice
area or keyword The red box remains consistent throughout
your search experience and you can continue to conduct new searches at any time
As you progress through your research session tabs are created at the top of the screen
to allow for easy navigation This allows you to easily transition back
to previous searches performed during a session and easily work through interruptions
Once you have performed a search there are additional ways to display, sort and filter
the results These options provide a customizable experience
and confidence that nothing is overlooked While conducting research you may identify
passages of text or citations of interest The Lexis Advance tool set allows you to highlight,
copy annotate and save to the newly introduced work folders feature
When you select a document you can use the jump to menu to jump directly to a specific
place in the document For example you can choose to go straight
to the opinion without having to sift through the entire document saving you time
Alternatively, you can navigate to specific search words within the document
Now that you’re in your document Lexis Advance offers the ability to Shepardize through the
Shepard’s button or the Shepard’s signal Shepard’s allows to validate whether your
cases and statutes are still current law, giving you the confidence you have the right
answers this will ensure that results are current
law To assist researchers in identifying critical
information on a particular point of law we’ve introduced the new innovative legal issue
trail feature This feature highlights legal concepts in
a document and then matches the citations and language to other documents in the repository
effectively cutting down time researching a particular point of law
We’re excited to bring you Lexis Advance a new online legal research service that will
allow you to work more efficiently, find the right answers easily and faster and give you
the confidence that nothis is overlooked Lexis Advance will transform the way you conduct
legal research Another LexisNexis innovation that enables
better outcomes