Lexis® Search Advisor-Now It's Easier to Explore Topics
Select the SEARCH ADVISOR tab. Then choose one of the 40-plus practice areas.
Now take a look at what’s new: when you select a practice area, you can browse the topics in an enhanced table of contents (TOC). And you can select any level of the TOC to search for LexisNexis® Headnotes or cases.
You’re probably already familiar with TOC displays. The Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, U.S. and state statutes, treatises and other sources at www.lexis.com display in TOC format.
Browse the topic table of contents, opening and closing levels until you discover your topic. Or search the TOC for a specific topic. Here’s how each research method works:
Select a topic from the SEARCH ADVISOR menu, e.g., Patent Law. Now you have two choices:
1. Search the table. For example, you want to research prosecution history estoppel as a defense to infringement.
a. Under Option 1 on the TOC screen, enter your search words, e.g., ENTER: estoppel /5 infring! (The default is to search within the Patent Law TOC. Search all Lexis Search Advisor practice areas and topics by selecting the All Search Advisor Topics radio button.)
b. Click FIND.
c. Now review an abbreviated TOC with only those levels that contain your search words.
d. Find cases or LexisNexis Headnotes for any topic listed in your TOC search results, i.e., choose any black or blue link. (To move back to the full patent law TOC, click the blue arrow or red diamond symbol to the left of each black or blue link.)
e. Select a jurisdiction. Then retrieve all LexisNexis Headnotes on the topic. Or add specific search words and search cases for that topic.
2. Explore the table. (Shown above.) Drill down through the TOC to find the topic you wish to search. Click + to open a level and – to close a level. For example, as you’re looking at the patent law TOC:
a. Click the + next to Infringement Actions.
b. Click the + next to Prosecution History Estoppel.
c. Click on any subtopic under Prosecution History Estoppel. Or click the Prosecution History Estoppel topic itself.
d. Select a jurisdiction. Then retrieve all LexisNexis Headnotes on the topic. Or add specific search words and research cases for that topic.
