This is the Advanced Search box for Westlaw. The advanced search allows for the use of terms and connectors to narrow searches to return more relevant results, rather than using plain text in the search bar.
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OPERATOR |
EXAMPLE |
DESCRIPTION |
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! |
object! |
Search for words with multiple endings |
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* |
jur*r |
Search for words with variable characters |
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/p |
hearsay /p utterance |
The search terms must appear in the same paragraph |
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+p |
ti(burke +p burke) |
The first search term must precede the second term in the same paragraph |
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/s |
design /s defect |
Search terms must appear in the same sentence |
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+s |
attorney +s fee |
The first search term must precede the second term in the same sentence |
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/n |
personal /3 jurisdiction |
Search terms must appear within n terms of each other, where n is a number from 1 to 255 |
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+n |
elena +2 kagan |
The first search term must precede the second term by n terms, where n is a number from 1 to 255 |
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AND (&) |
narcotics & warrant |
Retrieve documents containing two or more search terms anywhere in the document |
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OR (space) |
attorney lawyer counsel |
Search for alternative terms |
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BUT NOT (%) |
“chemical sensitivity” % allergy |
Exclude documents that contain certain terms |
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atleast(x) |
atleast5(malpractice) |
Search term must appear in the results at least x number of times |