Lexis^® Equivalents for Other Connectors

If you're familiar with using other connectors with terms and connectors searching, you can transition to searching Lexis^® by referring to the table below.

If You Use this Connector	Use this Connector to Search Lexis
"search terms" (quotation marks enclosing a phrase – finds the exact phrase)	"search terms" (quotation marks enclosing a phrase – finds the exact phrase)
and (alternately, &)	and (alternately, &)
a space between terms (to replace or)	or
/p	/p or w/para Note: The w/para proximity connector will include "noise words" in the proximity of your two search terms. You can use `w/para` or `w/p` in place of `/p` if you want. All 3 function the same way.
+p	pre/p
/s	/s or w/sent Note: The w/sent connector will include "noise words" in the proximity of your two search terms. You can use `w/sent` or `w/s` in place of `/s` if you want. All 3 function the same way.
+s	pre/s
/n	w/n
+n	pre/n
but not	and not

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