In Lexis^®, all documents of the same type have a common structure, composed of the natural parts or divisions referred to as segments.

You can restrict your search to a specific part or segment of a document, such as the court that heard the case or the judge who wrote the opinion. Different types of documents have different segments. For example, a case doesn't have the same segments as a newspaper article.

To search in a specific segment, you can use the Advanced Search form (look for the link right above the search box), or type the segment name followed by your search terms in parentheses in the search box. This example uses the "name" segment for searching by party name:

name(griggs and duke)

Segment searching is especially useful when you are looking for:

• Opinions written by a particular judge
• Cases involving a specific party
• Cases in which a particular attorney or firm appeared as counsel

Which segments are searchable in Lexis?

Lexis does not search all of the same content types or segments as Lexis^® (lexis.com). Below is the list of content types that you can currently search with a segment search using Lexis. Click a content type to see which segments are available for it.

• Administrative Codes and Regulations
• Administrative Materials
• Secondary Materials
• Company Financial
• Directories
• Statutes and Legislation
• Briefs, Pleadings and Motions
• Cases
• Secondary Sources
• Dockets
• Expert Witness Materials
• Intellectual Property
• Forms
• Jury Instructions
• Jury Verdicts and Settlements
• Legal News
• Scientific
• News

To see a list of all the segments condensed in table format, view Segments in Lexis and scroll to the second page.

Searching in a Specific Segment