With Lexis Advance® Alerts you can:

• Followanylegal,news,pendinglegislation,topicorissueonadaily,weeklyormonthlybasis

• Getregularupdatesoncitingauthoritiesthatcouldpotentiallyaffectthevalidityofyourcasewiththe Shepard’sAlert®tool

• Receiveallnewarticlesfromasinglepublicationorgroupofpublicationsonadaily,weeklyormonthlybasis

• Benotifiedimmediatelyofpendinglegislationthatmayimpactstatutesyouaremonitoring

• Monitornews,casesorlegislationonalegaltopicforaspecificpracticearea

• FindnewcasesorotherdocumentsbysettinganAlerttocomparesearchresults

Using

Lexis Advance® Alerts

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1. Runasearchinthe Red Search Box.

2. Refineyourresultswiththefilterson thelefttomakesureyouhavethe mostrelevantresults.

3.Onceyouhavetheresultsyouwant tomonitoryoucansetupyourAlert byclickingtheAlerticon atthetop ofyourresults.

ToCreateaSearchAlert

TIP: To get the best, on-target Alert results, refine your search before saving it as an Alert.

- Use search terms that are specific to your research, joined by connectors to define the relationships of the search terms, i.e., medical negligence and clinical negligence

- Avoid terms that are too general, such as “illness” or “behavior” as well as noise words such as “the” and “if”

- Use Search Filters (Pre & Post) to further refine your results prior to saving it as an Alert (i.e., Court, Practice Area, Legal Topic, etc.)

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1. ClicktheShepard’s linkwithinthe RedSearchBox,ortype“shep:”and enteryourcitationtoretrieveyourShepard’sreport.

2. OnceyouhaveretrievedyourShepard’sreport,clicktheAlert icon tosetyourAlert.

ToCreateaShepard’sAlert

TheShepard’s®CitationsServicehelpsyouvalidateyourresearchandensurethecaseorstatuteyouarecitingisgoodlaw.Onceyouhave Shepardized™acaseorstatute,setanAlerttomonitoranychangeinanalysis,newnegativeanalysisorcustomizeyoursettingstoselectspecifictreatmentsandheadnotesforwhichyouwishtobealerted.

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1. SelectBrowse Sourcesabovethe RedSearchBox.

2. Browseforthespecificsourceby typingthetitleintheSourcessearch boxontheleft,orbybrowsingforthe titlebyalphabeticalorder.

WithLexisAdvanceyoucansetanAlertforasinglepublicationorgroupofpublications.

3. Addthesourcetoyoursearchbyclickingonthesourcetitleandthenselectingtheoptionto“Addthissourcetothesearch.”

4.ThesourceyouhaveaddedtoyoursearchwillappearatthebottomoftheRedSearchBox,indicatingthatyouwillbesearchinginthatsource.EnteryoursearchtermsandthensetyourAlert.

5.Onceyouhaveretrievedyourresults,clickontheAlerticon tosetyourAlert.

TIP: To set an Alert to retrieve all articles from a specific publication on a daily basis, we recommend searching on a common term such as “the,” which may be found in all articles.

You can set up an Alert on a specific publication using the source post search filter from a regular search (no need to go through “Browse Sources”).

ToSetanAlertonaSpecificPublication

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1. EnteracitationforastatuteintheRed Search Box.

2. ClickontheAlerticon tosetanAlertforpendinglegislationthatmayamend,repeal,orenactachangetoyourstatute.

OnLexisAdvance,youcansetanAlerttomonitorastatuteandbenotifiedofanybillsfromthecurrentlegislativesessionthatproposetomodifyit.

ToSetaPendingLegislationAlert

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1. SelectBrowse Topicsabovethe RedSearchBox.

2. EnteryourkeytermsintotheSearchfortopicsboxandclick“Search.”Anypracticeareasthathaveyourtopicasasubsectionwillbeidentifiedwithagreeniconidentifyingthenumberofresults.

OnLexisAdvance,youcansetanAlerttomonitoralegaltopicforaspecificpracticeareaandbenotifiedimmediatelyofanynews,casesorlegislationonthattopic.

3. Selectthepracticeareayouareinterestedin.ThenclickonthesubsectiontosetyourAlert.

TIP: Set Topic Alerts to retrieve new documents and updated documents from many different content types, such as: cases, news, administrative materials, briefs, legislative materials and more!

ToSetaTopicAlert

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1. ClickonMy WorkspaceatthetopoftheLexisAdvancetoolbar,toaccessyour History.

2. SelecttoviewyourResearch Map. Thenclickonthesearchyouwish toselecttocompareresults.

OnLexisAdvance,youcancompareresultsoftwosearchesyouhaveconductedtofinddocumentsincommon.YoucanevensetanAlerttobenotifiedofanynewdocumentsrelatedtothesearchincluding,butnotlimitedto:newsorlawreviewarticles,cases,statutes,treatisematerialsandmore.

3. Thesearchesthatyou’veselectedtocompareresultswillappearatthetopofthescreenunderCompare Search Results.ClickFind toviewdocumentsincommonbetweenthesearches.

4.Onceyouhaveretrievedyourresults,clickontheAlerticon tosetyourAlert.

ToCreateaCompareResultsAlert

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1. IntheCreate New Search Alert popup,typeatitleornamefortheAlert.

3. ClicktheDeliver tabtoselectthefrequencywithwhichyouwishtoretrieveyourresultsaswellasthemeansofdelivery:onlineoremail.

2. ClicktheMonitor tabtoselectthecontenttypesyouwouldliketobeincludedinyourAlertresults.Thecontentchoiceswillvarydepending onthetypeofAlertyouaresetting.

4.Clicktosaveyouroptions.

Onceyouhaveretrievedyourresults,clicktheAlerticontosetyourAlert.

AlertMonitoringandDeliveryOptions

TIP: The Alert will monitor the content types you selected using pre- and post-search filters, in addition to the content types you select under the Monitor tab. Alert results are available online as they are processed; only the email notification is scheduled (daily, weekly, or monthly).

TIP: The default Alert duration is one year. This may be modified to save the Alert up to two years.

TIP: SHARING ALERTS Customers who have Work Folder Sharing enabled can share Alerts by selecting “Share” under the Delivery Options. Enter a user’s first or last name or email address to locate the individual with whom you would like to share.

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TIP: Alerts will include all pre- and post-filters at the time an Alert is set up.

AccessyourAlerts:

1. FromtheMy WorkspacecarouselontheLexisAdvancehomepage.

3. SelecttheAlertyouwishtomodify,andthenclickonthe Actions pull-downtoupdate,edit,delete,pause,restartormarkyourAlertresultsasread.Afteryouhavemadeyourmodifications,click Save.

2. FromtheLexisAdvancetoolbar,underMy Workspace.

OnceyouhavesetanAlert,youcaneasilyupdate,edit,delete,pause,restartormarkanAlertasread.

ManagingYourAlerts

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TIP: Alerts with new results will have the “Updates” flag.

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