Power Search in Lexis Nexis allows users to search terms, specify date ranges and sources, and view results. Search results can be sorted by relevance and filtered to only include newspapers. Individual articles can be viewed with the title, newspaper name, date and author displayed. Search results can also be saved, printed or emailed.

1. Searching Lexis Nexis Creating a Search in “Power Search” Mode

2. What does “Power Search” look like in Lexis Nexis?

3. Type Search Words (Keywords) in the “Search Terms” Box:

4. “Specify Date:”

5. “Select Source:”

6. Click on “Search:”

7. View all Results of “Search”

8. Change “Sort” Type to Relevance:

9. Look at Short Records after Changing Sort Type to “Relevance:”

10. Click on the Left Link, “Newspapers,” to See Only Results in Newspapers from the Search:

11. Look at the Search Results, After Clicking on “Newspapers:”

12. Click into the Title of the 1st Article Retrieved:

13. Text for this 1st Article: Title of the Newspaper Date and Edition Title of the Article Author (“Byline”)

14. Save, Print, or E-Mail Results: