Navigating Sources with an Enhanced Table of Contents

If you have selected a source from the LexisNexis® hierarchy that is marked with an enhanced table of contents icon (  ), you can use the table of contents to jump to specific documents within the source. Or, you can search for specific words or phrases in the text of the source by using the search form. You can also use the check boxes within the table of contents to search within selected documents or print selected documents.

View

When the table of contents of a source is displayed, the current view is "TOC." If you retrieve a section of the source using the table of contents or the search feature, other views (Cite, KWIC™, Full, and Custom) are available. You can click the "TOC" view at any time to return to the table of contents.

FOCUS™ Feature

After performing your initial TOC search, use the FOCUS™ feature to narrow your search results. A FOCUS search finds documents within your results that contain the FOCUS terms you specify.

Performing a FOCUS Search
Follow the steps below to search for FOCUS terms within your TOC search results:

1. Enter new terms or revise your original terms in the FOCUS Terms box. The FOCUS Terms box is located in the FOCUS bar, at the top of the search results page.
   
   Note: If the FOCUS bar does not appear, click the red plus sign (+) on the right side of the screen above your search results to display it. If the red plus sign is not visible, verify that you have chosen Show FOCUS Bar in the Results View section of the Preferences form by clicking Preferences in the upper navigation bar.
   
   
2. Click Go. The results of your FOCUS search appear on a new page.

Exiting the Current FOCUS Search
To exit the FOCUS search and return to your original search TOC search results, click the "Exit FOCUS" link.

After returning to the original search results, you may run a new FOCUS search that is completely independent of the previous FOCUS search. The new search runs against the same set of results, but retrieves a different subset of documents based on the terms you enter.

Source

"Source;" and the sources that follow it shows the "trail" of the path you have taken through the source hierarchy using "Explore Sources" or "Look for a Source." If you wish, you can click one of the links in the source trail at any time to return to a point in the path you've been following. Click the source information icon (i) to see a description of the information covered in the current source (the last source in the trail).

TOC

When you use the table of contents to retrieve a document, you'll see a "TOC" trail displayed just above the document header. You can click any link in the trail to return to that level of the table of contents.

View Printable Version

To display a text-only version of the page you're viewing, without any graphics or options on the page, click the view printable version button ( ) in the upper right corner of the page. The page re-displays, containing only text. You can print or save the printable version using your browser's functions.

To exit the View Printable Version feature and return to normal browse mode, click your browser's Back button.

For more information about using the enhanced table of contents, click the Tips link on the table of contents form.