Viewing Your Search Results

When you submit a search using one of the LexisNexis^TM by Credit Card search templates, your search results display in a numbered cite list.  While viewing the cite list, note that:

• The Overview provides a brief summary of the important legal issues addressed by a case to help you quickly determine which documents in your search results are most relevant to your research.
  
  
• Core Terms appear with cases containing enough content to generate core terms. Core terms are important words and phrases that appear within a document. Viewed together, they provide a quick overview of key facts and concepts in a document. Core terms aren't necessarily words that appear most often in the text; terms selected provide the best match between words important to the document and words important in the field of law. Core terms can also include citations to primary and secondary sources of law.
  
  
• If your search found more than 10 documents, use the Next Page and Previous Page links at the top and bottom of the cite list to view additional or previously viewed cites.
  
  
• To purchase and view the full text of any document in the cite list, click the case-name link. To purchase and view multiple documents, click the check box beside each document and then click the Purchase Tagged Documents link at the top of the cite list.
  
  Follow this simple process to complete the purchase and view the document(s):
  
  
  1. When prompted, enter your LexisNexis^TM by Credit Card user ID and password on the 'LexisNexis^TM by Credit Card' Sign-On form. Click the Sign-On button.

     NOTE:  If you do not have a LexisNexis^TM by Credit Card user ID and password, click the 'Register Now' link on the Sign-On form. Fill out the Customer Information form, specifying your own user ID and password, and then fill out and submit the 'Credit Card Information' form.

  2. Click the Accept button on the purchase confirmation form.
     
     
  3. Print your electronic receipt using your browser's print function, and click Continue.
  
  

  The full text of your document displays. Click here for more information about viewing your document.

Viewing Your Document

When you click a case-name link or the Purchase Tagged Documents link in your LexisNexis^TM by Credit Card search results cite list and complete the document purchase process, the full text of your document displays. While viewing the document, the options described below are available for your use.

IMPORTANT:  You should print your document (see below) as soon as it displays, for the following reasons. Once you leave a document by clicking links such as Cite, Shepard's®, Auto-Cite®, and New Search, or by clicking embedded links within the document, the ONLY way to view that document without being charged again is by clicking your browser's Back button. However, for security purposes, the LexisNexis^TM by Credit Card site "times out" after 2 to 5 minutes, and you won't be able to use the Back button to return to your document. Also, once you finish viewing the document and leave the site, there is NO way to view your document again for free.

• You can print the document using your browser's Print button or function. To print only the text of the document, without the surrounding graphics and navigation bars, first click the 'View in Printable Form' link near the top left corner of the page. To return to normal viewing after printing the document, click your browser's Back button.
  
  
• To view only the sections of the document that contain your search terms (highlighted), click the KWIC™ link at the top left corner of the page.
  
  
• To return to your search results cite list, click the 'Cite' link at the top left corner of the page.
  
  
• To view a case cited in the document, click its link and complete the document purchase process again. The cited document displays. To return to the original document, click your browser's Back button until the original document displays.
  
  
• To perform a Shepard's® Citations Service or Auto-Cite® service search on the case (when a Shepard's and/or Auto-Cite Case Law Signal and Link™ marker appear in your document), click the link beside the signal. Click here for more information about case law signals. Click here for more information about Shepard's and Auto-Cite.
  
  
• To submit a new search using the same form you previously used, click the New Search link at the top of the document. To submit a new search using a different form, click the LexisNexis^TM by Credit Card logo in the top navigation bar.
  

The LEXIS® Case Law Signal

The LEXIS® Case Law Signal is integrated into case law documents and provides an immediate indication of the precedential value of a particular case. The Signal is based on the Shepard's® and Auto-Cite® analysis codes. When these codes are present, one of the following four Signals displays. Not every case will have a Signal.

STOP - Consult Citation Services

This Signal denotes that a case has been very negatively treated (for example, reversed or overruled).

STOP - Consult Citation Services

This Signal denotes that a case has been negatively treated (for example, distinguished or criticized).

Citing References with Analysis

This Signal denotes that Shepard's, Auto-Cite, or both have the citation with some non-negative analysis assigned.

Citation Information

This Signal denotes that Shepard's, Auto-Cite, or both have some information, but they have not applied any analysis to the citation (the case has been cited by law reviews, ALR, or in other case law which has not warranted an analysis).

NOTE: If the Shepard's and Auto-Cite services generate different Signals, the more negative Signal is displayed.

Links to Shepard's, Auto-Cite, or both (depending on the service or services from which the Signal was generated) may also be included with the signal. You can use these links to easily Shepardize® the document or check it with the Auto-Cite service.