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If you did a search and the results were pretty good, but they included either too many or too few articles or had some stories or documents that were off topic, you can edit your search to limit or expand it.

This allows you to refine a search that is close to what you wanted without starting from scratch with a brand new search.

To edit a search, look for the heading to the upper right for:

Next Steps

In the drop-down menu next to it, select:

Edit Search

And click on the button labeled:

Go

That will bring you back to the main Lexis-Nexis search screen.

The information source you last selected will be highlighted in the Select Source box. You can use the pull-down menu or the More sources link to change to a different source, such as another publication.

The search words you last used will be displayed in the main search box. You can edit those by changing the search words or adding or subtracting Boolean connectors.

When you're done click on the Search button to do your new, edited search.