Boleyblogs has a nice review of a new Lexis Nexis search function:

"Lexis Nexis has added a nice feature – Combined Search – which allows the searcher to easily combine multiple sources (databases) for simultaneous searching.

To use, simply login to Lexis Nexis, start at the Search-Sources subtab, and check the boxes next to the LexisNexis sources you would like to search. Once you choose a second source the Combined Sources button will light up in LexisNexis Red ™. Click on the button and enter your search as you normally would.

Two fine features of Combined Search:

You can combine sources from various pages. Thus, if you wish to search in both the Oregon Cases as well as the ABA Banking Journal, just click around the various source lists and tabs and add those sources. Ready to go? Click the red Combined Sources button.

Results are presented in a tabbed answer set. Unlike single-source searches (or Westlaw’s balky alternative), LexisNexis returns a tabbed answer set offering your results by category (such as cases, statutes & regulations, news) and sources (your chosen sources). After each is listed the number of results for your search in the respective category or source.

Can't wait to give it a try. For the rest of the review, click on over to Boleyblogs.

-- MDT