Proximity Connectors
•/p finds documents which contain the terms within the same paragraph.
–“regulatory taking” /p “endangered species”  1 -- case
•/s finds documents which contain the terms within the same sentence
–“regulatory taking” /s “clean air act”  1 -- case
•/n (where “n” is a number) finds documents which contain the terms within the given number of words (either preceding or following) from each other.
–paul /3 callister
–Note: It is almost always a good idea to search for a person using the method above because of middle names and initials.  
•To require a certain order for the terms use pre/n.
–peter pre/3 hook
•To exclude a certain proximity use not /n. (LEXIS ONLY)
–(peter pre/3 hook) not/3 (pan or captain)