LexisNexis

Sommer Nix & Aubree Wells

What is LexisNexis
A database that allows you to search
subjects such as business, law, medical and
references
Archives date back to 35 years ago
Features academic news

houses over 350 newspapers

Wire services
Almost 300 college/university papers
Non-English language news sources

Method and Search Fields

Available
Search the News
U.S and World News

Look up legal case

Federal and State cases

Get company info

Over 80 million companies

Limiters and
Expanders
Ability to limit search content to
exactly what you are looking for
Build your own segment search
Gives subject categories options such
as:
Date, content type and is used for a
specific search ex. Legal documents

Uses Boolean
Operator

Boolean Operator
And, or and Not
Also uses w/5
Who, what, where, when and why

Full Text Articles

Access the full text articles by
searching for your subject and then
clicking on one of the available
articles.
Each article provides the author, date,
length, publisher and any copyright
info
Available formats are plain text and
HTML

What sets LexisNexis

apart?
Simplicity
Offers a Product and Service Guide
Unique advantages to use their system
Locate product options for your
personal needs

References
http://
www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/about-us/about-us
.page
http://
www.lexisnexis.com/productsandservices/solu
tionguide.asp
http://
www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/lexisnexi
s-academic.page
http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academ
ic/academic_migration/LexisNexisAcademicUs