How To Search Lexis-Nexis

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How To Search Lexis-Nexis
Author Lou Acierno Dept. of Library and Academic
Computing 2006
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• Lexis Nexis is a popular database used for
  finding general and business news, company
  profiles, legal cases, State and Federal
  regulations, country and state profiles, polls
  etc.

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• Some search queries would be as follows
• Truncation Replaces a letter in a word i.e.
  non would find nonsense
• Wildcard! Replaces any number of letters
  following a word root.
• i.e. non! Would also find nonsense

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Select Guided News Search
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Required choose a category
Required choose newspapers, journals, etc.
Optional enter dates if required
Required enter search terms
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Two articles meet the criteria. Note Length of
article is measured in words not pages
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• There is a menu for both the legal and business
  sectors.
• The menu is broken down in categories i.e.
  business news, industry and market, etc.
• You can find a companys financial report,
  accounting and SEC filings.

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News category must be selected activating news
source
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News source is activated
Search field options
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Logical operators
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Limit by date
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Limit to Journal (s)