Research Database Fundamentals:
LexisNexis Academic

Welcome to Research Database Fundamentals: LexisNexis Academic, a series of lessons on the use of the LexisNexis Academic database. This series of instructional lessons will introduce you to the type of information available and the intricacies of searching within this full-text web database. To complete these lessons, you will most likely want to print a copy of each lesson.

Lesson 1:
+ Overview of database content
+ Simple keyword searching in News file
+ Viewing and printing results
+ Getting around the Academic Universe Site

Lesson 2:
+ More News Sources
+ Advanced searching with operators and connectors

Lesson 3:
+ Advanced/Guided Search Form
+ Searching for known citations

Lesson 4:
+ Business and Industry News
+ Company Financial Information
+ Accounting and Auditing

Lesson 5:
+ Reference Sources
+ Country and State Profiles
+ Biographical Information

Lesson 6:
+ Business Reference Sources
+ Medical Information Sources

Lesson 7: (update coming soon!)
+ Using Secondary Legal Resources
+ Finding Federal & State Case Law

Lesson 8: (update coming soon!)
+ Federal & State Codes and Regulations
+ Tax Law Materials

Lesson 9: (update coming soon!)
+ International Legal Materials
+ Patent Research
+ Career Information

General Guidelines

When I have you try a search, I will often indicate the approximate number of records that the search retrieved. LexisNexis Academic , however, is updated *daily* so don't be surprised if your search results do not exactly match mine.
Each lesson builds on the previous lessons. Therefore, if you skip ahead to a later lesson, keep in mind that it might assume knowledge gained in a prior lesson.

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Research Database Fundamentals: LexisNexis Academic

General Guidelines

Research Database Fundamentals:
LexisNexis Academic