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LexisNexis Academic
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In the United States, LexisNexis is a leading provider of
information and business solutions to professionals in a variety of
industries:
• legal
• risk solutions
• corporate
• government
• law
enforcement
• accounting
• academic
Lexis.com
Lexis = legal information
• statutes, laws, case opinions
• explore legal topics
• case law summaries
Nexis.com
“Access to the most comprehensive news, business
and legal information source on the market”
Nexis = news content from more than 20,000:
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news sources
company/intelligence providers
biographical/reference sources
public records
legislative/regulatory filings
legal materials
LexisNexis Academic offers:
• Full-text of more than 1,000 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world,
many same day of publication, plus the most extensive archives available
anywhere of Financial Times (dating back to 1982), The New York Times
(dating back to 1980) and The Washington Post (dating back to 1977)
• More than 300 magazines and journals and over 600 newsletters, including:
American Journalism Review, The Economist, Library Journal, New Republic,
Newsweek, and Variety
• Hard-to-find broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio
networks, including ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC and NPR, as well as
political transcripts covering Congressional committee hearings, press
briefings from the State, Justice, and Defense departments, and presidential
news conferences
• Campus news, including the Chronicle of Higher Education and nearly 300
individual college/university papers
• Wire services, updated several times a day, including respected names such as
the Associated Press, Business Wire and PR Newswire
• Non-English language news sources available in Spanish, French, German,
Italian and Dutch, including both newspapers and magazines
Business
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LexisNexis Academic provides a full range of credible sources for business
information, including business and financial news, U.S. and international
company financial information from government or private sources, market
research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings.
Business news:
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Business/news periodicals
Financial information sources include:
• Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions
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Hoover's Company and Industry Reports
Disclosure Reports
International company and stock reports, and more
SEC filings and reports include:
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Case law, statutes and regulations
Legal news or law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic.
Law review articles from over 500 publications
Legal news from more than 300 legal newspapers, magazines, and newsletters
Court decisions 1789 to present
State court decisions at all court levels for all 50 states and territories
All Federal laws from 1988 to the present
Federal regulations:
Codes for all 50 states and territories
Legal Reference materials
Law school directories
Other Sources
• In addition to the news, business, and legal sources described above,
LexisNexis Academic provides access to:
• Specialized search forms for topics like Environmental Studies,
Government & Politics, Accounting, and Health & Medical care.
• Medical information, including medical news and medical & health
journals. Abstracts from medical journals dating to 1966 are provided
in the National Library of Medicine's Medline database
• Biographical information
• Country and state profiles
• Reference sources like the World Almanac and Book of Facts
Company Dossiers
(good for job-seekers)
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Accurate, up-to-date information on companies critical for business majors,
job seekers, and anyone performing company-based research..
Business students can easily compare up to 5 companies and download
financial statements for finance courses
Students and career services departments can obtain comprehensive reports on
companies during job searches
Journalism and business students can easily track companies' latest news and
PR developments
One Company Dossier report is a compilation search of over 70 different
sources - all in one place to save time and effort
Search News
Look up legal cases
• Roe v. Wade
• Landmark cases
Get company information
Research new countries
• Myanmar
• Recent news stories
• Browse sources
Research People
Combined Search
Power Search
• Difference between Terms &
Connectors and Natural Language:
• Terms & Connectors: logical operators
• Natural Language: Google-like search