Sample Searches for Lexis Nexis - Andrews University · Locating a Known Article 1. After clicking...
Transcript of Sample Searches for Lexis Nexis - Andrews University · Locating a Known Article 1. After clicking...
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Why Use?Lexis Nexis providesfulltext access tonewspapers, newsmagazines, industrypublications, andbusiness information,as well as governmentand legal documents.
Access Path:From the Library �shomepage(http://www.andrews.edu/library) click FindArticles, then BrowseIndexes by Title.
Sample Searches for
Lexis Nexis
Getting Started
1. To search for news items, enter search terms in the box.2. Select appropriate date range3. Click Search
Or4. Click Guided News Search for advanced searching options (see page 2)
Or5. Choose another research category for other subject areas
Or6. Click Sources to search a specific journal title (see page 5)
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Tips
Click Tips (in the
upper right hand
corner of the screen)
to learn how to use
Boolean Operators
and do proxim ity
searching.
Guided Search
1. Select a subject category2. Select the appropriate type of sources3. Enter search term(s)4. Select part of document to be searched5. Select the dates to be searched6. To search a specific journal, enter the journal title7. Click Search
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Note on Retrieval
Printing,
downloading, or
emailing from the
docum ent lis t will
retrieve the citations
only.
Document List
1. Click on the periodical title to see the fulltext or abstract of the article2. Click Expanded List to see phrases where search terms appear3. Click KWIC to see the sentences where search terms appear4. Click in the boxes to the left of the entries to create a list for emailing, printing, or downloading (See next page for more instructions)5. To narrow the search, enter an additional term in the FOCUS box and click Search Within Results6. To change the search, click Edit Search
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Tip
If Lex is Ne xis
provides only an
abstract see
Periodicals A to Z
to find out if the
perio dica l is
available in the
James W hite.
Obtaining the Document
1. To email a copy of the document to your personal email account, click Email2. To print or download, click Print, then use the browser commands: To print: File > Print Preview > Print; or to download: File > Save as > a:filename and formatted as plain text3. Click Document List to return to the result list4. Use the arrows to view the next and previous documents
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Locating a Known Article
1. After clicking Sources on Lexis Nexis � homepage, enter the journal title in the search box and click Find Title
2. When you have located the correct journal title, click Search This Title and follow instructions on page
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