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STEP FOUR: FIND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION
Depending on your topic, you may need to find up-to-date information on current
events.
An excellent database to find up-to-date information is
Lexis-Nexis' Academic Universe. Academic Universe is an Internet interface
to the Lexis-Nexis news and information service that provides access to
newspapers, magazines, transcripts, business and legal information, and
more.
How to Search Lexis-Nexis Academic:
- Click on the Databases link from
the toolbar near the top of the Library homepage.
- From the resulting page, scroll down and click on the link for
General Interest/Cultural Events, as
shown below:
From the resulting screen, click on Lexis-Nexis
Academic.
- At the resulting Quick News
Search screen, enter your topic's keywords and
click on Search. For example:
college alcohol
abuse
would look like this:
- Tips for doing better searches in Lexis-Nexis' Academic Universe.
- Remember that Academic Universe is a full-text database, so
- Think carefully about your search strategy
- Decide whether you need to think broadly or narrowly about your
search terms
- Change the date range by clicking on the Date drop down menu.
- Conduct an advance search, using boolean operators and truncation, by clicking
on the Guided Search tab near the top of Lexis-Nexis home page.
- In addition, keep in mind that Academic Universe may not be the best place to
search. Be sure to ask a reference librarian for assistance if you cannot find what
you are
looking for.
- After you click on the Search button a list of articles matching your
keywords will be displayed. Browse through the list and click on the
titles of the articles that match your topic. Most articles will be
available fulltext for you to view.
The resulting list is sorted by relevance to your topic. To resort the data, click on
the Sort by Date link on the top of the page:
- Most, though not all, articles in Lexis-Nexis will be fulltext.
Click one of the following buttons to print, email or edit, your search results.
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