About: LexisNexis Academic

LexisNexis Academic  
Description: LEXISNEXIS ACADEMIC includes newspapers, trade journals, wire services and transcripts. It provides Internet access to some of the most popular files of the larger LexisNexis Academic but with easier, forms-based searching.
There are five basic libraries:
News: general, today's, U.S., world, news wires, news transcripts, arts and sports news, non-English language, business, legal, university news.
Business: business, industry market news, accounting, financial filings, trade show information directory.
Legal Research: legal news, law reviews, state/federal cases, codes and regulations, international legal materials, patents.
Medical: news, journals and Medline abstracts.
Reference: biographical information, country profiles, polls and surveys, quotations, state profiles, world almanac.
Notes:

The Companies tab includes access to company profiles and SEC Filings as well as creating company lists.

Click on the Subject Areas tab to access information on the following topics:
Accounting
Environmental Studies
Health & Medical Care
Government & Politics
People
Consumer Information

Access: BU-px
Search Tips: The opening screen provides a Quick Search for news and getting company information as well as looking up a case, researching countries and people. 
Click on the Power Search link when you need to do a more focused search.
Consult the Help screens within the database for Researching Basics, Citing Sources and other specific searching tips.

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