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| Coverage | [Date range: Varies, Updated Hourly] Lexis-Nexis provides full text access to over 6,000 sources including a wide range of news, political, legal, business, and reference information. Primary source of newspaper articles, including those from the Washington Post and the New York Times. Federal code, regulations, and case law, plus state codes and case law are also included. Covers the gamut of business and related topics, including SEC filings, and key accounting sources. |
| Content | Almost all full text. Covers newspapers, some trade publications, business magazines, SEC filings, some reference sources, and key accounting sources.
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| Strengths | Updated hourly. Broad focus. Foreign language sources. |
| Weaknesses |
Broad focus. Little academic, research oriented coverage.
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| General Business Search Tips | Click on Guided News Search. Select Business News from News Category drop box; Step Two: Select Business & Finance from News Source drop box. Type in key words for your topic. Click on Search. |
| Industry Research Search Tips |
Click on Guided News Search. Select Business News from News Category drop box; Step Two: Select Industry News from News Source drop box. Type in industry name. Click on Search.
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| Company Research Search Tips | Click on Guided News Search. Select Business News from News Category drop box; Step Two: Select Mergers & Acquisitions from News Source drop box. Type in company name. Click on Search.
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| Product Research Search Tips | Click on Guided News Search. Select Business News from News Category drop box; Step Two: Select Business & Finance or Industry News from News Source drop box. Type in key words for your topic. Click on Search.
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Geographic Information Search Tips |
Click on Reference, Country Profiles, select Walden Country Report from drop box and enter a country.
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Biographical Information Search Tips |
For biographical information, click on Reference, Biographical Information. Enter a person's name. Click Search. For articles on a person, enter a person's name in search box. Click Search.
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| Boolean | AND, OR, NOT |
| Proximity | W/# (# is a number) Explanation : These words separated by # or less by a specified distance in any order. Example : computer W/3 careers NOT W/# (# is a number) Explanation : The first word is required to appear in the document. The second word may also appear; however, it cannot be within # words of the first word. Example : computer NOT W/2 careers PRE/# (# is a number) Explanation : Match these words within # words in a document and in this order. Example : world pre/3 web W/s Explanation : Search words in the same sentence. Example : tax w/s reform W/p Explanation : Search words in the same paragraph. Example : tax w/p reform |
| Truncation | Truncation : ! Explanation : "!" is used as a right-handed truncator only; it will find all forms of a word. Example : Econom! finds "economy", "economics", economical", etc. Wildcard: * Explanation : "*" is used to replace a letter or letters in a word. You can use more than one * in a word, and you can use it anywhere in a word except for the first letter. Example : Wom*n finds "Woman", "Women"; "Bank*" finds "Banking", "Banks", etc.
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| Keywords |
accounting, current news, industry news, newspapers, transcripts, newswires, proxy statements, SEC filings, annual reports, 10K reports, 20F reports, prospectus, law reviews, legal cases, federal regulations, state codes, legal news, patents, tax laws, tax regulations, polls, surveys, country profiles, state profiles, biographical information, foreign language sources, Spanish language news, French language news, German language news, Italian language news, Portuguese language news.
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| Last Updated: Thursday, 23-Aug-2007 13:41:25 EDT |