- Select the Lexis Nexis database.
- This database contains news articles about business, medical and legal issues. Other features include legal cases in both federal and state courts, state laws including the SC codes, various company information, Full text articles from major newspapers including the New York Times, Tax information from the IRS, etc.
SEARCHING OPTIONS:
Quick News Search
Use Quick News Search for broad topics (1 or 2 word searches). You can adjust the dates of the publications and articles will then be available for view by date, with the most recent appearing first.
Get a case
Use Get a Case to quickly find a legal case in which you already know the citation or the party name.
Company Information
Use Company Information to find information on a specific US Private or Public company, or a specific International company.
Guided News Search
Use Guided New Search to limit your search. You must make a selection for the first 3 steps. Step 4 and 5 are optional.
RETRIEVAL OPTIONS:
- Print - By selecting the print button the article or citation will be made available for printing. Click the "OK" button to begin printing.
- E-mail - Send full-text articles, summaries, source information, etc to an email account.
OTHER SEARCH OPTIONS:
Business - use this search to find Business News, Industry and Market News, Accounting articles, detailed company information (financial reports, profiles, comparisons, SEC filings and reports), and Business Resources (Federal & World business opportunities--RFP's; NAICS & SIC codes for industries; American Marketplace statistics on education, census information, labor, health, etc.).
Legal Research - use this search to find articles from legal magazines, legal newspapers, and law reviews. Get specific federal and state cases, specific federal and state codes and regulations, international legal information, patent research information, IRS tax regulations; and information on legal careers, lawyers and law firms, and directories of U.S. law schools.
Medical - use this search to find articles from medical journals and medical news sources; and abstracts from NLM Medline database.
Reference - use this search to find biographical information on business leaders and politicians, country and state profiles, polls and surveys, quotations, and World Almanac facts.
For additional HELP and other features (i.e. advanced searching), click HELP on the menu located in the top margin.
