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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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