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1. Limited Criticized by Clarified Modified Corrected p Positive Positive treatment indicated Includes Followed Affirmed Approved Citing References Other cases cited the case and assigned some analysis that is not considered with Analysis positive or negative Includes Appeal denied by Writ of certiorari denied Citation References have not applied any analysis to the citation For example the Information case was cited by law reviews ALR Annotations or in other case law not warranting an analysis Example Cited By Searching Codes and Regulations In addition to a wealth of law review legal news and case law sources LexisNexis Academic provides access to a number of state and federal codes and regulations The Code of Federal Regulations CFR is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules proposed rules and notices of federal agencies and organizations as well as executive orders and other presidential documents When codified or put into book form the permanent regulations in the CFR are divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to federal regulation Each title is divided into chapters that usually bear the name of the issuing agency Since federal regulations often interpret and serve as the implementing legislat
2. Information about Kmart s bankruptcy Detailed financial Statements for Starbucks Guided News Business Industry amp Market News Business Company Financial Information Business SEC Filings SAMPLE SEARCHES Use this Source N A Step One General News Step Two Major Papers Step One News Transcripts Step Two National Public Radio Transcripts Step One Non English Language News Step Two French Language News Automotive and transportation news Bankruptcy Reports SEC 10 K Reports Search Strategy would be Keyword west nile virus Date Leave at default of Previous six months Click Search Step Three First box enter Israel in Full Text Change the pull down list so it reflects Full Text instead of the default Headline Second box w 10 violence in Full Text Change the pull down for the connectors so that it reflects w 10 instead of and then change pull down from Headline to Full Text Step Four Change date to Previous week Change pull down from default set as Previous six months Click Search Step Three First box enter Yale in Headline Second box and a cappella in Headline Step Four Change date using the From To boxes Enter From 9 26 02 to 9 26 02 Click Search Step Three First box enter Bush in Headline Second box and politique in Full Text Changeg pull down from Headline default to Full Text Step Four Change date to Previous month Chan
3. 312 words CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS Document 1 1 of 1 Search the Code of Federal Regulations by Keyword Another way to search the Code of Federal Regulations 1s by searching the full text by keyword This strategy is effective when you do not know the exact citation as we did in the search executed in Figure 26 In this case assume that you know something about the subject matter of the regulation for instance underground storage tanks To conduct this search remain with the Guided Search form Your search strategy is Search for corrective action in Full Text Keep default set to Full Text w 25 underground storage tanks Keep default set to Full Text Source Code of Federal Regulations Change pull down from default setting of Federal Register to Code of Federal Regulations Click Search See Figure 28 on the next page to see what the completed search form should look like 7 LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Academic Search Forms eee Enter keywords and select the field where you want the words to be found Combine your search Legal Research criteria using the connectors provided Legal News Search for i 3 A aw Reviews Entry Required corrective action in Full Text gt Getac Sher y fo 3 w25 underground storage jn Full Tex Supreme Court Federal Case Law and t in Full Text z State Case Law z eau Law by Topic Source Code of Federal Regulations Source Li
4. The Guided News form provides access to a range of news aes Oulch News Search CSUs sources including major newspapers such as the New York laa a Times or Washington Post television and radio program transcripts college campus newspapers and foreign language newspapers among others These sources are broken up into research categories which are further divided by type of source material Sources are divided this way both to enable users to tailor their search to their needs and to help ensure that searches return manageable answer sets For an overview of the sources available through the Guided News Search form refer to the chart on pp 12 13 News Sources Available through the Guided News Search Form on LexisNexis Academic Category News Source General Major Papers News Magazines amp Journals Newsletters Abstracts Policy Papers Time Incorporated Publications Tribune Newspapers Today s News Today s Selected News Sources U S News Midwest Regional Sources Northeast Regional Sources Southeast Regional Sources Western Regional Sources Alabama News Sources Alaska News Sources Arizona News Sources Arkansas News Sources California News Sources Colorado News Sources Connecticut News Sources Delaware News Sources District of Columbia News Sources Florida News Sources Georgia News Sources Hawaii News Sources Idaho News Sources Illinois News Sources Indiana News Sources lowa News Source
5. six months oP ew ae Alavalable dates Patent Type All Patents default sai ay Oe o Click Search State Code Patent Type AllPatents I Source List CEN A Final Note on Constructing Legal Research Searches Fielded Searching Fields or segments are standard and consistent parts of documents that relate to the structure of the document as opposed to its content These fields may vary depending on the source material selected and not every field will be present in every document Although different sets of documents potentially contain certain predictable fields not all available fields occur in every document In case law the most common searchable fields are Plaintiff Defendant Judges Opinion By Opinion Text Dissenting Opinion By Concurring Opinion By Citation Counsel Headnotes and Syllabus Access to these fields is offered via the pull down lists on the Guided Search forms When performing fielded searching you can pinpoint information located in specific parts of the data Your searching is therefore more precise Instead of searching in every word of the vast LexisNexis Academic database 1 e what occurs when conducting keyword full text searching fielded searching instructs the search engine to query only the designated segment s or field s of the data for the information being sought This type of search methodology helps avoid false hits and allows you to search more efficiently This can be
6. SEC Filings amp Reports EDGAR filings annual amp quarterly reports amp proxy statements Current Issues Media Analyzer Company Information Trade Show Information and More Directories Trade show information amp more The remainder of this section will give you a sense of the kinds of searches you can do within the Business research area by highlighting a few of the search forms featured within it Be sure to explore the search forms not covered within this User Guide each form within the product is accompanied by a set of explanatory tips Search Business Industry amp Market News with Date Restriction Searching by date restriction is not limited to the following example This approach can be used elsewhere within LexisNexis Academic except within search forms for content not logically searched by date From the Business page select Industry amp Market look under News Industry amp Market News will allow you to search for news articles pertaining to more than 25 industries from Aerospace defense amp aviation news to Travel hospitality amp leisure news Note that the Industry amp Market link directs you a Basic search form but you have the option of using a Guided search form as well The Basic search form is intended for less experienced searchers and simplifies the search by offering a limited number of options keyword s industry specification and date restrictions When the Basic form is used
7. You can include your original search terms so they appear in bold in your search results or enter new terms Click on the Search Within Results button to retrieve the new results page To return to your original document list click the hyperlinked search terms above the FOCUS box See Figure 12 Search term added with FOCUS search Original search terms click hyperlink to return to original document list e LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Search Terms fast food lawsuit or legal addictive a Edit Search Document List Documents 1 6 of 6 Tag for delivery Sorted by Date Sort by gt Relevance Clear E 1 The Guardian London August 27 2002 Guardian Features Pages Pg 6 1290 words Health It s fat fat and more fat Sharon Krum on the 19 stone American man who is taking four fast food chains to court for making him obese Sharon Krum Tagging Printing and E Mailing Capabilities Tagging Documents After conducting a successful search you may want to print or e mail document references Tagging documents allows you to pick and choose amongst the most valuable search hits and to signal the system which citations are to be printed or e mailed Do this by clicking on the check box next to specific documents on the search results screens You can later choose to have the citations of all checked documents recreated on a single page to be autom
8. above the Print Email buttons Your current search has been saved there You can erase everything you previously typed by hitting the Clear Form button or you can change your query by adding or removing keywords changing the date range or selecting a different source Once your edits are complete click on the Search button to run your new query When you are performing a Guided News search you can use the Edit Search link to run the same search against different news categories and or sources by changing the sources in Steps One and Two NOTE if you change the source to or from Business News Non English Language News or News Transcripts the segment s you originally specified in Step Three i e Full Text or Headline and Paragraph s will revert to the Headline default even though your keywords will remain This happens because of a technical constraint these three categories of news sources search different fields than the other categories In addition to changing a search by using the Edit Search link you can narrow an existing search with FOCUS The FOCUS feature lets you spotlight words within your search results even if those words were not part of your original search request While looking at your results using any of our display methods Document List Expanded KWIC or Full you will see a box above the display tabs that is labeled FOCUS Enter words or phrases in the FOCUS text box that you want to apply to your search results
9. as well as to return a manageable answer set to users we limited the functionality of the product precluding the ability to search across all files or to combine files dynamically Are all the sources full text What do you mean by full text The vast majority of the sources are full text The source list identifies those that are not full text by inclusion of the word abstract in the publication description However some full text sources omit photographs tables charts and other illustrations Still others offer selected full text In other words not every article from every issue 1s available on LexisNexis Academic LexisNexis Academic inherits the form of a document 1 e full text selected full text or abstract from the full LexisNexis service and provides in full what it receives from the master database A very small percentage of the publications in LexisNexis Academic are abstracts only Are sources duplicated from one form to another Yes In order to ensure that users are searching the appropriate materials certain sources are duplicated between search forms This is meant to be an aid to the user since much content in the product is logically accessible from more than one search form For example The Boston Globe is accessible from several categories found on the Guided News Search form General News Major Papers U S News Northeast Regional Sources and U S News Massachusetts Its entertainment news is accessible from Ar
10. be able to output one document at a time using the FULL or KWIC formats All citations for a particular search can also be printed To use this feature click the Print button adjacent to the Email button on the right side of the screen and follow the directions provided depending upon whether you want to print a complete document or just citations Saving or Downloading Documents Saving or downloading documents is also done via the browser software When prompted to save in one of two formats plain text txt or html users should save as txt Searching for articles from a particular publication If you want to locate articles from a particular publication click on the Sources link on the top navigation bar When you click on Sources LexisNexis Academic displays a directory of all the publications that are included within the service You can search for an individual title by entering a name in the box and clicking the Find Title button Or you can browse the alphabetical list by clicking the link for the letter that corresponds to the source title you want to find When you find the source you want click About This Title to view the coverage information or click Search This Title to go to the appropriate search form and begin your research Here s an example of a situation in which you might want to use the Sources link ia LexisNexis Home Sources How Dol Site Map What s New Help You re getting ready to p
11. below each document M LexisNexis 4 Expanded List The final display option is the Expanded List see Figure 11 A combination of the Document List and the KWIC formats the Expanded List offers the same data displayed on the Document List along with three to five words of text both before and after the key word s searched It enables you to scroll through many documents quickly while getting a feel for the context of the search terms naaa n e LexisNexis Expanded List Once you have had a chance to review your results you may decide that you need to refine or change your search The next section shows how to do just that m J him t haron Kru ork Wed a lawsuit against McDonald Vendy s mre Sun August 23 2002 Frida FINAL Edition Pg 194 748 words Weak w P t last lavesuit fo a dass achon lawsu jozen Gass action le tha it against somebod vesuits t Modifying a Search If you decide that your search yielded too many results not enough results or the documents that you retrieved don t have the kind of information you are looking for you will want to modify your search There are two ways to modify a search 1 Edit Search 2 FOCUS Search 5 Ottawa C zen February 21 20 Public health act ste fhuch sh Th ft Sia Fists M A The Choshan Saane Moantor To use Edit Search simply click on the Edit Search link displayed on the upper right hand side of the search results screen
12. cs pcos leer managemane Mancal services and haakh and meckcal matters An artic a a Only Giscusies what rou need to know to make an educated buying decision After reviewing the description click Search This Title on the Fames names brand names Seacal ratings may contain oreo tree top right of the screen under Source Links to go to the O E appropriate search form or select Return to Source List to organiaton estabshed i 1936 In adaton to oe return to the Source List orodik designs inadequate labeling and haath and safety concern Consumers Uian of US Inc pubasher of Coesumer Reports Gos not parmi tho use of As mamo or the mabal conii nrd fi Sphere Reports in advertir a0 an endarpement fer any prot or perv er for any othe SCOTT Oa Purpose Figure 16 shows the search form reached from the Consumer omo ues Reports Search This Title link Note that in this case Search This Title links to the Guided News Search form with Steps One General News Two Magazines and Journals and Five Consumer Reports prepopulated To execute a search simply fill in search terms Step Three and change the date if desired Step Four Click i LexisNexis Home Sources How Dol Site Hap What s Hew Help Academie Search Forms Guided News Search the Search button to retrieve results i Step One Select a news category Entry Required Shep Tero Select a news souri Siry Airing Alternate Method Giner marmati Sar If you already kn
13. first of three patent related search forms offered 7e LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Search based on keyword or concept Use the Basic form Keyword flying saucer Narrow search with additional terms glide or sail Patent type All patents zal Academic Search Forms _ U S Patents 1971 present Keyword and Additional Terms search the full text of patents Only patents that match all the criteria you enter will be found Keyword lflying saucer Date All available dates Ai Entry Required 46 flying saucer 7 Q State Case Law Narrow search glide orsa SS Modify from default of Previous six months nee case LAW n with additional terms 9 99 or sel e g glide OR sail Click Search Federal Regulations Patent Type All Patents gt Source List State Code Tax ae i a All available dates Canadian Legislative From To samples Materials Canadian Statutes amp f Clear Form Regulations f Search Mili sau SOIL SS Search based on known item i e patent number Your search strategy 1s Use the Guided Search form B LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Guided Search Search for 393 934 in Patent cc lament E O Tins Number Change default maene Se teena A e ee from Assignee to Patent Number pet EAA Search for 393934 in PatentNumber z Date All available dates oe AE in Assignee oi Modify from default of Previous idee in etree
14. home page link to an image such as your school logo that you provide Your students and faculty will know exactly who is making the service possible For technical specifications and a sign up form visit http www lexisnexis com academic sr SchoolBranding htm Support Q A gt Can librarians and faculty at my institution receive training on LexisNexis Academic Yes Our Information Professional Consultants IPCs are available to provide you with convenient personalized customized training on site or through web conferencing Site visits require a minimum level of attendance while web conferences do not have minimum attendance requirements and can be attended from diverse locations To read more about these options and fill out an online training request form visit http www lexisnexis com academic 1univ training Whom do we call with product content and technical support questions For product customer support librarians and technical staff may call the Dayton Customer Service phone number that was provided with their activation notice Callers will be asked for their bill group or account number Please note that students are not authorized to call and will be referred back to their librarians Students may however access the LexisNexis Academic Knowledge Base which consists of questions frequently asked of the Customer Service staff in Dayton and may very well contain the exact question or problem or concern in question To r
15. jurisdiction they must check both the Federal and State Case Law search forms Having resolved this aspect of our research we are ready to delimit it more topically In traditional legal research we would look for our topic or the subject matter of the case in a legal reference called a digest for the federal or state jurisdiction Digests have descriptive word indexes or broad topic headings arranged by subject matter Subtopics in the digest refer researchers to specific volumes arranged by subject Those volumes contain annotations or summaries of cases relevant to specific legal issues Computerized legal research now provides us with similar options for legal research by subject or topic For now let us assume that federal cases from the U S Supreme Court would be most relevant to our research Academic Search Forms paper In LexisNexis Academic we would en select the research category Federal Case Guided Search Additional Search Options your search criteria using the connectors provide Q Ss h for a Law then choose the Guided Search form O Sc70O1 desegregation in Full Tex zl Within the box Search for we would type Shepard s for U S in Full Tex zi in our search terms Our terms must Federal Case Law in Full Text H correspond to legal concepts For instance AT Al available dates busing is likely to be indexed under the iaoea C From To amples terms or concept pu
16. local publications from or covering Illinois lowa Indiana Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota amp Wisconsin Regional or local publications from or covering Connecticut Delaware Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island amp Vermont Regional or local publications from or covering Alabama Arkansas District of Columbia Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia amp West Virginia Regional or local publications from or covering these states Alaska Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon Texas Utah Washington amp Wyoming News sources originating from the state of Alabama News sources originating from the state of Alaska News sources originating from the state of Arizona News sources originating from the state of Arkansas News sources originating from the state of California News sources originating from the state of Colorado News sources originating from the state of Connecticut News sources originating from the state of Delaware News sources originating from the District of Columbia News sources originating from the state of Florida News sources originating from the state of Georgia News sources originating from the state of Hawaii News sources originating from the state of Idaho News sources ori
17. most appropriate for your search is following the step by step instructions See Figure 6 ag LexisNexis ome Sources Mow Dol SiteMap What s New Help Guided News Search Step One Select a news category Entry Seqwred Step Three Enter search terms Entry Required f Heodi ne fs a Resdine Step Four Narrow to specific date range G Previous six montis Step Five Search this publication title s Dow m Step One Select a news category Select the news category in which you want to search There are eleven news categories from which you can select Example Select General News Step Two Select a news source Based on the news category selected in step one this dropdown will display the available choices Refer to the chart on pages 12 13 for an at a glance view of the various news categories and sources available within each category Example Select Major Papers Step Three Enter search terms Input your search terms into the boxes provided You do not need to enclose phrases within quotation marks Combine the term s you are searching with the field of the document where you want the term s to appear Use the drop down list of connectors if you enter terms in more than one box For more information on the different connectors see page 8 Example fast food in Headline And lawsuit or legal in Headline and Lead Paragraph s If your search includes the name of a person you can en
18. 95 To 8 96 searches documents published on or between January 1 1995 and August 31 1996 Step Five Search this publication title s optional You can limit your search to documents from a specific publication Example New York Times Use the Source List link for a listing of sources available for each category Or click on the Sources link at the top of the page M LexisNexis me Sources How De IT Shemap What s New Help From there you will be able to search or browse for titles then select and paste oe Guided News Search Ners Step One Select a neris category Enty Aegquired them back to the search form If you aren t sure what the exact name of the publication title is using the Source List will help lasach ior ther Information ensure accuracy See page 19 for more Scholastic Edition ne i ongressiona Step Three Enter search t rmis boty Sequined information on using the Source List amaA gt fond fiewsuiorlagal in Arti mn Step Four Monrov to a specific date range Sotona Major Papers If you ve been following the example provided above Figure 7 shows what the search would look like with the date set as Previous year in Step Four and no Step Five Search this publication title s opconal particular source selected in Step Five Click Search to execute the search After you click search you will be presented with a set of results on a document list unless one o
19. SS LexisNexis Academic User Guide Learn how to use LexisNexis Academic to retrieve News Business Legal Medical and Reference Information LexisNexis Academic amp Library Solutions TABLE OF CONTENTS This is LexisNexis Academic amp Library Solutions 1 Frequently Asked Questions 2 Getting to Know LexisNexis Academic 5 Home Page 5 The Upper Navigation Bar 5 The Left Navigation Area 6 Commonly Requested Search Forms 6 Quick News Search 6 Get a Case 7 Company Information 7 Basic Information on Navigating Connectors Wildcards and Noise Words 8 Navigation Please Use Our Tools 8 Connectors 8 Using Parentheses to Alter Connector Order 10 Wildcards or Universal Characters 10 Noise Words 11 News 11 How to Use the Guided News Search Form 11 News Sources Available through the Guided News Search Form 12 Viewing Search Results 16 Modifying a Search 17 Tagging Printing and Emailing Capabilities 18 Tagging Documents 18 Emailing Documents 18 Printing Documents 19 Saving or Downloading Documents 19 Searching for Articles from a Particular Publication 19 Business 21 Search Business Industry amp Market News 21 Search Company Financial Information 22 Legal Research 23 Background on Legal Research 23 Jurisdiction and Finding Cases on a Subject or Topic 23 Reading a Case Citation 24 Law Reviews 25 Default Display for Legal Materials 25 Search Federal State Case Law 25 Shepard s fo
20. al on the left side then pick Medical News Use the Basic search form penta Keyword terms must appear at least three times in the artide Additional Terms search the Damin amp Health ili test Grily hat match all the criteria you enter w articles that n Il th 13 ill be foured Keyword stem cell o Cy hratel ay tobacco OR king A Pa Reference 3 oo Narrow search with additional terms Leave blank P Aikeceltines lt q oes Source Medical amp Health News Default setting Sera on Source Medical amp Heath News E Source List Date Previous six months Default setting Gaede Pate Previous sixmonths State Capital C From To Examoles Click Search Environments statistical Search A couple of things to note about this search LexisNexis Academic automatically searches the terms stem cell that you entered as a phrase In order to be retrieved those terms must appear adjacent to each other Quotation marks around adjacent terms are not required but if you like to use quotation marks around phrases including them will not invalidate your search Also when you use the Basic search form to search the Medical research section of LexisNexis Academic only articles in which your keyword terms appear at least three times will be retrieved In effect this search form is using the ATLEASTN syntax discussed on p 11 although it is happening behind the scenes This helps the researcher uncover those arti
21. al_requests listservsignup asp respectively How can I found out about usage of LexisNexis Academic at my institution A Monthly usage reports as well as a 36 month Trend report showing search activity are available online to registered librarians or technical staff To register visit our Usage Reports page online at http www lexisnexis com academic 1univ usage default htm Getting to Know LexisNexis Academic This guide highlights the most important features of LexisNexis Academic It includes tips that will help you understand the content and functionality available on the service and enable you to take maximum advantage of it In addition there are sample searches that you can modify for your own purposes HOME PAGE The LexisNexis Academic Home Page is divided into several distinct areas They are the upper navigation bar the left navigation area and commonly requested search forms P LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Academic Search Forms Quick News Search Tips News b sina s This form searches LexisNexis news content Enter words or phrases SUSIIeSS for your Quick Search Do not use any special commands AND OR Wn Legal Research etc or wildcard characters and Medical Example Campaign Finance Reform Date Other Information Previous six months gt Scholastic Edition an For maximum search control use the full text capabilities of Guided News Con
22. an Aaga Unan Teun JasuR E god me ingadar Final All METR George D Raynarditres taff wntar of The Chnsban Saena Manitor EDITION Pg 1b 597 words Fast fan J EDITORIALS ig B tsboro Speci 5 Neal Baman and Mindy Eursban B are Lins r amarnd if pregipent asponsible Madiona Kursban is the organizations general counsal 11 The Atlanta Joumal and Constitution July 30 200 Tuesday Home Editian Pr WCW S TA Cock toned blo moe ee sem Tut oem orl z l i IS NE XIS Home Souri Search Terms fast food lavvsuit or legal Full September SECTION Feature LENGTH HEADLINE tains fast food fart BYLINE Duncan Fargrevs BODY First ne es Mow Dol Site Map What s New Help EGE Search cs Email 4 DF SVIOUS Document 7 of 22 23 3 KWIC Key Word in Context View To determine if a particular document is relevant to your needs without reading the full text you can choose to view documents in KWIC format by clicking on the KWIC tab See Figure 10 Instead of reading through every word of a particular document to determine where the search terms are located and implicitly whether this is a useful document for your research KWIC displays the keyword and any aiI Ni Aa additional terms searched along with approximately 15 25 SRA words of text on each side of each search term s As in the ooo Full View you can navigate from one document to the next m in KWIC using next previous links above and
23. atically e mailed to the address you choose to be downloaded to your system or to be displayed through your browser Note The document tagging feature will not work with Netscape browsers below version 4 x All versions of Internet Explorer will support this feature E mailing Documents LexisNexis Academic offers the option of having the documents you select from the current search results e mailed to the address you choose Of course there are contractual restrictions including the prohibition to disseminate or redistribute documents via electronic bulletin boards e mail intranets the Internet or similar electronic media The e mail option is very useful if you would like to email a list of search results to yourself or e mail the full text of a single document to save or print later at your convenience To use this feature simply click the Email button found in each of the results views upper right hand side and fill in the requested information If you click the Email button from the KWIC or Full views you will only be able to email an individual document If you click the Email button from the Document List or Expanded List you can email citations for all documents in your current search results all documents you previously tagged a range of documents or individual documents For the range and individual document selections use the number assigned to each document to identify the ones you want e g 1 5 9 11 See Figure 13 Y
24. blic school SEA Court Supreme Cout Cases Source List desegregation See Figure 21 For help Canadian Legislative Psearch with this and other legal terms please see the glossary contained within the LexisNexis Academic Knowledge Base The Knowledge Base is available via the Help link in LexisNexis Academic From the Court pull down list we would select Supreme Court Cases In the Date box we would select All available dates Click Search then review the summaries or annotations and select the cases that are most appropriate or relevant to our research Reading a Case Citation Excerpted from the writings of Alan P Stein J D M L S Very often we have the legal citation or formal way of referencing a case and only need to retrieve it Or novices may see references to case citations and be unsure as to how to decipher them The case citation provides the following four critical pieces of information 1 the name of the actual case 2 the physical volumes where the case can be found 3 the court that decided the case and 4 the year the case was decided Here is an example of a citation and how you would deciper it Regents of the University of California v Bakke 438 U S 265 98 S Ct 2733 1978 U S LEXIS 5 57 L Ed 2d 750 17 Fair Empl Prac Cas BNA 17 Empl Prac Dec CCH P8402 1978 Regents of the University of California v Bakke is the name of the case It should always be underlined 438 U S 265 is the ci
25. ch criteria using the connectors provided Legal News Search for TEENE get a Casa Entry Required 40 CFR 280 10 in Cite x Get a Case Shepard s for U S and d in Full Text z Supreme Court Federal Case Law and Z in Full Text z State Case Law Area of Law by Topic Source Code of Federal Regulations Source List Federal Regulations State Code Tax Law canadian Legislative Related search forms on LexisNexis Congressional Materials Canadian Statutes amp Regulations EU Law CELEX ite nat ona Search the Code of Federal Regulations by agence Search the Code of Federal Regulations by statutory authorit Search the Federal Register by agency and keyword Search the Federal Register by CFR citation Since you knew the exact cite for your search your document list as seen in Figure 27 will include only the exact section of the CFR that you requested Click on the document to view it P LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Search Terms 40 CFR 280 10 es Edit Search Document List Document 1 1 of 1 Tag for delivery Clear E 1 40 CFR 280 10 TITLE 40 PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SUBCHAPTER I SOLID WASTES PART 280 TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIREMENTS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS UST SUBPART 4 PROGRAM SCOPE AND INTERIM PROHIBITION 280 10 Applicability
26. cles that are more relevant or in depth on the topic Use the Guided Search form if you want your terms to appear less than three times in the retrieved documents REFERENCE The last research category grouping in LexisNexis Academic Reference contains biographical information state and country profiles polls amp surveys quotations and the World Almanac One of the most valuable aspects of this research category 1s the ability to search the Roper public opinion polls and to limit that information based on number of participants Roper accession number and or population e g U S adults or registered voters only Example M LexisNexis Choose Reference on the left then Polls amp Surveys Keyword presidential approval Population All Default setting Number of Participants More than 1 000 Modify from default of Any Number Date Previous six months Default setting Click Search If you re looking for Go to Home Page Quick News Recent news articles from a variety of sources about the West Nile Virus Current newspaper Guided News articles about the continuing violence in Israel The September 26 Guided News 2002 transcript from National Public Radio that explains the Yale tradition of a cappella singing groups rushing incoming freshmen Articles written in French about President Bush and his politics Automotive and transportation news about the Mini Cooper
27. collection of labor cases in a set titled Employment Practices Decisions by CCH P LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Tips Enter keywords and select the field where you want the words to be found Combine ided Please note that both the official set or primary source published by a government entity and commercial sets or secondary sources always contain the same text of the actual court case Frequently commercial sets present annotations or comments in advance of the actual court case Often these explanations assist our understanding of the meaning or the importance of the case Here is a list of reporters and abbreviations that you will normally encounter when you are researching the federal level of courts or doing federal jurisdiction research Supreme Court Federal Reporters Circuit Court of Appeals Federal Reporters U S Supreme Court Reports L Ed or L Ed 2d Federal Reporter F or F 2d or F 3d Supreme Court Reporter S Ct U S Reports U S District Courts Federal Reporters United States Law Week USLW Federal Supplement F Suppl If you come across an abbreviation for a court reporter that you do not know you can consult Black s Law Dictionary or A Uniform System of Citation both contain extensive listings of legal abbreviations Law Reviews An excellent way to begin legal research on an issue is to locate law reviews that cover the topic Law reviews will not only explain the legal p
28. de or sail Patent type All patents Date All available dates Modify from default of Previous six months Click Search Guided Search form Search for 5021457 in Patent Number Change pull down list from the default setting of Assignee to Patent Number Leave the remaining boxes under Search for blank Date All available dates Modify from default of Previous six months Patent type All patents Click Search Basic Search form Keyword hormone replacement therapy or HRT Narrow Search with additional terms Leave blank Source Medical amp Health Journals This is the only option Date Previous six months Keep default setting Click Search Keyword presidential approval Narrow Search with additional terms Leave blank Population All Keep default setting Roper Accession Number Leave blank Number of Participants More than 1 000 Modify default setting of Any Number Date Previous month Change default setting Click Search
29. des a link to samples of citation formats and search tips Company Information Looking for a company s contact information key executives number of employees or financial statements This is a good place to start To retrieve company information type the name of a company into the Name field see Figure 4 The default for the search is US Public Companies but a dropdown offers the following choices Company Information e All U S Companies e US Public Companies e US Private Companies Name e International Company Reports US Public Companies Date A date dropdown is set to default at Previous six months Previous six months gt but can be changed to preselected dates ranging from f Clear Form Today to All available dates Note this search form allows home page access to a search form that is found within the product by following the path Business Company Information Company Financial Although the Company Information search form on the home page 1s similar to the Company Financial search form in the Business section the search form in the Business section offers additional sources BASIC INFORMATION ON NAVIGATING CONNECTORS WILDCARDS AND NOISE WORDS Now that you re familiar with the product s home page it s almost time to explore the five major research categories within LexisNexis Academic News Business Legal Research Medical and Reference But first let s review some basics about navigat
30. e citing references we For example if you don t see a state or federal pig lite Other circuit listed in the jurisdiction section there are no F Concurring Opinion f Dissenting Op citing references from that jurisdiction Using the Custom Restrictions form will reduce the number of citing references that you retrieve making your search more precise and easier to review See Figure 24 9 Simply insert check marks in the boxes corresponding to the display you would like to see then click the View Restrictions button Your new narrower search results will display bons await in FULL 73E aa coin Sia fe a al bS W W Pik r r Sta I mpa m A re mo p ci m oe r oe m Fle m Ge q im qa AAOMIAOMAdIAIAaAaADM aga a A Once you have a list of citations you can use the Get a Case form to pull up the individual cases Refer to page 24 for information on reading case citations a a For additional information and definitions refer to the tips located at the bottom of the search form or go to the Help page click on the Help link on the top navigation bar and select Shepard s Citations Service Librarians and oa iia library staff may also call Customer Support see page 4 View Fasion J Unda for more details Strong negative treatment indicated Includes Overruled by Questioned by Superceded by Revoked Obsolete Rescinded A Caution Possible negative treatment indicated Includes
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32. econdary source materials such as legal news and law reviews for background information on legal issues as well as primary source material such as case law statutes and regulations We have already explained how to use one form you will find in this area the Get a Case search form that is duplicated on the Home Page see page 7 In this section we ll explain some concepts related to performing legal research then show you how to use some of the other search forms found in this area If you are performing legal research for the first time the following background information may be useful to you if you are a seasoned researcher feel free to skip ahead Background on Legal Research In addition to researching laws and regulations much of legal research centers on analyzing case law Therefore it is useful to review some of the basic concepts before we begin Legal research is based on the concept of stare decis indicating that courts follow or adhere to previously decided cases Generally where the facts are similar or the facts are essentially the same in two court cases the tendency is to follow the older or previous court s decision Jurisdiction and Finding Cases on a Subject or Topic Excerpted from the writings of Alan P Stein J D M L S To begin your research you must ask whether the assignment requires relevant federal case law or state case law This determination goes to the question of jurisdiction one of the m
33. entence Example market not w s share NOT W P provides that both words or phrases may appear in the same document However they cannot be in the same paragraph Example cable not w p tv AND NOT is used to exclude words or phrases from the answer set Example Jordan w 10 Syria and not Michael w 3 Jordan This search will locate documents containing the word Jordan the country within 10 words of the word Syria and will not pull up references to Michael Jordan the basketball player When using the and not connector please place it last in the search string syntax as demonstrated above Otherwise you may accidentally exclude other terms which follow the and not connector without intending to create this result ATLEASTN is used to determine the minimum number of times a search term should appear in a document This will help you find more in depth articles on a topic The N represents a number between 1 and 255 Example atleast5 budget This search requires the word budget to appear within documents at least five times You can use more than one ATLEAST command in a search Example ATLEAST5 budget and ATLEASTS defense Using Parentheses to Alter Connector Order Connectors have an order of priority They operate in the following order l OR 2 WN 3 PRE N 4 NOT W N 5 W S 6 NOT W S 7 W P 8 NOT W P 9 AND 10 AND NOT Sometimes the hierarchy of the connectors impacts your search in a negati
34. er N specifies the maximum word count between the two words phrases which can be any number up to 255 Examples george w 3 bush victim w 5 rights First example retrieves documents that have the word george within three words of bush second example retrieves documents that have word victim within five words of rights AND locates both search words anywhere in the document and does not specify word order Adding AND to a search generally reduces the number of records retrieved Examples affirmative action and California bank and deregulate W S finds documents in which specified words or phrases appear within the same sentence Example sanction w s frivolous W P ensures that retrieved documents contain the specified words or phrases within the same paragraph Example rule w p sanction PRE N finds both words or phrases in the same document The first word phrase must be in front of the second word phrase N specifies the maximum word count between the two words phrases which can be any number up to 255 Example cable PRE 2 television OR tv OR t v Retrieves documents discussing cable television and not television cables NOT W N requires the first search word to appear in the document The second word may also appear however it cannot be within N words of the first word Example Rico NOT W 5 Puerto NOT W S provides that both words or phrases may appear in the same document However they cannot be in the same s
35. essional offers the most effective access to the entire body of Congressional information If your institution subscribes to LexisNexis Congressional a link to the service that simply says Congressional will appear under Search for Other Information on the left navigation bar If your institution does not subscribe to LexisNexis Congressional and the political transcripts within LexisNexis Academic do not meet your needs ask your librarian for help Will public records or real estate records be added to LexisNexis Academic No Cost and privacy concerns preclude inclusion of these records in LexisNexis Academic Administrative offices in colleges and universities can gain access to this type of information by subscribing to LexisNexis for Development Professionals a separate service Q Can I search across all files in LexisNexis Academic at once or combine files to search those of gt gt most interest to me There is one search form within LexisNexis Academic that allows you to search across a number of files the Quick News Search form available on the Home page Quick News searches across the last two years worth of documents from all full text English language news sources available within LexisNexis Read more about this type of search on pp 6 7 This functionality is not available within other areas of LexisNexis Academic Why In order to keep our costs low to continue to be able to offer this product at a competitive price
36. f these five categories a process a machine a manufacture a composition of matter or an improvement of an existing idea that falls into one of these categories Often an invention that qualifies for a patent because of its usefulness will fall into more than one of the categories For instance computer software can usually be described both as a process the steps that it takes to make the computer do something and as a machine a device that takes information from an input device and moves it to an output device Regardless of the number of categories an invention falls under only one utility patent may be issued on it Design patents To qualify for a patent under the design test a design must be innovative nonfunction and part of a functional manufactured article For example a new shape for a car fender bottle or flashlight that doesn t improve its functionality would qualify Plant patents Patents may be issued for any asexually or sexually reproducible plants such as flowers that are both novel and nonobvious Plant patents are the least frequently issued type of patent The U S Patent and Trademark Office PTO assigns numbered classes and subclasses to inventions for the purpose of classifying patents to facilitate the retrieval of these patents in the course of a patent search There are roughly 300 main classes and an average of more than 200 subclasses under each main class An invention will fall within at least one of
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38. ge pull down from default set as Previous six months Click Search Basic Search form Keyword mini cooper Narrow search with additional terms Leave blank Industry Type Automotive and transportation Modify from default of Aerospace defense amp aviation news Date All available dates Change the default setting from Previous six months Click Search Company Name kmart Narrow Search with additional terms Leave blank Source Bankruptcy Reports Scroll down until this choice is highlighted in the pull down list Date All available dates Scroll down again until this choice is highlighted in the list Click Search Company Name Starbucks Narrow Search with additional terms Leave blank Source SEC 10 K Reports Default setting Date Previous year Default setting Click Search If you re looking for The text of a CFR section for which the cite is known The text of a CFR section when you know the subject matter The case of Michael Fay American teenager sentenced to a caning in Singapore in 1994 Patent information when all you have is a concept to research 1 flying saucer Patent information if you know the patent number 1 e 5021457 Recent full text articles from medical journals about hormone replacement therapy Public opinion on the President s performance over the last month Go to Legal Research Federal Regulations Legal Research Federal Reg
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41. ing connectors wildcards and noise words Navigation Please Use Our Tools It s important that you remember to use our tools and buttons whenever possible Home Help Sources Edit Search left navigation panel etc instead of your browser s Back button This is because many browser back buttons take the user back to a previous screen in the database but not to the top of that screen Users may find themselves sitting in the middle of a search form or other screen and be confused as to where they are within the service Please take advantage of the user friendly interface that our designers have incorporated into the product It will make your searching easier Connectors Connectors also known as Boolean operators join search terms and establish a logical relationship between them A variety of connectors may be used in one search request LexisNexis Academic does not search for the connectors as words in the documents just for the actual search terms Connectors and examples of how to use them are explained below OR finds either or both search words or phrases in the same document Use it to connect synonyms antonyms acronyms and abbreviations Adding OR to a search generally increases the number of records retrieved Examples doctor or physician regulate or deregulate atm or automated teller machine Retrieves documents that include either word W N finds words or phrases in the same document in any ord
42. ion provides a highly accurate profile of each document When you submit your search any document containing your search terms in one of the searched document segments TERMS or HLEAD will become a candidate Those candidate documents are then relevance ranked Relevance ranking is determined by e where your terms appear within the document search terms appearing as LexisNexis SmartIndexing Technology terms or in the TERMS or HLEAD segment make the document more relevant e how many of your search terms appear in the document and e how often those search terms appear throughout the document Then the most relevant of those documents up to 1 000 will be retrieved and made available to you for browsing To help you analyze those retrieved documents your search terms will be highlighted when the document s text is displayed Your document list will be sorted by relevancy but you can resort the list in reverse chronological order by clicking on the Sort by Date link on the results list How Do You Conduct A Quick News Search The concept of keyword index term searching is to specify a few words or phrases that describe your topic of interest Please note the following e Quick Search assumes an OR relationship between your search terms That is documents may contain one or more of your search terms to become a candidate for retrieval Documents that contain both search terms will be retrieved at the beginning of the document list Do n
43. ion for federal statutes they are useful tools in the hands of students and researchers LexisNexis Academic contains the CFR updated within two weeks after the regulation appears in the Federal Register Let s try a search in this rich resource Search the Code of Federal Regulations by Cite Select the Legal Research category then Federal Regulations from the interim menu presented Assume that you know the citation format for the CFR Code of Federal Regulations and that you want to retrieve the text of 40 CFR 280 10 dealing with underground storage tanks Although the Basic search form presents itself by default click instead on the tab for Guided Search to access the advanced search form Only this form allows for citation or fielded searching Your search strategy is see Figure 26 Search for 40 CFR 280 10 in Cite Change pull down list from default setting of Full Text to Cite Leave blank the remaining fields under Search for Source Code of Federal Regulations Change pull down from default setting of Federal Register to Code of Federal Regulations Click Search When searching by cite it is best not to use the title name Environment and not to include subsections i e 280 10 a os LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Academic Search Forms ee Additional Search Options Tips Business Enter keywords and select the field where you want the words to be found Combine Legal Research your sear
44. l this choice is highlighted in the N Se gt r ial Company Name pfizer pull down list cl era Stii a nate a e Date Previous two years Scroll eai Narrow search EPs or eamings per share g Directories with additional terms Internet OR World Wide Web down again until this choice IS se Source Stock Reports amp Source List highlighted in the window Reference Date Previous wo years i Click Search From To Other Information site Search I Clear Form Scholastic Edition Search Congressional State Capital NOTE Tables in this data are best viewed using a fixed font e g Courier New 10pt Some of the company financial data contains tables which display best when using a fixed width font like Courier New 10 pt A fixed width font is one where each character symbol or space is the same width The characters will align vertically Steps for changing fonts vary according to the specific browser you are using Instructions for modifying the font for Microsoft Internet Explorer Software Versions 4 0 and 5 0 and Netscape Navigator Software Version 4 x can be found within the LexisNexis Academic Knowledge Base Click on Help on the top navigation bar and follow the link If you are using a different browser or a version not listed here please refer to that browser s Help for information LEGAL RESEARCH The third major research area within LexisNexis Academic is Legal Research It includes s
45. ll be found Additional terms leave blank pees compares O Date 5 01 02 to 7 31 02 SEa Aa o O LexisNexis Academic accepts Podeni with additional ae a g army OR military multiple date formats such as in seni Industry Automotive amp transportation news Source List the following examples pate Previous sixmonths gt 07 24 02 Jul 24 2002 07 02 Bier vaccinia From 502 to 202 July 2002 2002 a aay P search i Clear Form Click Search Try experimenting Run this same search for PT Cruiser in several different search forms in LexisNexis Academic For example for this particular search you could also have tried Business News Business amp Finance General News Major Papers General News Magazines and Journals and or General News Time Incorporated Publications Search Company Financial Information How would you find out about Pfizer s stock earnings per share over the past two years Click on the Business link under Academic Search Forms in the left navigation area then select Company Financial below Company Information oy LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Your search strategy is Company Name Pfizer Narrow search with additional terms Academic Search Forms Company Financial Information News eps or earnings per share Business News Source Stock Reports Scroll down ressevet huh Sare Ua SMP name or aE Code Oni reports that match all the Accounting unti
46. matically returned in the Document List format see Figure 8 Each document on the list includes the name of the source publication the publication section in which it appeared the date published the article length and it s dateline headline and byline Note the information displayed on the document list depends on the sources that were searched You may notice a slight difference for example in the citations between documents from newspapers and those from transcripts Documents are displayed sorted by default which for most news materials is reverse chronological order The Document List also can be sorted by relevancy When Sort by Relevance is selected LexisNexis Academic 1 Analyzes the content of your search results 2 Creates a formula to rank documents according to greatest frequency and relevancy of terms 3 Displays most relevant documents first To change the sort order from date to relevance click on the red hyperlink that says Relevance above the list of documents Sorted by Relevance will then appear below the Document List tab and Sort by Date will appear to the right Click on the Date hyperlink to return to the original chronological sort order 2 Full View Click on the red hyperlink included with any numbered document from within the Document List to bring up the selected document in Full View See Figure 9 Full displays the complete text of the document retrieved and bolds your search ter
47. ms to help you hone in on the information you want From there you can view subsequent or previous documents in Full View use the previous and next links at the top or bottom of each document or return to the Document List to select another document Ar LexisNexis Search Terms fast hood lawsuit or legal EocLuE Search Within Mesum s Document List k had H Ti 1 S i bk Date 2 ey ees I The Rutabo Hews September 3 FOGG Low SUIT MUST BE A JOEF 2002 Tuesday FINAL EDITION bret Hom Da 17 Site Mag What s Hew Help Edi Search Documents 1 22 of 22 VIEWPOINTS Pofll 248 words FAST 7 The Times London Septembar 3 2002 Tuesday Features Law 7 522 worde Could init a P es An he Guardian Features Pages Pg 6 8 ghone x i 12 Aera Clarence Pace 1290 words Health it s fat man whois taken four tadttoed chama to court id August 20 2007 Tuesday ALL EDITIONS GOITORTAL a The horion Herald E n Fast hood Lawsuit 3 fak uous By John SILBER 6 The San hegg Uinion Tnbune Swiguer 1 3 7 Wadnecday OPINOR Pg fee Ter i P b ar wig bar a bigger target Bake Her alk ors 7 The Chostian Science Monitor August amp 2002 Thursday FEATURES IDEAS Pg l Seth Stem Sta food restaurants face legal grilling B Omaha Wodd Herald August 7 2003 Wodnesday SUNRISE makes a PCE wat 4 The Plan Dealer August 7 Oils v at tast fomd eaters cash in om gluttony Lhe g
48. n words cannot be searched by the LexisNexis services These terms are called noise words Replace the noise word with a space when you enter your search For example to search for the articles containing the phrase black and white enter black white While we cannot provide a list of all noise words here are the most common ones the and of his my when there IS are SO or it And and or cannot be used because LexisNexis reads them as connectors within the search Note the word in and the letter a are very common but they are not noise words To search for a phrase containing in or a enter the entire phrase as your search request For example you can search for the phrase one in a million Now that we have reviewed the building blocks for constructing searches we re ready to explore the five major areas of LexisNexis Academic beginning with the News section NEWS We ve already reviewed the home page where you ll find the Quick News search form While the Quick News search is a great place to do topical searches see page 6 for more information on using the Quick News search form sometimes you need to be able to conduct a more precise search In those cases the Guided News Search form is the place to be How to Use the Guided News Search Form To reach the Guided News search form click the Home or News link From there select the gray Guided News Search tab at the top of the page See Figure 5
49. ng reference in case law law reviews periodicals annotated statutes and annotations 5 To continue with the FULL view click Search 6 The next screen you see is the results screen A signal appears at the top indicating pictorially that either positive negative or warning treatment is indicated See Figure 25 for a chart that displays the various signals used by Shepard s and their meanings For our citation warning treatment is shown with a yellow triangle 7 In addition citations for all cases referencing or citing our case appear on the screen The default display is Unrestricted which means it shows all cases that have ever referenced the case both favorable positive treatment which could mean a case that affirmed explained or followed our case and unfavorable negative treatment which could mean cases that overruled criticized reversed or questioned our case 8 If there are too many cases for you to review click All Negative to see only negative treatment of your case All Positive to see only positive treatment of your case or Custom Restrictions to pick and choose among the menu presented there Custom restrictions allow you to specify restrictions by analysis jurisdiction headnote or date of the citing references The custom restrictions choices from which you Can select are Check restrictions from albi riie then select View Restrictions button to display your results those that actually occur in th
50. nts such as title lead paragraph etc within the document Once documents are removed from the service no indexing is left behind to maintain We no longer have access to bibliographic data title date author etc about those documents In the Business Legal and Medical Areas I notice that some search forms offer a Basic and a Guided Search version What is the difference between using the Basic search form and the Guided Search form to do the search When using the Basic search form and entering a term or terms in the required field the search is limited to articles with required term s appearing in the headline lead paragraph or indexing terms fields As a result users are not searching the full text of the document when using this form Users of the Guided Search form however are not limited to searching in required fields and are able to conduct full text searches if they so desire Guided Search forms offer users greater flexibility and control when constructing a search How can I locate a federal or state legal opinion for which I only know the parties names and not the court that heard the case On the Home page or under Legal Research choose the Get a Case form and enter the parties names in the boxes provided LexisNexis Academic will retrieve the case without data about the court in which the case was heard Technical Issues Q A gt gt Some of the error messages are misleading How can I find more inf
51. ocument List tab on the top left side of the screen you should see a red Shepherd s link Note only cases heard before the U S Supreme Court will have this link Click on the link to Shepardize the case Alternately you can 1 Choose Legal Research under Academic Search Forms in the left navigation area 2 Choose the Shepard s for U S Supreme Court search form 3 Fill in the citation of the case you wish to check in the entry required boxes on the search form using this format 95 S Ct 2268 Note Since the default selection on the pull down menu is set to U S which references the U S reporter series use the pull down list to select the S Ct reporter instead Other choices although not applicable to this example include U S L Ed and L Ed 2d or U S LEXIS The first box filled in on the form refers to the volume number of the legal reporter in this case it is volume 95 and the last box refers to the page number in the legal reporter in this case it 1s 2268 4 Below the citation entry boxes are two options Shepard s for Validation KWIC and Shepard s for Research FULL Shephard s for Research is the default and is the format that guarantees you will retrieve the greatest number of cases that reference your case The FULL view provides All prior history what happened before the case got to the Supreme Court All subsequent appellate history includes rehearings from the Supreme Court Every citi
52. only documents that have keywords in the headline lead paragraphs or indexing terms segments will be retrieved The other search parameters industry and date will need to be met too The Guided search form allows you to specify the field s against which you want to conduct a search provides a list of connectors and lets you specify particular publication s If you want to search against the full text of the articles you need to use the Guided search form Let s say that you want information about the popular PT Cruiser published within a very specific time frame between 5 01 02 and 7 31 02 Although LexisNexis Academic provides a pull down list of dates such as previous six months today previous month previous two years all available dates etc the pull down list may not cover all date ranges that a particular user has in mind Therefore LexisNexis Academic allows you to customize dates as demonstrated in the following example Your search strategy is Use the Basic search form Keyword pt cruiser Pr LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Industry Automotive and transportation news modify Basic default of Aerospace defense ioys OTTOS osu and aviation news scrolling a uses down until this choice is oo Keyword searches the headline and lead paragraph s of articles Additional Terms searches hi ghli ghted ie pe alysis the full text Only articles that match all the criteria you enter wi
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55. ost complex and important concepts in law Jurisdiction tells us whether a particular court can hear a case It is often asked as to whether a potential defendant had enough of a contact or nexus with the state or federal entity in which s he is being sued A few illustrations may help to better explain the concept If I live in California and I drive a motor vehicle I must operate a motor vehicle with a California driver s license By living and driving in California the California courts have personal jurisdiction over me If I live in New York and buy a house in Long Island the New York courts have jurisdiction over real property land and personal property located within the geographical boundaries of the state of New York Other jurisdictional questions are determined by statute or by the dollar amount of a specific legal claim For example federal courts adjudicate or hear cases related to admiralty sea customs patents federal taxes treaties and treason Federal courts have exclusive subject jurisdiction over cases that are admiralty or patent cases which means that only federal courts may hear these types of cases All researchers need to know whether to begin looking for a case in Federal or State Case Law within LexisNexis Academic If they elect to search Federal Case Law or State Case Law it is because they know that either a federal court or a given state court has jurisdiction If they do not know which type of court has
56. ot attempt to alter this relationship by entering any special commands AND OR W n etc e Do not use wildcard characters and to replace characters within a search term e If you want to link two or more words together so that they are treated as a phrase enclose them in quotation marks You can use Quick News to search up to the most recent two years of news sources To help you obtain more targeted results the Date dropdown list lets you select a narrower timeframe for your search If you would like to use advanced searching techniques or want to find articles that are more than two years old please use our Guided News Search form See page 11 for more information on conducting a Guided News search Get a Case The Get a Case search form see Figure 3 searches federal and state case law by citation or party name To search by Party Name Get a Case Enter the name s of the parties involved in the case You only need to enter one party name to retrieve cases If you Citation are not sure of the correct spelling you can enter variations an separated with ORs Party Name Example Roe OR Row Citation Enter the citation to the case Example 438 U S 265 Note this search form allows home page access to a search form that is found within the product by following the path Legal Research Get a Case The Get a Case search form in the Legal Research area is identical to the one on the home page but it inclu
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63. rinciples in question but will also direct researchers to all relevant cases that illustrate the point of law When checking law reviews researchers are using secondary source materials In addition to pulling together information from a broad array of courts the law reviews will often provide important socioeconomic context for judicial decisions In San Antonio Independent School District v Rodriquez 411 U S 1 1973 the court upheld or sustained the Texas system of financing public education through a combination of taxes including heavy reliance on local property taxes Justice Thurgood Marshall dissented from the majority opinion Remembering that Justice Marshall had been the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the Brown v Board of Education case of 1954 legal scholars and educators studied Marshall s dissent with great care In 1999 or 26 years later Justice Marshall s dissent is generally regarded as a guiding principle in modern school finance statutes and modern school finance court cases We learn of the impact of the Marshall dissent only by using the Law Reviews search form and finding references to such periodicals as the Journal of Law and Education Default Display Format for Legal Materials For legal materials the default sort order of results retrieved depends on what is being searched Law reviews sort alphabetically by title Supreme Court cases sort in reverse chronological order by date decided Code of Federal Regula
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66. s form works for both federal and state cases Now let s try something a little bit harder In the context of international trade research you are looking for cases about the dumping of steel into the U S market Dumping is a legal term which signifies the selling of foreign goods at less than fair market value Select Legal Research Federal Case Law using the navigational tools on the left Your search strategy 1s Choose the Guided Search form Search for dumping Keep default as Full Text JY LexisNexis Home Sources How Dol Site Map What s New Help w 25 atleast3 steel in Full Text change the pull down for the aida Haare 5 Academic Search Forms connectors so that it reflects w 25 news Additional Search Options Tips instead of the default and then ae ee sce cet Raa al a keep default in 2nd pull down box 1293595 Search for Gumpng in FulTea ds Full Text hea for U S w 25 atleast3 steel in Full Text Date All available dates change Suereme court i Federal Case Law in Full Text from the default of Previous six State Case Law th 4rea of Law by Topic e All available dates mon S Federal Code o ae e Federal Regulations From 1D Ao Court Court of International bere Ae Court Court of International Trade Source List Trade Scroll down and select Tax Law j ar Legislative f Clear Form this option from the pull down Materials list Click on Search Your search
67. s on other LexisNexis products while within a particular service For example while searching the Federal Regulations search form Basic or Guided within the Legal Research section of LexisNexis Academic if your institution subscribes to LexisNexis Congressional you will see a list of related links on the bottom half of the form For example there is a link for a search form that enables you to search the CFR by agency See Figure 30 s i i LexisNexis Home Sourtes Hom Doi Site Map What s Hew Help Academe Search Porma Federal Regulations Sichta Teer a rea you Or Keyveori rary Required rr Nanrow search with additional terns g tanes Of tariffs Federal Regulations waid Bue Code oo Federal Regulators by agency aiit Bue Cock of Fachiri itu by d Searching Patents A patent allows an inventor to keep others from making commercial use of a new idea without the patent holder s permission This right of control over the idea lasts between 14 and 20 years depending on the type of invention Before explaining how to search patents let s review some background on types of patents in LexisNexis Academic i Sources bom Del Site Map Whats hew Help Lat japri Additional Search Options Tips Documents 1 45 ef 77 Meth The U S Patent and Trademark Office PTO issues three different kinds of patents Utility patents Useful inventions may qualify for a utility patent if they fit into at least one o
68. seen clearly when searching for the name of a case The user who conducts a full text search on the name could find hundreds of references to that case many of which mention the case in passing Using a fielded search for that same case for example using the Plaintiff field will result in the retrieval of hits which are more on point or relevant Using the Guided Search forms pull down menus in LexisNexis Academic provides you with richer field searching options Full text searching is also a choice off of the same pull down list Thus both full text and fielded searching can be performed from the Guided Search forms in the product MEDICAL The fourth major research area within LexisNexis Academic is Medical The Medical research area centralizes medical information by providing access to Medical News Medical amp Health Journals as well as Abstracts from the Medline database MEDLINE is a bibliographic database of medical journals dating to 1966 from the National Library of Medicine A useful finding aid for further research it enables you to read short summaries of articles that have appeared in medical journals and gather citations to guide your further research Example Find full text articles on the latest advances in D LexisNexis ome Sources How De 1 Site Map What s New Help stem cell research by conducting a search in GCooecral Medical amp Health Tupis Medical News s Acad mic Search Forms Basic Select Medic
69. service to librarians for all Web products World class technological resources We are committed to providing librarians with premier research collections and reference solutions that will enable them to ensure the success of their students and researchers For a complete list of offerings please visit our website www lexisnexis com academic LexisNexis Academic amp Library Solutions is a leading publisher of academic reference and research collections for academic high school and public library markets FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Content Q A gt gt Will content continue to build or will back files be deleted as new material is added Content on the service will continue to accumulate over time Occasionally in instances dictated by licensing restrictions material is taken off the service For monthly summaries of the additions and deletions visit our LexisNexis Academic Content Lists page at http www lexisnexis com academic 1univ acad ContentInformation htm In addition to the summaries of additions and deletions you ll find a downloadable list of all of the titles within the service and other useful reports Are Congressional hearings included and where Yes Congressional hearing transcripts from several other information providers are included in LexisNexis Academic within the News section Go to the Guided News search form and select News Transcripts Political Transcripts However LexisNexis Congr
70. should look like Figure 23 Shepard s for U S Supreme Court Cases on LexisNexis Academic Keeping track of precedent is a vital part of legal research Shepard s Citation Service is one of the tools legal researchers rely upon to validate their citations and to locate additional authorities that support their arguments Shepard s on LexisNexis Academic lets you access one important component of Shepard s comprehensive coverage United States Supreme Court decisions from 1789 to the present Using Shepard s you will be able to e Make sure that a case has not been overturned or somehow criticized or distinguished in lay terms Shepard s can ensure that a supreme court case is still good law 1 e not dissimilar to another case in either the facts of the case or application of the law e Locate a comprehensive listing of additional cases and other authorities that have cited your case including annotations and law review articles e Verify that your citation for a case is accurate including case name Jurisdiction and all parallel citations i e 407 U S 258 32 L Ed 2d 728 92 S Ct 2009 is the correct citation format for the Flood v Kuhn case How to Shepardize on LexisNexis Academic Let s look at the steps required to Shepardize a particular case Erznoznik v City of Jacksonville If you have retrieved the case using the Get a Case form or the Federal Case Law search form go to either the KWIC or Full View Below the D
71. st Federal Regulations State Code Puei F9 were Tax Law ILLER CHUL NILE 0 PR Canadian Legislative Related search forms on LexisNexis Congressional FOR CWHIRS AND OPER 7 Materials INTERIM PROHIBITION Z00 10 eqplicability 303 Canadian Statutes amp e Search the Code of Federal Regulations by agency SD CFR 280 10 TITLE 40 PROTECTION OF EHVI Regulations e Search the Code of Federal Regulations by statutory authority eee Sees EU Law CELEX e Search the Federal Re ister by a enc and keyword International Legal e Search the Federal Register by CFR citation Research For this search the answer set would be larger than the answer set obtained with the citation search in Figures 26 and 27 since the keyword search would have retrieved all instances within the CFR in which the search terms appeared Citation searches looking for specific cites retrieve only one result See Figure 29 to see the Document List retrieved using the search example provided At this point you would either review the results or decide to further refine the search Use Related Links within LexisNexis Web Products to Maximize Your Research As previously explained LexisNexis Academic allows you to move between various LexisNexis products that your institution subscribes to using the Search for Other Information links on the left hand navigation bar Depending upon your library s subscriptions you will sometimes see links to suggested search form
72. te of one of six sources where the case can be found in volume 438 of the United States Reports beginning at page 265 Reporters are sets of volumes containing judicial opinions Let s look at the second part of the case citation 98 S Ct 2733 1978 U S LEXIS 5 57 L Ed 2d 750 17 Fair Empl Prac Cas BNA and 17 Empl Prac Dec CCH P8402 1978 are five additional sources where this case can be found These additional sources are called parallel citations In the example the parallel citations are volume 57 of the U S Supreme Court Reports Lawyers Edition Second Series at page 750 and volume 98 of Supreme Court Reporter at page 2733 A set of reporter volumes numbered consecutively is called a series The abbreviation 2d or 3d stand for Second Series or Third Series The year 1978 in the parentheses tells you the year the court decided the case In the last thirty years the law community has embraced electronic storage and retrieval of court cases The above example 1978 U S LEXIS 5 refers us to the specific electronic citation for the Bakke decision within LexisNexis In like manner many commercial publishers like Bureau of National Affairs BNA or Commerce Clearinghouse CCH publish subject oriented reporters on various topics like labor law cases patent cases or tax cases In the above example we see references to a collection of labor cases in a Set titled Fair Employment Practices Cases by BNA and a
73. ter a full name or last name only If you are having difficulty retrieving articles searching for a full name use a w 3 connector between the first name and last name The w 3 connector can help take into account the presence of a middle initial Example George w 3 Will Step Four Narrow to a specific Date range optional You can narrow your search to documents published on a specific day or within the date range you specify You may either select a predefined date range from the drop down list or enter your own custom date range Most date formats are supported Examples 07 24 97 Jul 24 1997 07 97 July 1997 1997 To specify a specific day select the custom date range option and enter the same date in both the From and To fields Example From Aug 3 1997 To 08 03 97 To search all documents published on or after a specific date enter that date in the From field and leave the To field blank Example From July 5 1996 To searches all documents published on or after July 5 1996 And to search all documents published on or before a specific date enter that date in the To field and leave the From field blank Example From To 9 15 96 searches all documents published on or before September 15 1996 Note If you do not enter a specific day or month the first day of the month year you entered is assumed when placed in the From field and the last day of the month year is assumed when placed in the To field Example From 19
74. the 66 000 separate classifications and sometimes several To aid your research the Patent Research section of the Legal Research area includes the U S Patent and Trademark Office Manual of Classification use the Patent Manual search form to conduct keyword or class number searches of the manual and Patent Numbers by Classification an index that allows you to look up a patent by its patent number and see which class and subclass it belongs to as noted before it may belong to several this search will also show you other patents belonging to those classes subclasses or to look up a particular class and subclass using the U S Classification Number to see which patents have been assigned that number Note this search will yield a list of patent numbers which then need to be manually looked up using the Patents search form Sample Patent Searches LexisNexis Academic allows you to search for patent information in a number of different ways depending on how little or how much information you know You may search by patent type such as design utility or plant patents by classification number by assignee or inventor or by keywords that appear in the full text of the patent The examples below demonstrate how to search for patents when you know a keyword or concept about an invention or when you have the patent number In both examples you should select Legal Research from the left navigational menu then choose the Patents form which is the
75. tions sections sort by title and part number in chronological order For some material such as the Martindale Hubbell lawyer listings the default sort is alphabetical Search Federal State Case Law Now that we ve had a brief overview of legal exisNexis Home Sources How Do Site Map What s New Help research let s try conducting some searches For argument s sake let s say that you need to find and read a particular case entitled Vacco v Quill This is Academic Search Forms a famous right to die case but you are unsure if the fiusres Get a Case 1 Legal Research Retrieve a case by cite or party names Only cases that match all the criteria court that heard it was the Supreme Court or some A Retrieve a case by cte or party names Only cases that match all the criteria other court Sica es Party Wecco v i In fact you aren t even sure 1f it is a federal or state Shepard s for U S name Party One Party Two r Supreme Court a case You also do not have its legal citation For AE cues ay citation view Citation Formats more information on reading a legal citation see State Case Law Area of Law by Topic f Search Source List above text Federal Code e g 407 U S 258 LexisNexis Academic s Get a Case form makes this research simple Enter the names of the parties to the case in the party name boxes as shown in Figure 22 The order is not important Then click on Search and your case is retrieved Thi
76. ts amp Sports News Entertainment News There are other categories and forms from which The Boston Globe 1s accessible but in the interest of space all are not included here Indexing Q A gt Who does the indexing for LexisNexis Academic and what criteria are applied LexisNexis provides topical and proper name indexing on news content through a proprietary process known as SmartIndexing Technology Proper name indexing for people companies and other organizations as well as topical or subject indexing is done on materials we obtain from the LexisNexis warehouse Legal materials are also indexed via separate criteria In order to view index terms in news content use the KWIC display option To read more about SmartIndexing visit http www lexis nexis com infopro products index If a source is taken out of LexisNexis Academic can you leave its indexing in the product No this is not possible LexisNexis does not maintain separate indexes beyond those described above to aid document retrieval When a search is submitted it runs against the text of the actual documents Here s how it works LexisNexis Academic uses the LexisNexis search engine to retrieve results allowing the user to perform a Boolean search through a combination of entering keywords and selecting search criteria from the search forms Based on the source being searched the user is able to query either the full text of the document or against selected segme
77. ty Kirkus Reviews and salon com News stories pertaining to the entertainment industry from over 100 publications Sports related news sources and selected sports stories from other news sources Selected full text articles from more than 100 newspapers and magazines throughout the US from two of the most prestigious media companies in the country Knight Ridder Inc and Tribune Co More than 30 Dutch language news sources More than 35 French language news sources More than 30 German language news sources Italian language news sources including La Stampa one of the most authoritative sources of news and events in Italy More than 65 Spanish language news sources Business and finance news sources and selected business and finance stories from major newspapers A variety of industry and trade sources on over fifty industries Selected stories from major US and international newspapers business journals and business wires on corporate mergers and acquisitions Selected full text articles from more than 100 newspapers and magazines throughout the US from two of the most prestigious media companies in the country Knight Ridder Inc and Tribune Co More than 300 legal newspapers magazines and newsletters Weekly newspaper that is a leading source of news for the academic world Collection of more than 400 college newspapers from across the U S When using the Guided News Search form the key to finding the source that will be
78. ulations Legal Research International Legal Research Legal Research Patents Legal Research Patents Medical Medical Journals Reference Polls amp Surveys Use this Source Code of Federal Regulations Code of Federal Regulations Singapore Malaysia and Brunei Cases All patents All patents Medical amp Health Journals Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Search Strategy would be Guided Search form Search for 40 CFR 280 10 Use the pull down list to display Cite instead of the default Full Text Leave the remaining boxes under Search for blank Source Code of Federal Regulations Change pull down from default setting of Federal Register to Code of Federal Regulations Click Search Guided Search form Search for ice cream Keep default set to Full Text w 10 standard or requirement Leave default set to Full Text but change connector from and to w 10 Source Code of Federal Regulations Change pull down from default setting of Federal Register to Code of Federal Regulations Click Search Keyword Fay Narrow search with additional terms caning Source Singapore Malaysia and Brunei Cases Change pull down list from default setting of Australian Case Law to Singapore Malaysia and Brunei Cases Date All Available Dates change from Previous six months default Click Search Basic Search form Keyword flying saucer Narrow search with additional terms gli
79. urchase a digital camera and would like to know which models have been Academic Search Forms egs Source List recommended in Consumer Reports magazine ak Enter as much of the title as possible to locate the source Click on the Sources link on the top navigation en consumer report bar enter consumer reports in the box then click m a one the Find Title button The results of the search are displayed in Figure 14 To learn more about Consumer Reports coverage within LexisNexis Academic click on About This Title See Figure Consumer Reports Travel Letter l 5 About This Title Search This Title Titles that include the phrase consumer report Consumer Reports About This Title Search This Title Consumer Reporte On Health Consumer Reports On Health About This Title Search This Title Information provided in each About this Title description includes e ISSN when available ISSN is a unique identifier a e Coverage how far back the archive extends Academie searen arms Ura tho able blow to dating how tw bos I e Frequency of the publication i e Daily or Monthly i a pate eon tn i e Online availability how quickly new issues are posted online in LexisNexis Academic Coverage Frm ana BE rauak caer e Publisher one iin 3 weeks ESN e Description Description os ren line ier wd fags SB RI e Data format for instance Full text Selected Full text r E a manin mbnetocy etteed or Abstracts T erp ris
80. ve way and totally changes your search from what you intended In these instances use parentheses to rectify the situation Example If you enter the search statement drug w 5 kingpin OR drug w 5 dealer AND death penalty LexisNexis Academic will look first for kingpin OR drug because the OR connector is processed first This was not the intention of the search You should enter the search statement like this drug w 5 kingpin OR drug w 5 dealer AND death penalty The use of parentheses forces the phrases to stay together as one search entity Wildcards or Universal Characters Universal characters work as placeholders for letters in words for which you may have difficulty searching There are two universal characters the asterisk and the exclamation mark and each has a different function Asterisk This replaces one character can appear more than once in a word and can be used anywhere EXCEPT as the first character Example If you enter the term wom n the search results will include both the terms woman and women Exclamation Mark This replaces one or more characters at the end of a word Example Use negligen to search for negligent negligently or negligence Note Words that work best are those that are unique in their truncated form Example If you search for fir thinking that you want to find fired firing or fires your results will also include first firm and so on Noise Words Certain commo
81. we recommend T adhesives age C ir F rga M using the Source List s Paste to Search functionality BUSINESS The second broad research category with LexisNexis Academic is Business The Business section provides access to business news accounting literature company information and tradeshow information Click on the Business link under Academic Search Forms in the left navigation area you should see the screen shown in Figure 18 The remaining areas of LexisNexis Academic Business Legal Research Medical and Reference are set up in this manner Each of the links under Academic Search Forms leads to an intermediary page that provides links to a series of search forms Review the choices offered to select the search form that best matches your needs 7e LexisNexis Home Sources How Do I Site Map What s New Help Academic Search Forms Business News Business Legal Research Medical Business News Business articles from newspapers magazines journals wires amp Reference transcripts News Industry amp Market News from over 25 industries Other Information Accounting Literature Scholastic Edition PES Congressional Accounting Accounting journals amp literature State Capital Environmental Statistical Company Financial Detailed financial data about companies Primary Sources in aa U S History Compare Companies Find companies based on a variety of criteria Government Periodicals Index

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