The LexisNexis Academic database of news and other research sources has a new interface designed to be more intuitive and fast to search. If anyone would like some tips on using the new interface, please send me an email or call. Is anyone interested in a drop-in workshop?
In the meantime, here are some basic hints from one of the developers:
“Want to find stories from newspapers in your state?
Run the search against “All US Newspapers and Wires†in the News form or the Power Search form, then use the results clustering to narrow your result by newspaper or by geography.
Want to search a specific publication?
Go to the Source Selection and enter its name in quotation marks.
Want to find stories on a particular industry?
Go to the News form and expand the “Add Index Terms†option.
Want to find contemporary news stories on a particular event?
Start with the Easy Search form and an appropriate date restriction.
Trying to do exhaustive and precise research for a reference question?
Use the Power Search form and the Index Terms tool.”