How to search LexisNexis News, Business, Legal Research

Once you get in, you will see a menu containing:
GENERAL
NEWS
LEGAL
BUSINESS
etc.

Search NEWS to find articles in newspapers and magazines.

Search BUSINESS to find business news, industry and market news, and company financial reports. Note that industry news and company news are also available via NEWS, described above.

Search LEGAL to find federal district, Supreme Court, or state cases. Study the LEGAL RESEARCH menu options carefully and choose the one you wish to search. Legal searches can be tricky and they take time to learn.

How to do a keyword search in any of the LexisNexis search screens:

Example: When you type a search into the Keyword box, type it in as follows:

contract law

This will search only for the phrase, contract law.

You can also type it in as: contract w/1 law

The w/1 means "within one word".

This will search for contract law as well as other phrases such as law of contracts.

Your search results will consist of titles. Click on the titles to look at the full article or document. After you have looked at a few, you will want to output your selections. There are tabs to print, download, or email.

Searching LexisNexis takes some time to learn. Once you get over the quirks of the database, it is not hard to use.

Finding Books!

Finding monographic materials (books) owned by the University of North Texas Libraries is accomplished via the Online Library Catalog.

Finding Articles & Papers

Finding articles and papers can be accomplished via a number of electronic resources at the University of North Texas.

Interlibrary Loan

The University of North Texas provides Interlibrary Loan for those materials that our library does not hold.

Remote Access to UNT Electronic Resources

For those users associated with UNT that need to access our electronic resources from outside of the campus network the library maintains a Web page that lists the common plug-ins and other requirements necessary for access.