Tips for using Lexis Nexis to find charts and graphs



Finding Charts and Graphs in the New York Times

Finding charts and graphs in the New York Times requires you to use two databases: Lexis Nexis and New York Times Historical (via Proquest). Lexis Nexis will allow you to search for charts and graphs (1980-present) but it does not provide you with actual graphics. Once you have an article title, you can search New York Times Historical (via Proquest) in order to locate PDF copies of the pages you need. For charts and graphs published after 2002, please use the print or microfiche New York Times holdings available in our Periodicals Collection.

Step-by-Step Example

1. Go to Databases by Title webpage:

2. Click on Lexis Nexis

3. Select Guided News Search.

4. Under “News Category” select General News.

5. Under “News Source” select “Major Papers”, and from the Source List click on New York Times, then “Paste to Search.”

6. Search for “graph” or “chart” in the Caption field and your key term in the Headline, Lead Paragraph field.

7. Select your date range and hit “Search”

8. For example, search for “graph” and “television” in articles published in 1999.

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Go to the New York Times Historical:

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GRAPHIC: Photos: Melanie Sawyer and her husband, Rudy LeCoadic, a photographer, at work with starlets on a cover shoot for Parents magazine. A wrangler must protect the child from any high-stakes tension in the air, keeping the mood upbeat. (Photographs by Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)(pg. C1)

 

Graph:

"Trying to Get Children's Attention"

Total advertising and marketing dollars aimed at children and their parents have grown sharply since the early 1990's.

ESTIMATED TOTAL SPENDING

'92 -- $6.9 bil.

'95 -- $10.3 bil.

'97 -- $12.7 bil.

 

HOW MONEY WAS SPENT IN 1997

Promotions -- 35.0%

Packaging -- 25.7%

Public relations -- 19.5%

Television -- 9.3%

Direct marketing -- 8.6%

Other -- 1.9%

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