Link to a legal case:



Lexis/Nexis has managed to create a most complicated process for creating links directly to their material. If you would like some assistance in creating the link you need please get in touch with Charles Livermore at 718 990 5330 or livermop@stjohns.edu.

Link to a US* Supreme Court case: (Plessy vs Ferguson)

csi for Supreme Court cases is: 6443 Supreme Court Cases – Lawyers edition

Citation for Plessy is: 163 U.S. 537

(163 U.S. 537)

Retrieve an article from a publication (in this case the NY Times).

Source: New York Times (csi=6742 - available from the csi table #)

Headline: A Harmonic Convergence in Union Square

Note: Use - HLEAD - which includes headline and lead paragraph. IMPORTANT: Select a few key words from the article title as the title shown in Lexis-Nexis and the title appearing in the paper frequently differ.

Byline: Melena Ryzik

(Melena+w/3+Ryzik)+AND+HLEAD+(harmonic+convergence)

To search specific areas links can be created which transport directly to a single database or to a family of databases.

A link to a COMPANY PROFILE search form searches for company information in a variety of databases. One of the databases within the COMPANY PROFILE group is U.S. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DATABASE. It is possible to create links to each search form. In each case entering the company name will retrieve information about the company.

Company Profile



U.S. Executive Compensation Database - Boards & Committees



Biographies



Country Profile



* Note that: US, U.S. and United States are all valid terms in the index.

# A list of CSI (LexisNexis Constant Source Identifier) numbers can be found at:

About half way down the page you’ll find a link to either an Excel or Zip formatted list.

For convenience I have included the file on the reference wiki at:

Here is a link to a full explanation of how to create links to items in LexisNexis



SEARCH FEATURES

|! = truncation * = wildcard |

| |

|OR W/n, PRE/n, NOT W/n W/sent W/para AND AND NOT |

|date = 2004 |or |date is 2004 |

|date > 31 December 2004 |or |date aft 31 december 2004 |

|date < 1/1/1997 |or |date bef 01/01/2004 |

You may also restrict your search to specific document sections by typing your section search terms directly in the Enter Search Terms box. Enter the section name, then type your search terms enclosed in brackets. Complete the rest of the form and click Search.

Examples:

To search within headlines, type:

headline(cheap flights! fly for less!)

Or, you can enter more than one document section in your search. For example:

Headline(diabolic logic) and author(aust)

Byline: contains the name of the person or entity identified as the author of the document as well as any biographical information.

Hlead: comprises the HEADLINE, HIGHLIGHT, & LEAD Sections.

Name: provides the name of the person that is the subject of the document.

Length: contains the approximate number of words in the body of a document. This Section is arithmetically searchable.

Terms: includes one or more of the following sections:

Company - the company and organization term(s).

Country - the country term(s).

Geographic - the country and region terms.

Industry - the industry terms.

Keyword - the terms chosen by the vendor to "uniquely" identify the main story name.

Organization - the organization term(s).

Person - the names of the persons indexed in the document.

Product - the product terms.

Subject - the subject terms and the keywords.

Ticker - the ticker symbol.

Type - the descriptors classifying the subject matter of a document, i.e., Analysis, biography, Case Study, Editorial, Obituary, Review, etc.

Roper Polls have their own search form, tucked away under News. The Roper Poll content is not included in the News group files. Here is the direct link:



There are also group news files for each State.   A quick & dirty list is provided below.  Please test them before you add them to your documentation.  They should all work fine, but I have not tested them myself.

Alistair (LN Rep)

Base URL



State News Sources

CSI      Title

149350            Alabama News Sources

149348            Alaska News Sources

149354            Arizona News Sources

149352            Arkansas News Sources

149356            California News Sources

149357            Colorado News Sources

149358            Connecticut News Sources

149361            Delaware News Sources

149363            Florida News Sources

149360            District of Columbia News

149365            Georgia News Sources

149366            Hawaii News Sources

149368            Idaho News Sources

149369            Illinois News Sources

149370            Indiana News Sources

149367            Iowa News Sources

149371            Kansas News Sources

149372            Kentucky News Sources

149373            Louisiana News Sources

149376            Maine News Sources

149375            Maryland News Sources

149374            Massachusetts News Sources

149377            Michigan News Sources

149378            Minnesota News Sources

149381            Mississippi News Sources

149380            Missouri News Sources

149382            Montana News Sources

149385            Nebraska News Sources

149390            Nevada News Sources

CSI Title

149386            New Hampshire News Sources

149387            New Jersey News Sources

149388            New Mexico News Sources

244831            New South Wales - News Sources

149391            New York News Sources

149383            North Carolina News Sources

149384            North Dakota News Sources

149389            Northern California News Sources

244830            Northern Territory - News Sources

149392            Ohio News Sources

149393            Oklahoma News Sources

149394            Oregon News Sources

149395            Pennsylvania News Sources

244829            Queensland - News Sources

149396            Rhode Island News Sources

244828            South Australia - News Sources

149398            South Carolina News Sources

149399            South Dakota News Sources

149400            Southern California News Sources

244827            Tasmania - News Sources

149401            Tennessee News Sources

149402            Texas News Sources

149405            Utah News Sources

149407            Vermont News Sources

149406            Virginia News Sources

149408            Washington News Sources

149410            West Virginia News Sources

149409            Wisconsin News Sources

149411            Wyoming News Sources

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