LexisNexis
Academic -- full text articles from major newspapers,
magazines and law reviews [help
with database]
Years covered ? - present, starting date varies depending
on the periodical, but on average 1990, and at best 1969;
updated daily
Subjects covered current events, news, business, medicine,
and law
When best to use general, current events, or business
news from newspapers, or from popular or trade magazines;
legal information (cases, law review articles)
Don't use it for scholarly articles, except for law
Selective/comprehensive coverage of subjects selective,
but very large, for news and business; comprehensive for legal
information
Number of periodicals indexed over 50 major newspapers;
10 Illinois newspapers; hundreds of regional and international
newspapers; over 300 popular and trade news magazines; around
475 business and finance magazines; around 500 law reviews
Full text available yes, virtually all articles are
presented full text
Off-campus access yes, using your NetID
Database family LexisNexis
(can switch databases by choosing another on the left side
of the screen)
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