Can I perform a search from
Source Locator?
No, Source Locator is simply for seeing what
publications/sources are available (and how soon after
publication) on the LexisNexis services, as well as information
about the sources, such as a description of coverage and
publisher.
In the search
results set, I don't see the publications for a particular state.
Where are they?
Click
here for the answer.
Where are publications that begin with a
number listed in the search results set?
If the search results set
includes such publications, such as 3D (from Information Access
Company) or The 1997 Lawyer's Plum Book, click the link 1-10 that
appears after the link for Z.
Use the
LexisNexis Source Locator to see what publications
(sources) are available on the LexisNexis services. The
form has several fields so you can search for broad
categories of materials or a specific publication. Perhaps
you want to make sure that a certain publication is
available because you rely on it for your work. Or, you
may want to know which publications are online the fastest
because you want information on a particular subject as
soon as it is available.
The Field Help provides a few scenarios to help you get
started. First, take a look at one of the simplest
scenarios. Let's say you are in interested in how many
publications are available for an industry, such as the
banking industry. You simply enter the word
"banking" in the Description field and the
Search Results page shows the number of available
publications and a list of the publication titles:
Search Results
To view information about a particular source
click on the name of that source below.
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ABA Banking Journal
ABA Section of Litigation Newsletters
Airline Business
American Banking
American Banker-Bond Buyers Newsletters
The American Lawyer
American Medical Information
From
the Search Results screen, you can look at the specifics for
a particular publication. Click on the publication
title to see the information:
Source
Profile
The profile
information includes some or all of these items, depending
on the publication:
- Library/File Location – The
LexisNexis™
library name and file name for products using this
classic library/file combination for searching
- Source Selection Location – The
LexisNexis path for products using this hierarchy for
searching
- Coverage – As available on the
LexisNexis services
- Frequency – The publisher’s
schedule
- Availability – How soon the
source is available on the LexisNexis services after
publication
- Publisher
- Provider – Included when the
publication is received from a third-party vendor rather
than directly from the publisher.
- Description – Brief synopsis of
the publication/source content.
- Data Format – See the description
for Data Format in the Field Help.
If
you do not make selections beyond the defaults, a listing of
all sources appear in the Search Results.
Of course, that would be quite unwieldy and
not serve your interest of inquiry. To focus in on the
publications (sources) that are of interest to you, use one
or more fields. To get you started on combining fields,
try out the sample scenarios below.
| Topic |
Use to restrict the
search result set to a specific topic/category of
subject matter.
Scenario: Select
Fact Finding and then press Submit to see all
publications for this topic.
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| Type |
Use to restrict the
search result set to a specific type of publication.
Scenario: Continuing
the scenario of using Fact Finding as the topic, you
could also select Reference Materials as the type to
see that subset of Fact Finding publications. Or,
if you are interested in all reference materials,
select All for Topic.
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| Publication
Name |
Enter the publication
name as it appears on the publication. The Source
Locator is not case-sensitive so you don't need to
capitalize the name. However, the name must be
exact.
If you are not sure of
the full name, enter just one of the words in the
name. Or, enter a few of the words separated with the
connector AND or OR or NOT (to exclude publications
with the specified word that follows NOT). You may
also use parentheses with the connectors; see example.
Scenario: You
remember there is a broadcasting yearbook but you
can't remember the exact title (the exact title is
Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook). You can enter broadcasting
or broadcasting AND yearbook
and the results set will include Broadcasting and
Cable Yearbook. However, if you enter broadcasting
yearbook, the publication will not be
found because the word "cable" appears
between the two words in the exact name.
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| Publisher/Provider |
Use to find all
publications by a specific publisher or third-party
provider.You can use the
connector AND or OR or NOT (to exclude publishers or
providers with the specified word that follows NOT) to
enter multiple names. However you cannot not use
wildcards. When using connectors, you may also use
parentheses; see example.
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| Description |
Enter a keyword (one
that would appear in the publication) when you aren't
sure of the publication name or when you want to
further restrict the results set to a subject that
wouldn't appear in a publication name. You
can use the connector AND or OR NOT (to exclude
publications with the specified word that follows NOT)
to enter multiple names. However you cannot not use
wildcards. When using connectors, you may also use
parentheses; see example.
Scenario: You
are interested in banking. You can select Company,
Markets & Industry in the Topic field and enter banking
in the description.
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| Geography |
Select a geographical
region for materials written in or covering that
region.
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| Language |
Select a language if
you are looking for publications published in that
language.
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| Frequency |
Use if you want to see
which publications are published for a specific
frequency. For instance, you may wish to see which
daily publications are available. Or, you may
want to identify sources that are updated multiple
times throughout the day (e.g., wire services) because
you want to set up an ECLIPSE™ (automatic) search.
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| Availability |
Use if you want to see
which publications are available by the specific
period. For instance, you may want to see which
Legislative Materials (Type) are available online
within 24 hours.
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| Data
Format |
You may
wish to select one of these options:
Abstract (as provided
by the publisher)
Full Text
Selected Full Text (publisher has eliminated some
text)
Database (format used for most Public Records)
Multimedia (contains images such as in patents
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| LexisNexis
Library and or LexisNexis Individual File |
If you are
familiar with the Classic Library/File listings, you
may wish to use this field to find publications by
library or find a specific file.
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| Display
Individual Sources or Display Individual and Group
Sources |
Use the second
option if you want to see the record for any
associated group source. For example, you may want to
see the record for curnws (current news) to see all
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Parentheses
Example:
Parentheses change the ordering of
the connectors AND, OR, and NOT. If you do not add
parentheses, all ORs are processed before ANDs and NOTs (ANDs
and NOTs are processed in the order they are entered). For
example, if you enter times or post and magazine,
they are processed (interpreted) as this: I'm looking for
all publications that have either "times" or
"post" in their name and also have
"magazine" in their name. If you add parentheses
so your entry looks like times or (post and
magazine), your entry is processed as this: I'm
looking for all publications that have "times"
in their name or have both "post" and
"magazine" in the name.
The
search results screen shows the number of publications for
the topic (here, People) and the number of publications for
the type (here, Magazines).
Search Results
To view information about a particular source
click on the name of that source below.
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Working
with the Search Results
NOTE:
Some publications/sources are received from a third-party
vendor rather than directly from the publisher. In the
search results set, a source received from a third-party
vendor is identified in parentheses as in this example:
Time (Business Dateline from UMI,
Inc)
where Time is the group source,
Business Dateline is the database, and UMI, INC is the
third-party vendor.
NOTE:
If the publication name begins with a full state
name (e.g., as Nevada, New Mexico, and New
York), the publication is sorted alphabetically by the
U.S. Postal Code. Hence, publication names
containing either Nevada or NV are located between NM/New
Mexico and NY/New York publications.
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