Ritchie Michel Nathalie Moreira Adrian Saucedo Tya-Marie Savain LexisNexis Academic Ritchie Michel Nathalie Moreira Adrian Saucedo Tya-Marie Savain

How to Access LexisNexis through FIU Go to library.fiu.edu Click on RESEARCH START Click subject resources Click Journalism and Mass Communications Click databases Click LexisNexis/ Nexis Uni

What Kind of Information Can You Find? News Foreign News Broadcast Scripts (including online) Cases Federal/State/Int’l Cases Patent Search Local/International Statues Commonwealth/EU (Int’l) Company Information Profiles Market/Industry Reports People,Place,Things Consumer Information Country Information Biological Information Accounting

Finding a news script

How to search for a company and sources related from an specific time range, location, and classification? After completing steps from slide 2, you will need to complete the following steps: Click on the location you need the source from, ex. California. Use the drop down menu and click on business. Type the start and end time to adjust the search of the source. Type in the name of the company, and hit enter. Thank you. Scroll all the way down and you will find the article’s classification. Now you can click on the article or content of your interest.

What Kind of Information Can You Find? Sensitive personal information like public records, publicly available information, and non-public information Example Public records: Secretary of State filings, FAA aircraft registrations Non-public records: drivers license information, credit information These services are provided for the purpose of uncovering information organizations, government agencies, and all non-profits use to understand an individual completely.

Search Options Search All News Advanced Options Date (Range) Source Source Type (newspapers, magazines, blogs) Article Type (reviews, opinions, editorials) Geographic Location Region (U.S., World) Location (State) Build your own segment

Search Options (continued…) Whenever you select certain topics/subjects, there are different options in the “Advanced Options” area under the search engine Example If you select “Federal and State Cases” under the drop-down menu option labeled “Search by topic or subject”, there are different options Federal Courts State Courts U.S. Territories

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Usage for Final Essay LexisNexis includes a customizable search engine specifically for media The specifications and search restrictions offer features, like broadcast transcripts, that help acquire media information relevant to any topic chosen for the final essay