LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVerse
Vol. 17, No. 22March 5, 1998

University of Delaware Library

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LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVerse

LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVerse is a full text database available through the Library Networked Databases to users either directly from the Library, the campus network or from home via connection to the University of Delaware web. From home, use University of Delaware PPP connection and Netscape, or if using a non-UD Internet Service Provider access the Web Proxy Server (see http://www.udel.edu/help/ for instructions).

LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVerse offers a myriad of features; for example, the "General News Topics" file, which is one of 18 files in the database, contains the full text of current and back files of newspaper articles, scholarly journal articles, popular and trade magazine articles, transcripts, and newsletters from both United States and international sources. One of the many search options of LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVerse is the ability to limit a search to a specific time frame.

It is possible to search the most recent dates, or all the dates available from the source, which, depending upon the publication, could have a back file of more than 20 years. A possible query, for example, could be to search for Secretary of State Madeleine Albright only in today's newspapers; or, the same search could be limited to newspapers from the previous two weeks.

In addition to the wealth of information available under "General New Topics," legal information is a large component of LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVerse. Included among the files are "Legal News;" "Law Reviews;" "Federal Case Law," which includes the Supreme Court, tax courts, district courts and bankruptcy courts; "U.S. Code, Constitution and Courts Rules;" and "State Legal Research," which includes state case law, state codes, constitutions and court rules.

Another major subject area in LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVerse is business information. The files include "Company News;" "Industry and Market News;" and "Company Financial Information," which includes SEC 10-K Reports, SEC Annual Reports, and Disclosure Reports.

LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVerse can be accessed through the Library Networked Databases: http://www.lib.udel.edu/lndb/

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