How to find quality news articles on political issues with LexisNexis.
Head to the Rod Library website – http://www.library.uni.edu
Click on Databases A-Z
Click on “L” at the top of the page and then on “LexisNexis Academic”
Set LexisNexis to “News” by clicking on the box and choosing the “All News” option
Next set LexisNexis to U.S. news by clicking on the pulldown menu – checking the box for and then clicking on
LexisNexis has its own set of special commands to help you focus your search.
A search example for “climate change” and agriculture –
atleast7(“climate change”) AND atleast9(farm! OR agricultur!) AND length>1000
For this search the phrase “climate change” must appear at least seven times in the article and either farm/farming/farmers or agriculture/agricultural must also show up in the same article at least nine times. Finally, the article must be at least a thousand words long (essay length).