Academic Source Directory

Revision as of 12:37, 3 January 2008

The Sources Tab in LexisNexis Academic is a very important resource if you're looking to instantly narrow your search results. You can search for specific sources or search for sources by a particular topic. This is extremly useful if you're new to research and don't know where to start.

Finding a Specific Source

The first way to find a specific source is to search for it in the "Find A Source" box. On the Browse Sources tab, the "Find a Source" box is in gray to the far right of the form. If you're searching for the "New York Times", simply type "New York Times" into the box and click the "Go" button.

The results set will then appear. As you see in the picture to the left, click on the small box next to the source (indicated by the blue arrow on the left side) and then click the red "OK-CONTINUE" button (indiciated by the blue arrow on the right side) to search within that particular source.

From there, you will go to the PowerSearch form where you can add different index terms or search within different document sections, just like normal.

On the "Find Sources" tab, you can also type your source name into the #2 search box that says "Enter keywords and/or select categories to find matching sources." This will give you the same results.

Also on the "Find Sources" tab is the "Find Sources By Source Name" option. You can click on this button and find your source through the alphabetized list.

Finding a Source By Geographic Location

On the Browse Sources tab, in the #2 section, you will see the "Filter By Country" drop-down box. If you would like to see all the sources coming out of one country, select the country and click the red "OK-Continue" button to see the results set.

If you would like to see the sources in the United States, click "United States" in the country drop-down box and another box will appear. From there, you can pick sources by region or state. This is particularly useful when you are looking for hometown newspapers. You can also search all news publications from one state. Each state has an aggregated source with all of the news publications. If you wanted to search New York, look for the source called "New York News Sources" in your results list.