HIED 752/852: Law in Higher Education

Nexis Uni is a database that features news, business, and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. It provides a more personalized experience, intuitive discovery, and a more collaborative research environment. This platform is geared toward university communities, and still utilizes legal vocabulary.

Nexis Uni contains thousands of resources. Here are some suggestions for narrowing your results: 

From the search bar on the homepage: 

• Use the "All Content Types" dropdown menu to select the content you need. Selecting one option will open more.
  • For example, selecting "Legal" opens options for Cases, Legislation, Law Reviews and Journals, and more. Selecting any of these content types will open even more options. You do not have to select something from every option to perform a search. 
• Use the "All available dates" dropdown menu to narrow content by a date range. 

For advanced and connector searches: 

• Search by specific case names and numbers or citations for the best results. 
• "Connectors" are also known as Boolean Operators. Nexis Uni's Advanced Search supplies an example of what these connectors do if you select "Advanced Search."
• If you are using keywords, be specific, clear, and straightforward about the topic you are searching. 

Keywords, or search terms, are the words we use to find information in library resources. They convey the main concepts of your topic. 

Effective keywords are short and specific, and can be combined to focus a search.

Examples of effective keywords could be words like, "Public opinion," "funding," "public education." 

Examples of ineffective keywords could be full sentences such as, "What is the impact of a lack of funding on public schools?" or vague words like "effects" or "influences."

If you are unsure what keywords might be the most effective for your topic, consider these What, Who, How questions: 

• What words do you associate with your topic?
• What fields of study would be interested i it?
• Who are the people involved in your topic?
• Who creates it? Who is affected by it? Who does or does not benefit from it?
• How does this impact broader society? 
• How does this impact those who aren't directly involved?

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