Nexis Uni™

Nexis Uni™ : Empowering Academic Research for Digital Natives
As an experienced scholar, you play a critical role in helping university
students transform from rookie researchers into accomplishedacademics. The academic research tools your students rely on area pivotal component in this journey.
Introducing Nexis Uni
Designed with input from university students, Nexis Uni™
is not just another database; it is academic research
evolved. Offering the simple, intuitive researchexperience today’s students want—on the device they
prefer—Nexis Uni helps you:
• Reduce training demands so you can focus onother tasks• Empower students to conduct research withconfidence• Increase student satisfaction and drive usage fordemonstrable ROI
As a result, you achieve maximum value for your library’s
resource budget with a tool that addresses criticalpreferences expressed by digital natives—and features
the comprehensive, trusted content you’ve come toexpect from LexisNexis®.

It has a very streamlined
feel that is more inviting
than most databases.
With students my age,
it’s all about convenienceand ease-of-use.
—Binghamton University student#researchfaster#my Nex isU#te a m wonirk

What makes Nexis Uni different?
Students who have grown up googling will appreciate thestreamlined interface of Nexis Uni. It begins at the big searchbox. Students can quickly conduct either natural language
or complex Boolean searches across the entire content
collection, making it an ideal tool for novice and advanced
researchers alike. But that just scratches the surface.

Citation-Worthy Content
Nexis Uni delivers unmatched depth and quality when it
comes to content. With more than 15,000 news, legal andbusiness sources, Nexis Uni helps students find credible
sources including:• Print and online journals, television and radio broadcasts,
newswires and blogs• Local, regional, national and international newspapers
with deep archives• Extensive legal sources for federal and state cases andstatutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions
since 1790
• Unparalleled business information on more than
80 million U.S. and international companies and morethan 75 million executives

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Nexis Uni supports campus-wide IPauthenticated access, but students
also have the option to create
individual profiles so they can:The big search box sets the stage, but
Nexis Uni offers other distinctive ways
for students to find the information
they need.

Nexis Uni allows students to work
together more efficiently—and remain
individually accountable.

• Customize their home page tofeature one of the discipline pages• Curated discipline pages present
related content to the topic, top
publications and specialized search
forms—helpful for new students whowant to learn about a discipline oradvanced students who need fast,current awareness within their fieldof study.

• Save searches to re-run in the future• Create Alerts on topics of interest toimprove current awareness• Bookmark documents for laterviewing• Identify previously-viewed
documents at a glance to save time
And because the set-up of User
IDs and Passwords is a self-service
process, you don’t get bogged downwith registration requests.

• Task-based search tabs allow firstyear students to quickly conduct
research for common assignments,
such as writing a paper on the pros
and cons of a topic or creating an
in-depth company profile.
• Predictive search function suggests
likely sources or keywords as terms
are typed into the search box.

• Students can create and sharefolders on the fly for team research
projects or study groups.
• Document and search-string sharing
in a collaborative workspace reduces
source overlap on group projects.
• Faculty members can set up‘required reading’ folders to sharewith class members, gaining visibility
into which students are—or aren’t—
checking in.
• Students can highlight portions of adocument, add notes and save theannotated document in a folder toshare with other students.

• Results filtering allows students toquickly drill down to highly-relevant
results based on location, publication
type, subject, industry, geography
or timeline.

Show Your Students a New Route to Academic Research

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By providing students with an academic research solution that addresses
their preferences and provides access to vetted, comprehensive content, youempower them to become well-rounded scholars who submit better work.

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Talk to a LexisNexis representative to learn more about how Nexis Uni helps
students refine research skills, promotes critical thinking and encourages
collaboration with peers.

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After nearly 40 years providing solutions that help organizations harness the power of information,
LexisNexis remains dedicated to developing innovative tools to support data-driven decisionmaking. Our commitment extends beyond comprehensive content and outstanding searchtechnology to world-class client service support, ensuring that our clients gain maximum insights—
and value—from LexisNexis solutions.
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