LexisNexis Academic Guide
This guide illustrates the wide variety of news sources, transcripts, journals and magazines, both U.S. and foreign, that are available in full text in the news categories of LexisNexis Academic.
General News
| NEWS SOURCE | DESCRIPTIVE NOTES | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|
| Major Papers | Major and regional US
papers Moderate range of international papers |
Boston Globe, Houston
Chronicle, NY Times Times of London, Jerusalem Post, Evening Post New Zealand |
| Magazines and Journals | Professional Popular Trade journals (with heavy emphasis on commerce and manufacturing) |
ABA Journal, Journal of
Marketing; Business Lawyer Business Week, New Yorker; New Republic; Consumer Reports Utility Week; Mining Journal, Farming News |
| Newsletters | Variety of professional,commerce/ finance/industry, regulatory compliance newsletters and domestic- and international-related reports | Antitrust Report,
Controller's Reports, Private Banker Int'l Energy Report, Mergers & Acquisitions Journal, Public Broadcasting Report Federal EEO Advisor, New York Environmental Compliance Update, Latin American Regional Reports |
| Abstracts | Limited number of
newspapers; Wide range of trade, commerce, industry news sources
domestic and international (with a strong emphasis on Australian
publications such as multiple Australasian Business Intelligence
Reports on numerous business/industry topics--oil & gas,
plastics, food, Australian Communications) |
Newspapers: Miami
Herald, Asian Wall Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chemical Weekly, Business Standard, Data Quest, Minerals and Metals Review, Australasian Business Intelligence |
| Policy Papers | Papers on a wide range of public policy issues (domestic and international) from various governmental and commercial sources but all papers are one-time publications and not updated. | CIA Activities in Chile
La Cosa Nostra in the U.S, Nuclear Weapons in Russia, Securities Litigation Reform Unfinished Business? |
| Time Inc. Publications | Popular Time publications | Time, Sports Ill., Fortune, People (English and Spanish), Money, etc. |
| Ethnic News | Diverse range of ethnic and minority publications on both a national and regional level | Black Scholar, Native American Law Digest, Mississippi Link, and New Mexico Jewish Link, Islamic Horizons, Tikkun |
Arts & Sports News
| NEWS SOURCE | DESCRIPTIVE NOTES | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|
| Book, Movie, music and play reviews | Mixture of major and regional domestic and international newspapers (library and publisher reviews, and entertainment industry reviews | Boston Globe, Jerusalem
Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Daily Variety |
| Entertainment News | Mixture of major and
regional domestic newspapers, some international newspapers, general interest magazines and business and entertainment magazines and reviews |
NY Times, Seattle
Times Daily Telegraph, Times of London Newsweek, Economist, Village Voice Advertising Age, Media Intelligence Bulletin, Onstage |
| Sports News | Mixture of domestic and
international sporting news sources, major and regional domestic and international newspapers, Wire Services |
Sporting News, Sports
Argus (UK), Pink (UK) NY Times, Omaha World Herald, Toronto Star AP, Business Wire |
| Knight Ridder and Tribune Arts & Sports News | Regional newspapers
owned by Knight Ridder and Tribune companies and other newspapers |
Detroit Free Press,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Macon Telegraph The Hour of Norwalk CT |
University News
| NEWS SOURCE | DESCRIPTIVE NOTES | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|
| Chronicle of Higher Education | idem | idem |
| University Wire | Broad spectrum of college and university campus newspapers | Bowdoin Orient, Creightonian, Chicago Maroon |
Other News
| CATEGORY | NEWS SOURCE | DESCRIPTIVE NOTES | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today's News |
Today's Selected News Sources | Extensive list of international and domestic newspapers and wire services and network news sources | Belfast Telegraph, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Africa News, Xinhua General News; CNN Financial Network, AP, USA Today, NPR, Washington Times |
| U.S. News |
Regional Grouping (e.g., Northeast; Midwest) and by each State for News Sources | Diverse range of local
and regional newspapers and magazines, Professional, ethnic, and wire services news sources |
Salt Lake Tribune,
Boston Globe, Miami Herald; New Yorker, Texas Monthly, Connecticut Law Tribune, Ethnic News, AP State & Local wire |
| World News |
Regional Grouping (e.g., European, Asia/Pacific, North/South American, Middle Eastern/African News Sources) | Diverse array of
newspapers, general interest and scholarly reviews and magazines, professional/trade journals, wire services and network news sources |
Czech News Agency,
Daily Mail, Die Welt; China Daily, Jakarta Post, Saigon Times Magazine; Toronto Globe & Mail, Foreign Affairs, Mexico Business Monthly; Al-Jazeera, African Business, Saudi Gazette |
| Wire Reports |
All Available Reports | Mixture of domestic and international wire services and, curiously, numerous university and college newspapers | UPI, Agence France
Presse, Business Wire McGill Tribune, Arizona Daily Wildcat, Harvard Crimson |
| News
Transcripts |
Grouping by media outlet (e.g., CBS News, NPR, ) | Domestic media news programming s Russian outlet--Official Kremlin Intl News Broadcast | ABC, NBC, Fox, Official Kremlin Intl Broadcast |
| Non-English
Language News |
Dutch/ French/ German/ Portuguese/ Spanish | Major foreign language daily, business, and trade newspapers | Le Monde, Der Spiegel, La Stampa, El Pais, PR Newswire Latin American |
| Business
News |
Business & Finance | Major and regional
domestic newspapers some international newspapers, wide range of domestic and international business, trade and industry magazines and journals |
NY Times, Boston Globe,
Columbus Dispatch Times of London, Times of Oman U.S. Banker, Economist, Korea Economic Weekly, The Irish Times |
| Legal News |
Legal News | A variety of primarily domestic journals, newsletters, bulletins on a broad range of legal topics including employment, environmental, civil rights, bankruptcy, antitrust both on a national and state level | New Jersey Environmental Law Letter, New York Law Journal, Antitrust Law Journal |
| Medical News |
Medical & Health News | Variety of scholarly and popular weekly news sources on a diverse range of medical/health and health-industry-related topics | Stem Cell Week, Genomics and Genetics Weekly, Aids Weekly, Consumer Reports on Health |
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