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Sample LexisNexis Academic Search

Let's do a Quick News Search and look for articles on freedom fries and limit our search to those articles on freedom fries that have appeared in the previous month. (See Figure 2)


Figure 2


125 articles were located. (See Figure 3 below) The document list includes the name of the news source (e.g. The San Francisco Chronicle or Richmond Times Dispatch) the publication date, edition, section, page, number of words, article, title, and author (if applicable).


Figure 3

To view the article's text, click the red link.


The search terms we entered appear in the article as bold text. (See Figure 4)


Figure 4


We can print or send this article to an email account by clicking the appropriate tabs in the upper-righthand corner. (See Figure 5)


Figure 5

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