Academic
& Library Solutions
LexisNexis for Academic Libraries
WiLS has group subscriptions which run from 7/1/08-6/30/09 for the following databases. Mid-year subscriptions are permitted.
Academic Universe: The leading general reference product on campuses nationwide! Used by nearly 8 million students and faculty, this service provides access to full-text news, business, legal, medical, and world-wide reference sources. Access 5,600+ publications including national & regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Includes Shepard's® citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789, company financial information, SEC filings & reports, and industry & market news.
Congressional Universe: Explore government in action with the most comprehensive Web-based resource available for congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research. Follow legislation from concept to law.
Environmental Universe: Avoid wasting valuable time and energy scrolling through a document list from a search engine that may contain hundreds (or thousands) of irrelevant documents. Perform more targeted searches on today's key environmental issues, including energy, air/land/water/noise pollution, wildlife, population, global warming, and more! Search abstracts from thousands of environmental journals & publications. Get the news with links to full-text articles on environmental news from major daily newspapers & magazines. Find law reviews, case law, regulatory agency decisions, and state & federal environmental codes.
Historical Universe: Access to African American Studies: Access full text of historic primary sources including manuscripts, all colonial case law, statutory law, Federal statutes, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions on race and slavery. Find relevant reference and scholarly articles.
Historical Universe: Access to Presidential Studies: Access full text of historic primary sources including manuscripts, autobiographies, all Executive Orders numbered 1862 to 1921, all State of the Union messages and Inaugural addresses, and 1,000+ other speeches. Find relevant reference and scholarly articles including biographies on presidents, vice-presidents, cabinet secretaries, and other Executive Branch officials.
Historical Universe: Access to Women's Studies: Access full text of historic primary sources including manuscripts, Women's Bureau Bulletins, state law, all Federal statutes, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions on gender and women's issues. Find autobiographies along with relevant reference and scholarly articles.
Media Analyzer: Measure media coverage—quantitatively and qualitatively—of 700 companies and 28 industries from 85 domestic and international sources. Link to full-text articles to determine which of 28 key corporate topics drive coverage. Conduct trend analyses and learn if press coverage is improving or deteriorating. Plot trends against stock prices to understand their relationship. Benchmark a company against its competitors or its industry.
State Capital Universe: Search any combination of the 50 states at once for a wealth of state government information. Compare law and public policy developments, monitor proposed or enacted state laws, and analyze national and regional trends. Access state bills, laws, constitutions, regulations, legislature membership and newspapers of record.
Statistical Universe: Find 130,000+ tables quickly and easily via PowerTables™ functionality. Locate highly sought after statistics from state and federal government reports, private sector sources, and international intergovernmental organizations. PowerTables™ Base Edition delivers over 30,000 tables, PowerTables™ Research Edition delivers an additional 100,000 tables (optional module). Statistical abstract and index modules also available (optional).
