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From Cathy Michael
- How to search for news using segment searches (February 2021)
From LexisNexis:
- Steps to Self Register
Trouble Shooting: If you are trying to Self Register (upper right of the screen) and are not seeing the Registration button (should appear on the right half of the screen), try either reloading the website (it may take a couple times), or, try opening it in an incognito browsing window. The user name and password you select does not have to be the same as Netpass; if it is, it will remain the same and not update when your Netpass changes. - Nexis Uni for Students Course (January 2023) Use the TOC to access how to video instructions on basic getting started skills
- Nexis Uni: Legal Research videos ; Legal Research "10 Minute Training" selection
- Nexis Uni: Learn to search with terms & connectors
Universal Characters and Wildcards
Use a ? to find variations of a word
Use a question mark (?) to find variations of a word by replacing characters anywhere in the word, except the first character. Use one question mark for each character you wish to replace. Example: wom?n would find woman and women ; p??erson would find both the ea and the ie spelling of the name
Using * or an ! to find variations of a word
Use an asterisk (*) or an exclamation mark (!) to find a root word plus all the words made by adding letters to the end of it.
Example: Employ* would find variations on the term employ such as employee, employer, employment, and their plurals
Tip: Use * only to find unique roots: fir! will find fired, firing and fires but will also find words which you may not want (ex. firment)
You can use an exclamation mark (!) in place of the * if you wish. Both function in the same way but there must be at least 3 characters in from of the ! or you might receive unexpected results