If you need to brush up on your knowledge of Boolean searching (and, or), wildcards (! and *), and connectors (w/s, w/p, w/n, etc.), go to the LexisNexis™ Academic Knowledge Base for a quick tutorial:

http://support.lexis-nexis.com/academic/

• Select the category of news you'd like to search (World news, U.S. news, Business news, Legal news, etc.)
  
  
• Select the type of source you'd like to search (Major newspapers, Regional newspapers, Trade magazines, etc.)
  
  
• Combine search terms using Boolean operators (AND, OR, AND NOT, etc.) and wildcards (! and *)
  
  
• Specify the type of term you'd like to search for (Title, Author, Company name, Ticker symbol, etc.)
  
  
• Search for a specific date or date range
  
  
• Search specific publications by their title

Using LexisNexis™ Academic Business Search, you can find:

• Financial reports that include balance sheets, income statements, financial ratios, and more.
  
  
• Company profiles that include executives' names and salaries, companies' products, competitors' names, companies' histories, and more.
  
  
• Company comparisons by sales, income, employees, and location. Unfortunately, you can't compare two companies side-by-side.
  
  
• SEC Filings & Reports (10-K annual reports, prospectuses, etc.)

Using LexisNexis™ Academic Legal Search, you can find:

• full text articles from law reviews
  
  
• the full text of federal and state cases
  
  
• the full text of federal and state codes and regulations
  
  
• cases by topic
  
  
• Shepard's® citations for U.S. Supreme Court cases.