The New Version of Academic Universe and the Product Suite

Presented by

Beth P. Bigman, J.D., Information Professional Consultant

Why is LexisNexis ™

Making These Changes?

•Student Feedback

•Librarian Feedback

• Increase Product Performance

• Branding

Current Version of Academic Universe

New Version: Quick News Search is Default/Home Page

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Note: New colors and branding

Note: New colors and branding

Quick Search looks for a keyword or phrase within selected fields – an “or” is implied when more than one word is used without quotes

Quick Search looks for a keyword or phrase within selected fields – an “or” is implied when more than one word is used without quotes

Icons to other members of product suite removed for cleaner look

Icons to other members of product suite removed for cleaner look

Access to other frequently used search forms is made easier by placing them on the Home page

Access to other frequently used search forms is made easier by placing them on the Home page

• Looks only in selected fields (headline, lead paragraph and index terms fields) for your phrase or keyword

• Phrases must be surrounded with quotes• Does not perform a full text search• Returns an answer set of less than 1,000 results• Display formats limited to Documents List and Full• Results in Document List are ranked according to

relevancy• Enables user to search across multiple English-language

news categories for up to 2 year period• Will not accept wildcards or connectors

More On Quick Search

Search Results from “Terrorism” Quick Search - New Look & Feel

FOCUS moved to top of search results screen

FOCUS moved to top of search results screen

New directions for tagging and printing, but same functionality as previously

New directions for tagging and printing, but same functionality as previously

Quick Search Relevancy Sort Can be Changed to a Date Sort

Click on the “Sort by Date” button

Click on the “Sort by Date” button

Results Now Display Based on Date, in Reverse Chronological

Order

Global Source List- Same Functionality, New Colors

Source List Results, “About This Title” Link Expanded

What’s New Link Added to Top Navigation BarUsers can access

the What’s New from anywhere in the product…

Users can access the What’s New from anywhere in the product…

Upon Clicking on Link, Users Will be Taken to a Site Maintained by our Marketing Department

Other Changes in the “New AU”

• Clicking on Tips in Quick Search and Guided Search opens a separate browser window

• Examples help text regarding sample date search syntax will be subsumed under other help text in Tips

Sub-menu page for Legal Research

Other sub-menu pages, i.e. Business, will have similar look and feel

Other sub-menu pages, i.e. Business, will have similar look and feelNote: Legal News

has been moved to Guided Search form and is no longer accessible here.

Note: Legal News has been moved to Guided Search form and is no longer accessible here.

Guided News Search

Business News & Legal News are now accessible via Guided News Search only

Business News & Legal News are now accessible via Guided News Search only

News sources in Step two are dynamically populated, based on what user chooses in Step 1

News sources in Step two are dynamically populated, based on what user chooses in Step 1

Search form spells out Steps 1- 3, making searching easier

Search form spells out Steps 1- 3, making searching easier

Guided News includes All News Categories in One

Place*

*Except for Medical News, which is still searchable under the Medical Sub - Menu

*Except for Medical News, which is still searchable under the Medical Sub - Menu

Get a Case

Same functionality as in current product, but order of citation and party name buttons modified

Same functionality as in current product, but order of citation and party name buttons modified

Results for Roe v. Wade Search

Company Information Search

Company Information Quick Search only searches US Public Companies and US Private Companies.

Company Information Quick Search only searches US Public Companies and US Private Companies.

Current Statistical Universe Product

Statistical Universe Change - PowerTables ™ Becomes Default Screen

Congressional Product - New Branding Look and Feel

History Product– Partitioned Results Resemble Those in Congressional

Other Products in the Suite

• Universe name to drop off

• Same color and branding changes as we’ve seen with Congressional, Statistical and History products

• Pictorial icons will go away and be replaced with text (product or search form name)

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