Nexis Uni (formerly known as LexisNexis Academic Universe) is a subscription database that allows you to access law reviews, legal research, company profiles, newspapers, and more. Here are some tips for using Nexis Uni.
1. Accessing:
Access Nexis Uni from the Library's Databases A-Z list.
If you are off-campus, you will first sign into the Database Authentication screen with your Purchase ID and password. (This is the same authentication screen to access all library databases remotely).
Next, you will either be taken directly to the Nexis Uni search screen OR you may encounter the sign in screen below. Just click "Continue as a Guest" in the lower right of the Nexis Uni home screen, embedded within the image.
Signing in directly to Nexis Uni or registering for an account is not required. The ID and password boxes on the Nexis Uni home screen do not refer to your Purchase ID, but to a free Nexis Uni user account you may choose to create. Creating a user account is optional; it lets you save searches and store items in folders on the Nexis Uni platform. If you desire to create a Nexis Uni account, click "Create a profile." (Not required).
You should still have access to all of Nexis Uni's content in guest mode.
2. Searching:
- You can use the headers at the top to narrow your search to a particular content type such as News, Companies, Market Insights, or Legal
- For Legal research, you can also use the Federal, State, and other content type limiters to further narrow your search
- Try the Power Search to search across many content types
- Once you perform a search and see your results, you can further limit by type (i.e. News, biogrpahies, cases, statutes, legal news, law reviews and journals, etc).
Here's an example of how to search for law reviews. The same principle applies for looking up news, publications, cases, company profiles, etc.
3. Troubleshooting:
If you have problems accessing Nexis Uni, try these tips:
- Make sure you access Nexis Uni from the Library's website, not from a Google search.
- Clear your browser's cache/history and try again.
- Try accessing Nexis Uni from another browser (i.e. if you are using Safari, switch to Chrome, Edge or Firefox).
- There have been reports of Nexis Uni sometimes not working correctly on Windows PCs from off-campus. Nexis Uni appears to work correctly on Macs from off-campus.
- Finally, we want to hear if something isn't working so we can fix the problem! Please take screenshots of any error messages you encounter and email the E-Resources Librarian Carrie Marten (carrie.marten@purchase.edu) or the general Library email: ask@purchase.libanswers.com