Best Practices Example

Name: Phyllis Holman Weisbard
Title: Women's Studies Librarian
Institution: UW-System
Street Address: 728 State Street
City/State/Zip: Madison, WII 53706
Phone: (608) 263-5754
Email: pweisbard@library.wisc.edu

Title of practice of implementation method: Finding Articles from Contemporary Women's Issues Database within Lexis-Nexis

Primary Audience: undergraduates
Secondary Audience: faculty

Describe the practice: This tutorial guides users through the steps of locating and searching for articles from numerous women-and-gender-related publications buried within LEXIS-NEXIS (LN), from the database CONTEMPORARY WOMEN'S ISSUES (CWI). It then goes on to teach effective search mechanisms applicable to any fulltext database Boolean, (truncation, proximity, synonyms) and some features specific to LN. NOTE: This tutorial is designed for users on campuses with subscriptions to LN, but not to CWI. It is not recommended for users on campuses with direct subscriptions to CWI, since some publications in CWI are lacking in the LN version.

Comments: Co-author: Pamela O'Donnell

Competencies addressed through this practice:
3. Formulate and efficiently execute search queries appropriate for the information resource.

Supporting materials/resources used and their format: Web site: http://www.library.wisc.edu/projects/ggfws/iwitutorials/lexisnexis/iwslexisnexis.htm

Special Requirements: None - just a web browser.

References consulted:

Would you provide the committee with a copy of any handouts? yes
Would you allow the committee to share this information on this web site and link to any online resources? yes