stephanie
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Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:13 PM
To: Discussion of LexisNexis services for academic and public libraries
Subject: Re: [Lnacademic] book reviews, art reviews
There are several good ways to do this, either using index terms or source selection. The most comprehensive search is probably to use the first method with the “News (All, English)” source selected.
1. Power Search with indexing
- First, pick your source. If the source you want to search is not offered as an option in the dropdown, use the “Find more sources” option to pick one or more sources.
- Back in the Power Search form can use the “Add keywords” option to pop up the index terms tool
- Select the “Subject” taxonomy in the dropdown box at top right
- Select the “Hierarchy” radio button at top
- Browse down to the “Reports, Reviews, and Sections” category and expand it to reveal the index terms for Book Reviews etc.
- Select the term(s) you want to add to your search and click the “OK” button at bottom right
- This will return you to the Power Search form ready to add your search terms and date restriction
2. News search with indexing
- Select “Terms & Connectors” search
- Enter your search terms in the first search box; accept the “Anywhere in document” option in the dropdown or restrict to “Headline and lead paragraph”
- Enter “review” in the second search box; use the dropdown to restrict to “In indexing”
- Pick your source
- Add a date restriction and search
3. Use sources to search reviews
You can also choose a source that focuses on reviews. Some of these are individual titles (Kirkus Review), others are group sources that pull together many book reviews from different sources (Movie Reviews), and some are slices of specific sources that pull out just the book reviews (Library Journal’s Reviews). Use one of the two methods listed to choose a source, or the direct links. This will take you to the Power Search form, ready to add your search terms and date restriction.
3a. You can look up these sources in the Source Selection tab by searching on “reviews”
3b. You can browse to these sources, select the Industry radio button at the top of the Source browse, then select the Entertainment & Arts folder
3c. Here are direct links to the most popular sources for reviews:
Arts & Books Review
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=304110
Book, Movie, Music, Play, and Video Reviews (this is the broadest source for just reviews)
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=11696
Book Reviews
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=5605
Movie Reviews
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=11695
Music Reviews
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=11691
Play Reviews
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=11690
Video Reviews
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=11689
Kirkus Reviews
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=11469
Library Journal's Reviews
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=256618
Publisher's Weekly Reviews
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=256570
School Library Journal's Reviews
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=256569
Best regards,
Alistair
Alistair Morrison | Product Manager, LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis, 7500 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 1300, Bethesda MD 20814
Telephone: 301-951-4529 | Switchboard: 800-638-8380 | Fax: 301-652-1273
Email: alistair.morrison@lexisnexis.com
Website: http://academic.lexisnexis.com
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