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LexisNexis Scholastic Edition

PRODUCT OVERVIEW

LexisNexis Scholastic Edition includes News, Legal, Legislative and Statistics.

• NEWS: Newspapers, magazines, broadcast transcripts, wire services and foreign language news sources are included (French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian and German). Publications such as the New York Times and the Washington Post date back to 1980. We also carry Business Week, ABC, CBS and NBC News transcripts, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire. 

• LEGAL RESEARCH: This module will make it easy for secondary students to answer questions about the law of the land as well as about individual state laws. This module includes U.S. Supreme Court cases, State High Court, Law Review articles, federal laws from 1988 to present and state law digests from all 50 states.

• LEGISLATION: With the Scholastic Universe Legislation module, secondary-school students easily can follow the federal and state legislative process, tracking both bills under consideration and bills passed. There are facts about members of Congress, the history of voting reports, U.S. and state bill tracking reports plus full text of the bills, and the Congressional Record with debates from the House and Senate floor. 

•  STATISTICS: The Scholastic Universe Statistics module supplies easy Web access to world-renowned statistical sources such as the Statistical Abstract of the U.S., American Statistics Index (ASI) which provides indexing and abstracts to U.S. government statistical publications.  Students can view the text, charts and tables from each publication.

Two companion products may be purchased:

• Primary Sources in U.S. History - includes African American History, American Women's History, and U.S. Presidential History.

• AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: This is a separate service from LexisNexis Scholastic Universe, but is offered for purchase to secondary schools and may be trialed on a free four-week basis. No other African American Web research service offers: All major federal legislation pertaining to race relations, 1792-1994; complete U.S. Supreme Court decisions on race, 1806-1994; reference articles on major figures, events, artistic works, laws and court decisions that shaped the African American experience; manuscript material on pivotal episodes in the struggle for civil rights; autobiographies of prominent African Americans; scholarly articles from academic journals and important anthologies, including The Journal of Negro History.

• AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY: Explore the personal and institutional forces that shaped the lives of American women during three centuries of U.S. history. Investigate the vital issues that confirmed or challenged individual and societal values, that mobilized movements for or against change, and that touched succeeding generations of women and their families.

• U.S. PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY: This service, new in 2001, debuts with speeches, scholarly articles, and reference articles covering all presidents and their administrations. In addition, in-depth material such as manuscript collections are provided for selected presidents, beginning with Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson. Numbered executive orders are also included, currently covering the Lincoln through Theodore Roosevelt administrations. Each quarterly update will add detailed information on additional presidents and enrich the store of information for administrations already covered.

• LexisNexis Environmental - Now there is a tool you can turn to for more efficient and targeted searches on a wide range of today's key environmental issues from a diverse collection of source types. Avoid wasting valuable time and energy scrolling through a document list from a search engine that may contain hundreds (or even thousands) of irrelevant documents from unreliable sources. Use a tailored product for a comprehensive search of topics from sources and documents you trust.

  Search LexisNexis Environmental on a wide range of topics including Energy, Air Pollution, Toxicology, Land Use and Pollution, Water Pollution, Wildlife/Biodiversity, Population/Sustainable Development, Global Warming, Waste Management, and Agriculture.

  Search LexisNexis Environmental's diverse collection of source types: Journals, Conference papers and proceedings, Federal and state government reports, Major daily newspapers, Consumer and trade magazines, Newsletters, Law reviews, Environmental codes, Case law, and Regulatory agency decisions.

Web accessibility (ADA, Section 508 compliance): LexisNexis is in compliance with the provisions of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Compliance with the provisions of Section 508 is a standard component within the LexisNexis product development process.  LexisNexis addresses the needs of people with disabilities during all phases of product planning, development, support, and training.

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