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Nexis Uni database tutorial.

Searching in Nexis Uni

Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business, and legal sources from LexisNexis including US Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.

Review the interactive tutorial below for steps on how to search within Nexis Uni.

Click the purple "Next" button to progress through the slides.

Review or download the tutorial below for steps on how to search in Nexis Uni.


1. Go to https://library.usu.edu/ and click on "Articles and Databases" under "Find."

library home page

2. To quickly search for the database Nexis Uni, type it into the search bar or click on the letter "N."

N highlighted to search for database alphabetically

3. Click on the "Nexis Uni" link.

Nexis Uni link highlighted

4. In the search bar type in keywords related to your topic. Then click the search button.

database home page with search bar


Do not type in your entire research question. Break it down into keywords and enter them into the search bar.


5. Related results will populate. Use the filters in the left side column to narrow down the results.

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6. If you find a resource you want to view, click on the title.

example resource highlighted

7. This will take you to a detail page with information about the source.

resource detail page

8. To download the item, click the download icon.

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