4 Responses

1. Jeromy Says:
   October 15th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

   I feel that Lexis Nexis is crucial in order to keep up with electronic copies of periodicals from across the globe. I am an international political studies major, and I have used Lexis Nexis to find pertinent and relative sources for every single paper that I have done for my major.
   I am very disappointed that Drury has decided to discontinue the subscription.

2. Phyllis Holzenberg Says:
   October 19th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

   Jeromy: Yes, due to budget constraints we had to discontinue our subscription to Lexis-Nexis. However, please look at another database that might serve your needs. It’s called Campus Research and you’ll find it under the alphabetical listing of our databases. We think that Campus Research is comparable to Lexis-Nexis. Phyllis Holzenberg, Interim Library Director

3. Vlad Says:
   October 24th, 2009 at 2:19 am

   Are there any other affordable low budget or free databases? I heard good things about “Dialog” and they have different levels of web based services. For instance “DialogClassic Web” has more than 500,000 sources of scientific, technical, medical, business, news and intellectual property information.

4. Phyllis Holzenberg Says:
   November 4th, 2009 at 8:37 am

   Vlad: as mentioned in my reply to an earlier comment, you might take a look at the Campus Research database and see if it meets your needs. You’ll find access to it through the alphabetical listing of all of our databases from our library web page. I’m afraid that the Dialog database does cost a considerable amount of money, as do most databases. Very few good, academic, full text databases are free or low cost. Phyllis, Interim Library Director

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