LEXISNEXIS® LIBRARIAN CERTIFICATE OF MASTERY FOR THE GOVERNMENT LIBRARIAN
The LexisNexis Certificate of Mastery is bigger and better than ever. The series has been enhanced to give you two solid accelerated half-day certificate modules. With exposure to both lexis.com and nexis.com, your comprehensive learning experience covers legal, news, and business research - all in one day.
- 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Spend the morning on lexis.com with a focus on legal research and its outstanding LexisNexis primary legal and secondary legal content
- 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM. Switch to nexis.com and your afternoon focus becomes the extraordinary news and business content
Course Descriptions:
Legal Research on lexis.com
Get the most out of your primary law research by taking full advantage of LexisNexis editorial enhancements like Case Summaries, Core Terms and Core Concepts to enrich your research of caselaw, statutes and regulations. Draw on the full power of the Shepard’s® Citations Service as both a cite-checking tool and a research tool. Explore the value of the Practitioners Toolbox, Research Task Pages, Area of Law Specialty Tabs, Search by Topic and Area of Law, and more.
Then move on to working with analytical resources on lexis.com. Thoroughly investigate the types of sources that provide an overview of a legal topic and explore new methods of seeking insight and background information on an issue. Discover how to use a broad range of analytical resources on lexis.com.
News and Business Research on nexis.com
Start the program with a focus on effective news research. Deepen your understanding of how to use the extensive content available to you on nexis.com to find what you need in the news, whether doing domestic or international research; searching on subjects, people, industries, or companies; or staying informed on topics of importance to your agency or organization.
Then expand your business research skills on nexis.com, whether gathering information on an industry; examining a particular company, its product, financials, senior management, and competitive situation; conducting due diligence research; and more. Learn how to use the business, trade, and statistical sources on lexis.com to answer your business research questions.
Class schedules will be posted throughout the year as the series is offered.
