LexisNexis Certificate of Mastery for Government Librarians - Webinar Series

It's back! The LexisNexis Certificate of Mastery for Government Librarians will be offered via webinar on November 13th and again on December 15th.

The LexisNexis Certificate of Mastery for Government Librarians is composed of four modules:

Module 1: Case Law Research/Shepard’s Citation Service
Module 2: Statutory and Regulatory Research
Module 3: Researching with Secondary Sources
Module 4: Company and News Research

Program Description:

The Certificate program is a great way to keep up professionally. Build your expertise on Lexis Advance. You'll take the classes virtually with other government librarians and will receive a certificate for the completion of the four-class series.

The LexisNexis Certificate of Mastery Series for Government is taught by Marie Kaddell, LexisNexis Sr. Information Professional Consultant.

Modules in Series:

Module 1 will focus on researching case law. We’ll also look at site navigation, search strategies, using filters, the Search Term Map, Shepardizing, the Legal issue Trail, Practice Area Centers, and more.

Module 2 will focus on researching regulations, administrative codes, and administrative agency decisions. We’ll look at using filters, Table of Contents, browsing topics and sources, setting up alerts, working with your history, and more.

Module 3 will focus on researching with analytical resources on Lexis Advance. We’ll review secondary sources like law reviews, legal encyclopedias, and legal newsletters. We’ll also go over connectors, search commands, and more.

Module 4 will focus on news and business research on Lexis Advance. We will explore some of the 26,000+ news and business sources available on Lexis Advance.We'll also take a look at special tools like the Advance Search Forms.

Dates and Times for the four-module webinar series:

The webinar schedule is set up so that you can attend this four-session series in the way that works best for you. Take the classes all in one day, or split them between the two dates.

Monday, November 13th