Finding Articles in LexisNexis
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HOW TO FIND AN ARTICLE IN LexisNexis WHEN YOU HAVE A CITATION

You have the following citation:

Bhagwati, Jagdish, “The Capital Myth: The Difference Between Trade in Widgets and Dollars,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 1998, vol. 77, no. 3, pp. 7-12.

To find it in LexisNexis, go to the Ginn Library home page, choose Journals and Databases, the A-Z list, and L for Lexis.
Or, from the Tisch Library home page, in the Searching section, choose Databases and Articles, then L for Lexis.
The Lexis database works best with Internet Explorer.

At the Lexis Home Page:

Method 1:

  1. Click on Sources at the top of the page.
  2. Type in the title Foreign Affairs and click the Find Title button.
  3. Click the Search This Title link under the Foreign Affairs listing.
  4. In the Search box (step three), type the phrase capital myth and select Headline as the segment to search in, from the drop-down menu on the right (an alternative would be to search for bhagwati in the Author segment).
  5. In the Date field (step four), make sure that the date range you choose from the drop-down menu is correct (here it could be “previous five years”).
  6. The title “Foreign Affairs” is already filled in for you. Click the Search button.
  7. When the article comes up, click on it to get the full text.

Method 2:

  1. Click on the Guided News Search Tab.
  2. In step one, choose General News.
  3. In step two, choose Magazines and Journals.
  4. In step three, type the phrase capital myth in the first box and chose Headline from the drop-down menu on the right.
  5. Make sure the date range, chosen from the drop-down menu in step four, is correct (in this case choose “previous five years”).
  6. In step five, type Foreign Affairs as the publication title at the bottom; click the Search button.
  7. One article will come up; click on it and the full text will open.