Lexis (Lexis Advance)

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Description

  • Material type: Laws, court decisions, patents, newspaper articles, etc.
  • Available on: Campus
  • Language: English
  • Full text: Partially available
  • Number of concurrent accesses: Unlimited

Lexis (Lexis Advance) provides access to U.S. federal and state law sources as well as sources of international law and the laws of a growing number of other jurisdictions. Sources vary by jurisdiction, but may include constitutions, legislation, legislative history, statutory codes, regulations, regulatory materials, cases, case digests, citators, public records, law reviews, treatises, and general and legal news.
→Outline of the database (in Japanese)

  • Major world newspaper, magazine articles
  • Overview and financial information on major world companies
  • Industry/ Market information
  • Information about people
  • Science / Technology
  • U.S. Public Records
  • U.S. Legal cases
  • U.S. Constitution / Statutes / Regulations
  • U.S. Congressional bills / Congress
  • U.S. government documents
  • Law information other than U.S
  • Law Review / Journal full-text articles
  • Law secondary material
  • Intellectual property rights

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Connecting from on-campus, anyone can use this service.

Notes about Use

  • Cookies must be enabled in order to use this service. Be sure to turn “Cookies” ON.
  • There are no limits on the number of simultaneous users.
  • The university’s contract is for the Lexis service. LexisNexis JP is a separate service, and is not available.
  • Remote access is not permitted. For details on how to use from off-campus, please confirm "Connecting from off-campus/Use the personal preferences".

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To use this service from outside the university or to use the personal preferences, it is necessary to obtain ID and password.

Application

Print out the application below, fill in the information and submit it to the reference desk at any library.
Only University of Tsukuba members (enrolled students, full-time faculty and staff) may apply.
*Access is not available for emeritus professors, non-full-time lecturers, credited auditors and non-degree research students.

If you are unable to visit the library, please follow the application procedure below.

  1. Download the application below and fill in the required information.
  2. Send the application from the university domain address (@ xx.tsukuba.ac.jp).
      Title: Lexis usage application
      Text: Your affiliation, name, and email address
      Destination:
       Reference & ILL Section(Tsukuba) ref@tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp
       Otsuka Library(Tokyo) ill-otsuka@tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp
  3. Reply will be arrived from the library staff.

If you apply while enrolled as an undergraduate student, the ID and password will remain valid even after you advance to a graduate program, for example, as long as you are a university member (there is no need to reapply).

  • Database use application formLexis.pdf(PDF:301KB) Lexis.docx (Word:17KB)
    • It takes about one or two weeks to issue the ID. Please allow for this when submitting an application.
    • When the ID is issued, Lexis (LAWelcomeKit@lexisnexis.com) will send an email. Please add the email address to your safe sender list in your security software.
    • Please enter the user ID and email address clearly and legibly on the application. If the writing cannot be easily read, it may not be possible to process the application.

Notes about Use

  • Cookies must be enabled in order to use this service. Be sure to turn “Cookies” ON.
  • When you have completed your search, please sign out. (You can select from "More" in the upper right of the screen by pulldown.)
  • There are no limits on the number of simultaneous users.
  • The university’s contract is for the Lexis service. LexisNexis JP is a separate service, and is not available.
  • On the LexisNexis site, there is a Custom ID function that allows you to freely set your ID and password, but this Custom ID is not connected in any way to the library. (if you forget your Custom ID or password, there is nothing that the library can do to assist.)

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*Forgotten Password

If you forget a password that you have set yourself, please follow the steps below to reset it.

  1. Click "Fogot your Password?" on the login screen at Lexis.
  2. Select "Fogot password" and enter your ID.
  3. Click "Submit", and you will be asked the security question that you set.
  4. Enter the answer and click "Submit".

If you don’t know the answer to the security question, contact the reference desk. It will take about 1 week to reissue the password.

Manual

Quick Reference Guide(PDF)