The Reference Folder on both www.nexis.com (under Power Search, Find More Sources) and www.lexis.com (under the Legal Tab) contains a large collection of reference materials. Within this folder, sources are grouped together by subject. The subjects cover a wide range of areas such as Biographies, General, Law, and Medical.
Biographical Reference Sources:
LexisNexis provides a wide variety of biographical materials that may be searched simultaneously or individually. In addition to providing reference-type publications, the Biographies folder also contains selected biographical documents from leading newspapers to supplement the biographical data.
Some of the leading sources in this folder are:
Biographies (Reference Folder / Biographies / Biographies)
The Biographies group file contains all biographical references and directories. This source does NOT contain newspaper coverage. Click here for a list of the biographical sources covered in this grouping.
Biographical Information Sources (Reference Folder / Biographies / Biographical Information Sources)
This source contains all biographical sources in the Biographies source listed above, plus people-related news sources and selected biographical stories, obituaries and business related stories covering company executives. Click here for a list of the biographical sources covered in this grouping.
Gale Biographies (Reference Folder / Biographies / Gale Biographies)
Gale Biographies, from Gale Research Inc. is a reference source containing more than 100,000 profiles on people from all facets of life and from all regions of the globe. The profiles are in one of two formats, full-text essays or fielded sketches (directory-type
summaries). Click here for more information on this source.
Marquis Who’s Who Biographies (Reference Folder / Biographies /
Marquis Who’s Who Biographies)
The complete Marquis Who's Who Biographies Database contains over 750,000 active and inactive biographies from several Who's Who publications. For more information on this source, and to see the list of Who’s Who publications covered by this source, click here.
The Almanac of American Politics (Reference Folder / Biographies / The Almanac of American Politics)
The Almanac of American Politics analyzes elected political figures in the House and Senate, governors, big city mayors and the presidency. Detailed geographic, social, economic, political and cultural analyses are also provided for electoral districts, states and territories. Click here for more detailed information on this source.
General Reference Sources:
Many “general” reference sources are included in your contract with LexisNexis. These sources may be used to look up factual data, statistics, or events. Some sources in this folder include:
Encyclopedia of Associations (Reference Folder / General / Encyclopedia of Associations)
The Encyclopedia of Associations is a comprehensive reference tool of detailed information concerning more than 100,000 nonprofit membership associations worldwide. Click here to read more about this source on LexisNexis.
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia (Reference Folder / General / Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia)
The Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia contains over 25,000 topics, both specific and broad categories of knowledge. Whether used for quick reference, research and school work, background reading or browsing, the Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia provides access to essential information, guidance for further study and authority, accuracy and currency expected of an encyclopedia.
Collected Quotations (Reference Folder / Collected Quotations)
Collected Quotations consists of 3,500 Good Quotes for Speakers (Reference Folder / General / Good Quotes for Speakers, 3,500). This source provides quotes useful in preparing speeches or presentations, and can also be helpful for verifying the accuracy of quotes. Click on the link above to read more about this source on LexisNexis.
There are many more Reference sources available – please visit this folder to see hundreds of other publications.
Law Reference Sources:
This grouping of materials includes legal dictionaries, usage manuals, and directories.
Ballentine’s Law Dictionary, 3rd Edition (Reference Folder / Law / Ballentine’s Law Dictionary, 3rd Edition)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary contains over 40,000 definitions of legal term "based on the actual construction of thse terms by courts of last resort, with each case cited to the page on which the definition appears."
Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations (Reference Folder / Law / Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations)
This file contains Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations: Reference Guide for Attorneys, Legal Secretaries, Paralegals and Law Students, 4th Edition, by Mary Miles Prince. According to the author, this dictionary "facilitates the search for the precise meaning of the abbreviations and acronyms and symbols found in reporters, legal treatises, law reviews, selected documents, loose-leaf services, legal encyclopedias, law dictionaries, legal reference books and citators."
Manual of Legal Citation (Reference Folder / Law / Manual of Legal Citation)
The University of Chicago Manual of Legal Citation is published
by the University of Chicago. It is a set of guidelines that
provides a simple workable system of citation for legal writing.
The guidelines are intended to cover all varieties of legal
writing, including but not limited to briefs, legal memoranda,
judicial opinions, and academic writing.
Medical Reference Sources:
This folder contains medical directories, dictionaries, and manuals as well as MedLine bibliographic references.
Merriam Webster’s Medical Desk Dictionary (Reference Folder / Medical / Merriam Webster’s Medical Desk Dictionary)
An up-to-date, comprehensive reference containing over 55,000 entries with definitions based on original evidence of how terminology is used in contemporary medical literature. Includes abbreviations, and example of actual word use in context.
Mosby’s Medical Drug Reference (Reference Folder / Medical / Mosby’s Medical Drug Reference)
MOSBY'S MEDICAL DRUG REFERENCE provides physicians and health care providers with useful drug information for more than 850 generic and 2,600 trade drugs commonly dispensed in the U.S. This drug source focuses on the most commonly prescribed drugs, side effects, interactions, and cost of therapy.
Medline References (Reference Folder / Medical / MedLine / MedLine References)
MEDLINE(R) is a bibliographic database of medical journals dating back to 1966 from the National Library of Medicine. This file contains all Medline references.