Special considerations for publications and articles

With 39,000+ sources, LexisNexis^® news coverage is one of the most comprehensive news offerings available, including access to the New York Times^®, The Wall Street Journal^®, and other key sources for legal news. However, there may be times when you search for an article on Lexis and can’t seem to find it. Below we explain a few reasons this may occur.

“Missing” articles that appear in Print: On occasion there may be articles that are not in the News on Lexis^®/Lexis+^® that appear in the physical print publication. In this case, the publisher may not have secured rights to reprint/include the articles in online offerings.

“Missing” articles that otherwise appear on a publication’s website: It is possible that a publication/publisher’s website includes articles that will not appear in the actual print publication, most often due to either timing or space constraints in the print version or both. If the News includes the online version of a publication (ex. The New York Times), there may be a time lag between when it appeared on the website and when LexisNexis^® has it in the News.

Article/publication load-dates and embargoes: LexisNexis^® is reliant on our Licensors to provide a feed of their publications. In many instances, the licensed articles/publications appear the same day as publication. In other instances, the agreements have the articles/publications made available to our customers on the “publication date” (“cover date” for magazines and other publications). Many publications, especially monthly and weekly magazines, publish and start selling an issue with a publication date in advance of when consumers can purchase it. This is both to appear more current and to allow newsstands the opportunity to keep them on the shelf longer.

For several publishers, licensing agreements will place an embargo on when we can have or load the publications. This could range from a single day, to “cover date”, to weeks.

For additional new tips, shortcuts, and best practices, please see our News Research Guide and/or reach out to your Knowledge & Research Consultant.