Exercise 4 – LexisNexis
Search Questions
Question 1
 Search type: Known item
 1 point
 Libraries have been creative in raising funds and presidential libraries are no exception.
Ronald Reagan’s library sold an assortment of his favorite foods to raise money. What
foods are known to be some of Reagan’s favorites? Include the article that provided your
answer.
Search step 1 – Select Power Search
Search step 2 – search terms enter presidential library and (BODY) favorite foods.
Search step 3 – add key terms: Reagan, Ronald
Search step 4 – add key terms: libraries
Search step 5 - News, All (English, Full Text)
Search step 6 - all available dates
Search step 7 – click search
When I searched for this, I started out looking for fundraisers and that got me no correct results.
I found an article on Nixon’s library and looked at the keywords in the article. I dropped the
term fundraiser/fundraising and went the new direction. I did have to use Google to find out who
The Gipper was, since I did not know that was a nickname for President Reagan. When I
changed to the new search operation, I was able to pull up eight results. Item 6-8 all mention the
sale of “The Gipper’s Favorite Foods” in the gift shop, which is one way the presidential
libraries raise money to support the libraries. His favorite foods are Kraft Macaroni and Cheese,
popcorn, chocolate chip cookies and jelly beans.
The Washington Post
December 19, 1991, Thursday, Final Edition
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Comment [VT1]: Smart move, Judi – that part
was really a red herring and not needed to answer the
question. 
Hail to the Tchotchkes
BYLINE: Jura Koncius
SECTION: HOME; PAGE T7; HOME FRONT
LENGTH: 483 words
Question 2
 Search type: Known item
 1 point
 Some school districts in California report difficulties hiring qualified teachers, especially
teacher-librarians. A school in Sunnyvale, California honored a new member of their
faculty by awarding her "Teacher of the Year" for 2006. What was the name of this
outstanding teacher and from which university did she graduate?
Search step 1 – Select Power Search
Search step 2 – Search terms enter (teacher of the year) and (Sunnyvale) and (teacher-librarian).
Search step 3 - News, All (English, Full Text)
Search step 4 – All dates available
Search step 5 – click search
To begin this research I used the same information as I ended up with, except I had the search
term as Sunnyvale, California. This brought up more results than searchable, so when I removed
California it reduced the results down to four. Three of these articles were the same. The
teacher-librarian of the year for 2006 was Valeries Torres and she received a master’s degree
from San Jose State University.
San Jose Mercury News (California)
January 29, 2007 Monday
LIBRARIAN LEAVES MARK AT SCHOOL
BYLINE: Becky Bartindale, Mercury News
SECTION: B; Pg. 1
LENGTH: 1115 words
GEOGRAPHIC: SAN JOSE, CA, USA (58%) CALIFORNIA, USA (94%) UNITED
STATES (94%)
LOAD-DATE: January 29, 2007
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
PUBLICATION-TYPE: Newspaper
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Question 3
 Search type: Known item
 2 points
 A few years ago law enforcement officers at a UC campus used a taser on a student for
failure to provide an ID at a library. Your client wants to know several key facts about
this incident:
a) What was the name of university and the library where the incident occurred?
b) What was the name of the student who was tasered?
c) Is it true there was a lawsuit settled over the incident?
d) If so, how much money did it settle for and when?
Search step 1 – Select Power Search
Search step 2 – Search terms enter allcaps (UC) and student w/5 taser and lawsuit
Search step 3 - News, All (English, Full Text)
Search step 4 – All dates available
Search step 5 – click search
For this search, I decided to use the Allcaps feature. I was able to pull up six results, and the
second article provided the answers. This was the first search that I was able to quickly pull up
answers without having to change my search terms. I like the Allcap feature. The university
was UCLA, the incident happened in the Powell Library and the students name is Mostafa
Tabatabainejad. There was a lawsuit and it was settled for $220,000.
Question 4
 Search type: Subject
 2 points
 Find articles written in the past two years that discuss user behaviors related to the use of
Google Scholar in academic libraries.
 Pick one that you find most thought-provoking and write 2 or 3 sentences explaining
why.
Search step 1 – Select Power Search
Search step 2 – Search terms enter (academic library) and (google scholar) and behavior
Search step 3 - News, All (English, Full Text)
Search step 4 – Previous 2 years for date
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Comment [VT2]: Yes, it’s handy for this one.
(even works nicely for allcaps(ID) )
Search step 5 – click search
I chose this article because the research in it will be useful towards my final paper. There is study
results that show the 45% of students used Google as their first search location. I found the
information on how different schools searched for information whether it was the scientist who
search for articles or the humanist who search for books and archives. This article had great
search results on how different students search and what they use for searching.
Resource Shelf
August 3, 2010 Tuesday 11:21 AM EST
Preprint Article: Google Scholar Users & User Behaviors: An Exploratory Study
BYLINE: resourceshelf
LENGTH: 156 words
Aug. 3, 2010 (Free Pint Limited delivered by Newstex) -by Gail Herrera
Assistant Dean, Technical Services & Automation
Associate Professor
University of Mississippi Libraries
Anticipated Print Publication Date: March 2011
SUBJECT: LIBRARIES (90%); ACADEMIC LIBRARIES (90%); COLLEGE &
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS (88%) Uncategorized
COMPANY: GOOGLE INC (58%) GOOGLE INC.
ORGANIZATION: UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (91%)
TICKER: GOOG (NASDAQ) (58%) GOOG (NASDAQ)
INDUSTRY: NAICS519130 INTERNET PUBLISHING & BROADCASTING & WEB
SEARCH PORTALS (58%)
LOAD-DATE: August 3, 2010
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
PUBLICATION-TYPE: Web Blog
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Comment [VT3]: I agree. Nice choice.
Question 5
 Search type: Known item
 2 points
 A friend who’s known for telling wild stories says there was a legal case called
something like “United States v. $3,124,977.28”! Find the case to see if this is really true.
Search step 1 – Click MyLexis
Search step 2 – Search terms enter United States and $3,124,977.28
Search step 3 – Jurisdiction – Federal and State combined
Search step 4 – Cases - Federal & State Court Cases - After 1944, Combined
Search step 5 – click search
I was able to pull up two records to show this case is true.
237 Fed. Appx. 271, *; 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 15428, **
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, AMAN KHAN; STELLA KHAN;
ETHEL SAMSON; WALTER SAMSON; MOHAMMED AMIN SHEIKH; ABIDA SHEIKH;
UNITED ELECTRONICS AND TECHNOLOGY, INC.; UNITED AIRCRAFT AND
ELECTRONICS, Claimants - Appellants, v. $ 3,124,977.28 IN U.S. CURRENCY; $ 384,706.72
SEIZED FROM CITICORP BROKERAGE ACCOUNT NO. 44G07699, Defendants.
No. 05-56190
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
237 Fed. Appx. 271; 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 15428
May 9, 2007 , Submitted, Pasadena, California
**
**
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.
App. P. 34(a)(2).
June 22, 2007, Filed
NOTICE: PLEASE REFER TO FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE RULE
32.1 GOVERNING THE CITATION TO UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS.
SUBSEQUENT HISTORY: Subsequent appeal at United States v. $ 3,124,977.28 in United
States Currency, 239 Fed. Appx. 335, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 15429 (9th Cir. Cal., June 22,
2007)
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Question 6
 Search type: Known item (two items)
 2 points
a) Find out who introduced the Children Internet Protection Act (CIPA) bill to the U.S.
Senate and when.
b) Locate case law involving CIPA in which the American Library Association is a party
(plaintiff or defendant).
Search step 1 – Click MyLexis
Search step 2 – Search terms enter (CIPA) and senate
Search step 3 – Jurisdiction – Federal and State combined
Search step 4 – Cases - Federal & State Court Cases - After 1944, Combined
Search step 5 – click search
Senator John McCain introduced CIPA in 2000
539 U.S. 194, *; 123 S. Ct. 2297, **;
156 L. Ed. 2d 221, ***; 2003 U.S. LEXIS 4799
UNITED STATES, et al., Appellants v. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, INC., et al.
No. 02-361
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
539 U.S. 194; 123 S. Ct. 2297; 156 L. Ed. 2d 221; 2003 U.S. LEXIS 4799; 71 U.S.L.W. 4465;
2003 Cal. Daily Op. Service 5397; 16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 415; 29 Comm. Reg. (P & F) 438
March 5, 2003, Argued
June 23, 2003, Decided
PRIOR HISTORY: ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Am. Library Ass'n v. United States, 201 F. Supp. 2d 401, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9537 (E.D. Pa.,
2002)
DISPOSITION: Reversed.
CASE SUMMARY:
PROCEDURAL POSTURE: Appellee library associations and others challenged the
constitutionality of the filtering provisions in the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA),
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114 Stat. 2763A-335. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
held that those provisions were facially invalid on the ground that they induced public libraries to
violate patrons' First Amendment rights. Appellant United States and its agencies appealed.
OVERVIEW: A library's decision to use filtering software was a collection decision, not a
restraint on private speech. A library's need to exercise judgment in making collection decisions
depended on its traditional role in identifying suitable and worthwhile material; it was no less
entitled to play that role when it collected material from the Internet than when it collected
material from any other source. Because public libraries' use of Internet filtering software did not
violate their patrons' First Amendment rights, the CIPA did not induce libraries to violate the
U.S. Constitution, and was a valid exercise of Congress' spending power. Further, the CIPA did
not impose an unconstitutional condition on public libraries. The funding programs were
intended to help public libraries fulfill their traditional role of obtaining material of requisite and
appropriate quality for educational and informational purposes. Congress could insist that these
public funds be spent for the purposes for which they were authorized. A refusal to fund
protected activity, without more, could not be equated with the imposition of a penalty on that
activity.
OUTCOME: The judgment of the district court was reversed.
CORE TERMS: internet, public libraries, patron's, adult, software, filtering, collection, site,
plurality, blocking, censorship, filter, terminal, librarian, pornography, public forum, harmful,
block, message, user, unblocking, strict scrutiny, speech-related, restrictive, technology, disable,
blocked, child pornography, obscenity, unblock
LEXISNEXIS(R) HEADNOTES
Computer & Internet Law > Censorship > Children's Internet Protection Act
Education Law > Libraries > Funding
Education Law > Libraries > Restricted Materials
Governments > Local Governments > Libraries
HN1
Under the Children's Internet Protection Act, 114 Stat. 2763A-335, a public library
may not receive federal assistance to provide Internet access unless it installs software to
block images that constitute obscenity or child pornography, and to prevent minors from
obtaining access to material that is harmful to them.
Communications Law > Internet Services
Education Law > Libraries > Funding
Governments > Local Governments > Libraries
HN2
To help public libraries provide their patrons with Internet access, Congress offers two
forms of federal assistance. First, the E-rate program established by the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56, codified at 47 U.S.C.S. §
151 et seq., entitles qualifying libraries to buy Internet access at a discount. 110 Stat. 71,
47 U.S.C.S. § 254(h)(1)(B). Second, pursuant to the Library Services and Technology
Act, 110 Stat. 3009-295, as amended, 20 U.S.C.S. § 9101 et seq., the Institute of Museum
and Library Services makes grants to state library administrative agencies to electronically
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link libraries with educational, social, or information services, assist libraries in accessing
information through electronic networks, and pay costs for libraries to acquire or share
computer systems and telecommunications technologies. 20 U.S.C.S. § 9141(a)(1)(B) ,
(C) , (E).
Extra Credit
 Search type: Known item
 1 point
 In an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan as he exited the Washington
Hilton Hotel, he and several others were shot by John Hinckley, Jr. According to a report
by a major newswire service, with whom had Hinckley’s brother plan to have dinner the
following evening?
Search step 1 – Select Power Search
Search step 2 – Search terms enter Hinckley w/5 dinner and Reagan and assassination
Search step 3 - News, All (English, Full Text)
Search step 4 – All dates available
Search step 5 – click search
George Bush was to have dinner with Hinckley’s brother the night after Ronald Reagan was
shot.
PERSON: GEORGE H W BUSH (90%); GEORGE W BUSH (78%)
GEOGRAPHIC: AUSTIN, TX, USA (93%); DALLAS, TX, USA (79%) TEXAS, USA (93%)
UNITED STATES (93%); IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF (79%); NICARAGUA (79%)
LOAD-DATE: January 22, 2005
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
PUBLICATION-TYPE: NEWSPAPER
JOURNAL-CODE: GHERLD
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Question
1
Regan favorite foods
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Sunnyvale Teacher of the
Year
3
UC library tasering
4
User behavior re. gScholar in
academic libraries
5
Legal case U.S. v. $$$
6
CIPA bill
Extra
Hinckley’s brother’s dinner
companion
Requirements
Search steps, Results, Answer: what were
his favorite foods
Search steps, Results, Answer: who and
from which university
Search steps, Results, Answer: (a)UC
campus & library; (b)student; (c)lawsuit?
(d) settlement amount
Search steps, Result, Answer: one that’s
most thought-provoking & why
(2-3 sentences)
Search steps, Results, Answer
Search steps, Results, Answer: (a)who
introduced bill in Senate; (b)case with
ALA as party
Search steps, Results, Answer
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This is strong work, Judi, topping off considerable development in your searching skills over the
semester. Well done.
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