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Re: Lexis/Nexis UNIVerse
We are looking at it very seriously but many of our librarians have pointed out this is a much different product -- perhaps still wonderful but significantly different. Our area studies bibliographers are especially disappointed. tony Anthony W. Ferguson Associate University Librarian Columbia University Libraries Tel. 212-854-7401 (NEW NUMBER!!!!!!) Fax. 212-222-0331 > Hello Licensers, > > Are many of you looking at the Web site license version of Lexis/Nexis > (UNIVerse)? We have been reviewing it with interest...it certainly provides > some obvious benefits (Web interface is much easier to use, site access > speaks for itself, full text printing, and additional Reference Databases > (BIP, Ulrich's, Encyclopedia of Assoc). > > HOWEVER, all "Topic" searches search the HLEAD segment only...keyword > searches of full text are not possible. This "may" be an option after the > first of the year. More troubling, nothing in any of the documentation > alerts users to this limitation. LEGIS materials (Legislative histories, > bill tracking, bill text) have also been left out, and while the earlier > information was they "would be added soon," the current information is that > they won't be added at all because they are included in Cong Compass (owned > by Elsevier). I'm anxious to find out what other libraries have looked at > UNIVerse, and what your reactions are (and what other undocumented changes > you may be aware of...) > > > Carole Richter > Electronic Services Coordinator > University of Notre Dame Libraries > (219)631-8405 > richter.8@nd.edu
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