Anyone have access to a lexisnexis.com account?

[GoldenBear]

I've heard good things about it, and was wondering what people's experience with it was?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I do. What would you be using it for? I strongly prefer Westlaw for essentially the same kind of service. They are both quite costly unless you have an unlimited account through your employer or you are a law student.

 

[flabbergasted]

<< I do. What would you be using it for? I strongly prefer Westlaw for essentially the same kind of service. They are both quite costly unless you have an unlimited account through your employer or you are a law student. >>



I concur. I prefer Westlaw. I work as the part-time sys-admin for a small lawfirm and they have unlimited Westlaw for everyone, and I hear it's mind-bogglingly expensive (well from my broke college student perspective). I've had the opportunity to use both, and there are pros and cons to each, but in the end, I like Westlaw better.

 

[pulpp]

hmm....... intresting site, what exactly can you expect in there?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

<< hmm....... intresting site, what exactly can you expect in there? >>



Lexis is primarily an exhaustive legal reasearch facility, but it also features a vast archive of a variety of newspapers and periodicals. As such, it is widely used by legal professionals and journalists, and so it is quite expensive.