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LexisNexis Revolutionizes Congressional Research
New Interface and Single-Search Capabilities Bring Together More Than 200 Years of Congressional Archives
DAYTON, OH, January 19, 2006 - LexisNexis® U.S., a leading provider of news, business and legal information services, will unveil its redesigned LexisNexis® Congressional interface during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, from January 20th to the 23rd.
More than 200 years of rich congressional archives can now be searched online within seconds. A new user-friendly interface and improved functionality allow users to easily search across different data sources, such as legislative histories, published or unpublished hearings, bills, and House and Senate reports — all within a single search.
Once again, LexisNexis has revolutionized the way congressional information can be retrieved; this time by simplifying its search interface and enhancing its controlled vocabulary indexing.
When a user begins their search they have three primary options:
1) The Basic Search form allows novice and advanced users to conduct general searches in either natural language or with Boolean connectors of abstracts, titles, controlled vocabulary and other bibliographic data, excluding full text for fast, relevant, targeted results.
2) The Advanced Search allows for flexibility and specificity. This gives more experienced users the ability to search in both full text and metadata for optimum results. Here the user can choose to access one, all, or a combination of collections in their subscription.
3) The Search By Number form is for targeted searches of congressional publications that reference a bill, or a publication number, or are associated with a public law or other numbered information. Search by Number helps users find a specific record by publication number, SuDoc or CIS accession number, or a specific legislative history by enacted-bill number, public law number or statutes-at-large citation. The redesigned interface also provides sample citations to help users select the appropriate format when entering the number they wish to search.
Search options can be restricted by date, or Congress, as well as full text, or only metadata. Enhanced segment searching can pinpoint information by source, subject, title, witness, witness affiliation, or author. LexisNexis Congressional also provides the option of downloading large documents in different sections.
"It’s exciting to work on a project of this magnitude because it’s giving academia access to a complete and easy-to-use repository of congressional information," says Tim Fusco, LexisNexis vice president of publishing operations for LexisNexis Corporate and Public Markets. "After all, the U.S. Congress is one of the world’s best information sources for understanding public policy, history, sociology, political science, technology and our society."
The LexisNexis Congressional redesign is a result of the LexisNexis vision to provide users with the ability to simultaneously search across related collections, such as hearings, House and Senate reports and documents, legislative histories, and the U.S. Serial Set documents and maps.
Demonstrations will be given at LexisNexis booth #1508. For a special demo and interview with LexisNexis executives, please contact Jennifer Aleknavage at (301) 526-6311, or visit Booth #1508.
For more information on the LexisNexis® Congressional Digital Collection, go to: www.lexisnexis.com/redesign.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com ), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based Lexis® and Nexis® research services, the company includes some of the world’s most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, JurisClasseur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.
LexisNexis provides solutions for organization-wide information needs of corporate, legal, federal, and academic professionals. LexisNexis has been gathering and indexing congressional information for more than 35 years and is now a recognized source for locating congressional and legislative information.
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