Sample News Release
SUGGESTED USES: Customize this news release with your library's
name and the name of a library contact. Then send it to campus newspapers,
local newspapers, political science and history department newsletters,
and other information outlets on campus. Post it on your Web page.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(date)
Contact (your name)
(your e-mail or voice address)
(NAME OF LIBRARY) ADDS NEW WEB-BASED DATABASE OF
CONGRESSIONAL INFORMATION
(city, state) -- A new Web-based service that allows users to locate
the full text of comprehensive information from and about the U.S.
Congress is now available at (library name). The new service is
called LexisNexis Congressional and provides access to
more than 25 years of congressional information, including facts
and figures on almost any topic of current interest. It covers the
full text of congressional working papers and bills, as well as
the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, the U.S. Code,
and the Congressional Record. It provides access to a wide variety
of additional information, including member biographical and committee
assignment information, voting records, and financial data.
With the LexisNexis Congressional service, researchers
can pinpoint expert testimony on the leading issues of the day;
tap authoritative sources of statistics, projections, and analyses;
discover a law's intent by tracing its legislative history; gauge
congressional attitudes toward current topics; find out how members
of Congress voted on legislation; investigate the finances of members
of Congress; monitor legislation and public policy on almost any
topic; review the federal regulations that implement legislation;
and learn the makeup and mission of congressional committees.
The database is available campus-wide, with no limit on the number
of users. Library sources say that the new service requires no formal
training and that even first-time database searchers can use the
service productively.
For more information, contact: (name of library
contact, name of library, e-mail or other address).
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