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LexisNexis® Information Professional Update November, 2006
The newsletter specifically designed for legal information professionals

Librarian to Librarian
Measuring Editorial Quality at LexisNexis: Commitment to Performance Excellence Helps Ensure Case Law Accuracy
by Jane W. Morris, Director of Customer Programs, LexisNexis Case Law & Citations Case law quality can be measured several ways. Accredited certification authorities can audit rigorously and can confer (or withhold) their seals of approval. Industry...

Spotlight On
Global IP Law Service: Search, Browse or Compare Laws
Global IP Law Service is a separate, online service available from a unique URL: www.globaliplaw.service.com (This site also offers additional product information and a detailed online tour.) After sign-in, subscribers can navigate the main menu...

Knowledge Exchange
LexisNexis® Publisher is Built Especially for the "Gurus"
As librarians, we’ve always been perceived as the research and information dissemination “gurus.” We have the expertise to conduct simple and complex research. And who better to formulate searches that provide targeted results to the...

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Try Out the LexisNexis® Toolbar Yet?
Get fast, convenient access to LexisNexis resources from anywhere on the Web. The LexisNexis Toolbar is always open in your browser. Customize your toolbar with a variety of practice-area and jurisdictional sources available via the LexisNexis services....

FYI Flash
New Pamphlet Helps Attorneys Navigate Pension Protection Act of 2006
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 was signed by President Bush August 17, 2006. Since this legislation represents the most comprehensive pension-reform legislation in more than 30 years, the expert Matthew Bender® pension authors have written an insightful...

For IPs Only
Apply Now for 2007 Advanced Management (AMPLL) Conference
The Sixth Conference on Advanced Management for Private Law Librarians (AMPLL) , scheduled for April, is now accepting applications. If you are a law librarian working in a management position, e.g., library manager, director or department head in a private...

Spotlight On
New Global Intellectual Property Law Service Gives Legal Insights into 220 Countries
If your organization has an intellectual property team—or your business team monitors new product development, branding strategies, intellectual property regulation and more—chances are your research has gone global. In fact, you may find yourself...

Thrifty Searcher
Subscriber Succes Story Features LexisNexis Publisher
Dear Thrifty Searcher: Here’s a success story for your readers…. For years, individuals in our estate-planning group went online each month to retrieve the new Applicable Federal Rate (AFR). Specifically they went to the Internal Revenue...