Librarian Relations Group
Bridget MacMillan
Bridget is a Senior Librarian Relations Consultant for IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, MO, NE, and WI. Previous to LexisNexis she was the Librarian for Marshall O'Toole Gerstein Murray & Borun. Before that Bridget was a Business Researcher for Ernst & Young, Center for Business Knowledge in Chicago, IL.
Bridget is active in many professional associations. She is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, and served as a member of the Public Relations Committee 2004 – 2006. She is also a member of the Special Libraries Association, and served as the Chair of Programming for the Annual Conference for the Legal Division 2004 – 2005, and she was the Treasurer of the SLA Illinois Chapter 2003 – 2005. As a member of the Chicago Association of Law Libraries, Bridget served as a member of the Public Relations Committee 2002 – 2004.
Bridget has presented at local, regional and national conferences on topics like “Librarians without Space,” “Getting Things Done,” “Inspiration, Perspiration, Celebration!” “Speed Networking,” and “Patent Research.” She has also authored many articles, including “Finding Inspiration in the Oddest Places,” AALL Spectrum (Vol. 9, No. 8, June 2005), “A Little Imitation Can Go a Long Way,” AALL Spectrum, (Vol. 10, No. 2, November 2005), and “Ask the Experts,” AALL Spectrum, (Vol. 10, No. 5, March 2006).
Bridget received her B.A. in History from Xavier University in Cincinnati and her M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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bridget.macmillan@lexisnexis.com
Articles
State-Specific “Get By” Templates (March 5, 2012)
State-specific “Get By” Templates are now available for California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. Navigate...
Finding background information on judges just got easier (February 21, 2012)
The Almanac of the Federal Judiciary is now available at lexis.com ®! Follow this path: Legal > Reference > Directories > Almanac of the Federal Judiciary. The almanac has an enhanced...
Searchable Directory of Online Sources―now links to lexis.com®!
The Searchable Directory of Online Sources now links to lexis.com . This has been an often-requested feature, to link a source from the free Searchable Directory of Online Sources to lexis.com ....
Preparing for Change is Important; Coping with Change is a Necessity (January 2012)
Lately I have been thinking about the difference between being prepared for change; and coping with change as it occurs. Preparing for change is a challenge all of us face in our lives, and now we face...
Legislative and Regulatory Resources (January 31, 2012)
If you need Legislative and Regulatory resources to conduct your research, LexisNexis® now makes it easier for you to find them with the creation of the Legislative and Regulatory Resources Area of...
Searching Municipal Codes (January 24, 2012)
Municipal codes provide local rules and regulations covering a wide variety of topics, most commonly zoning, land use, waterways, harbors, airports, construction, fire, public works & utilities. These...
“Get by Citation” Widget (October 18, 2011)
When you use the “Get by Citation” feature in lexis.com ® you are now able to retrieve an additional citation without first having to return to the “Get by Citation”...
Drafting Tools for Transactional Attorneys (October 11, 2011)
The second release of Lexis® for Microsoft® Office includes tools for Transactional Attorneys. “Clauses & Contracts” allows you to find alternate clause language to help with...
Deconstructing Opposing Counsel’s Argument (October 4, 2011)
The second release of Lexis® for Microsoft® Office includes the ability to convert PDFs into Microsoft® Word documents. If you or your attorneys receive an email with a PDF from opposing...
The Apple® iPad®―it’s not just for “Angry Birds”! (September 27, 2011)
If you are looking for an app to supply current news and happenings in the tax area, check out the new app from LexisNexis®, “LexisNexis® Tax Law Community.” This app provides...
LexisNexis® Tax Center: One Librarian’s “Top 10” Favorite Research Features (05/10)
Recently a librarian contacted me for an overview of tax resources on the LexisNexis services. Her library is aligning individual librarians with practice areas, and she was considering supporting the...
Search out new media—graphs, tweets and more—without overhauling your searching skills (Q1 2011)
Search out new media—graphs, tweets and more—without overhauling your searching skills by Bridget MacMillan, LexisNexis® Senior Librarian Relations Consultant
There is comfort in that which is familiar to us. Searching with the LexisNexis® services is an activity that is incredibly comfortable for me; selecting a source, constructing the search, and evaluating the results. Until recently, most results were available only in plain text. But th
Search out new media—graphs, tweets and more—Without overhauling your searching skills (February 2011)
by Bridget MacMillan, LexisNexis® Senior Librarian Relations Consultant for Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Wisconsin.
There is comfort in that which is familiar to us. Searching with the LexisNexis® services is an activity that is incredibly comfortable for me; selecting a source, constructing the search, and evaluating the results.
Until recently, most results were available only in plain text. But that has changed! If you are like me, some of these exciting changes
In Praise of Librarianship (12/10)
The line that separates my professional and personal lives is very thin. With a home office, a BlackBerry®, and travel obligations, I often find myself working at midnight one evening and on a Sunday...
Searching Bankruptcy Cases (June 9, 2010)
If you ever need to search bankruptcy cases by chapter, code section or rule number, LexisNexis® has a simple drop-down tool on the Bankruptcy Practice Center on Lexis® Transactional Advisor....
Lexis® Web (June 2, 2010)
If you are overwhelmed by the amount of results you get when searching the open web, and an inability to easily filter through the results, then try Lexis® Web. Lexis® Web is a free online legal...
Submitting a Case to LexisNexis® (February 3, 2010)
Have you ever been asked by an attorney to submit a case to LexisNexis? I was recently asked how to do that, and was pleasantly surprised to find an e-mail address where you can send the document. If...
Citation Format Assistant (January 27, 2010)
An easy way to find out if LexisNexis® has the journal article you need is to use the Citation Format Assistant tool found within the Get a Document tab . The Citation Format Assistant tool can...
Everyday Relevancy (1/10)
The library world has long been challenged to establish relevancy, and in today’s economy relevance is critical for success.
I have just started my 10th year at LexisNexis®. All this...