Librarian Relations Group
Michael Saint-Onge
Michael is a Team Lead for the LexisNexis Librarian Relations Group. He works with the Librarian Relations Consultants in AZ, CA,CO, OR,TX and WA. He is based in Los Angeles.
Michael joined LexisNexis 14+ years ago from his position as Librarian for the San Francisco, San Jose and Palo Alto offices of Coudert Brothers. Prior to that, he served as the Washington, D.C. law librarian for Kelley Drye & Warren. He has been a law librarian since 1986.
Michael is very active in local and national law library associations. He has served on the following American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) committees: AALL Special Committee on the Annual Meeting; Recruitment to Law Librarianship Committee (2005-2007); Awards Committee (2003-2005); Committee on the Future of Law Libraries in the Digital Age (2001-2002); AALL Committee for Relations with Information Vendors (CRIV) (2000-2002); Chair of the AALL Professional Development Committee (1999-2000); Chair of the Annual Meeting Program Selection Committee for the AALL Annual Meeting in Anaheim (1998); and Chair of the Private Law Libraries Special Interest Section (1996-1997). In addition, he is a member of the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL), the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL), SanDALL (San Diego Association of Law Libraries), HALL (Houston Area Law Libraries), the Dallas Association of Law Libraries (DALL), the Arizona Association of Law Libraries (AzALL) and the Western Pacific Chapter (WESTPAC), as well as the Special Library Association's Legal Division.
Michael has authored more than 35 articles concerning various aspects of law librarianship in a number of legal and library publications, including The San Francisco Daily Journal, The National Law Journal, Legal Information Alert and The Recorder. He was also the Editor of the original AALL Resource Guide Series, and was a co-author of Law Librarianship: A Handbook for the Electronic Age and Specialized Legal Research (Aspen). He is a frequent speaker at AALL on topics ranging from “The Frugal Librarian” to “Harnessing Technology in the Private Law Library.”
Michael received his M.S.L.S. from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and his B.A. from St. Thomas College in Denver.
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Articles
Selecting Multiple Jurisdictions in Lexis Advance® (March 18, 2013)
Do you want to search both selected Federal and State Courts at the same time? Now, on Lexis Advance®, you can combine multiple jurisdictions in one search, and even save it as a favorite filter for...
Free Views of In-House Court Documents on LexisNexis® CourtLink® (March 11, 2013)
You are no longer being charged for CourtLink® documents that another user has pulled from the court.
Users viewing these documents from a docket will see immediately that they are free when looking...
LexisNexis® Litigation Profile Suite Now Available Through The Lexis Advance® Service (March 4, 2013)
If you are frequently asked to obtain information on expert witnesses, judges, or attorneys, check out the LexisNexis® Litigation Profile Suite–now available through the Experience Bar at...
Lexis Advance® Expanded Topic Summaries (January 14, 2013)
We are developing a collection of Topic Summaries that will provide a more comprehensive research experience! Topic Summaries provide information about legal topics that are addressed in a case or statute...
Search “legal phrase equivalents” on Lexis Advance® (January 7, 2013)
Increase your confidence in the search results with the help of the Legal Phrase Equivalents feature on Lexis Advance®. Using the LexisNexis® legal phrase dictionary, this feature automatically...
LexisNexis® Mobile Solutions (December 2012)
Michael Saint-Onge recently received the following question: The move toward mobile solutions is changing fast. Is there a place I can bring myself up to speed on what LexisNexis® has to offer? ...
Adding an RSS feed to a LexisNexis® Publisher Topic (August 14, 2012)
RSS feeds can be added to LexisNexis Publisher Topics*; just follow the steps below.
On the New Topic page, scroll to the New Search form.
Select the RSS Feed option. ...
Forgot ID? (April 3, 2012)
We understand how hard it is to keep up with IDs and Passwords these days. While lexis.com ® has had a prompt for forgotten passwords for a number of years now, we’ve recently added a prompt...
Fashion your passion? (March 27, 2012)
For those of you who are fans of shows like Project Runway , or Fashion Police , you love seeing what designers will come up with next. Yet there’s a whole other side to the Fashion industry:...
Too much of a good thing (March 20, 2012)
At lexis.com ®, there is a limit of 3,000 results from one’s search query. There are three different options for the researcher:
If your patron truly needs a comprehensive list...
Where do you go for a German bankruptcy document or a nationwide U.S. criminal search? Pick up the phone … call the LexisNexis® Business Assurance Service (September 2011)
Where do you go for a German bankruptcy document or a nationwide U.S. criminal search? Pick up the phone … call the LexisNexis® Business Assurance Service by Michael Saint-Onge, Team Lead, LexisNexis Librarian Relations Group
We’ve all had them: Challenging reference requests where you don’t even know where to begin! Usually they come when you already have a full plate … or on Friday afternoon
Are there any resources to help me find the email addresses of corporate executives? I’m stuck! (August 9, 2011)
Yes, Michael Saint-Onge tells us that LexisNexis® has added some wonderful new resources that might help! NetProspex™ Contacts is a fast-growing database of 15M+ contact records on B2B professionals...
LexisNexis Customer Service and lexis.com® tutorials are available 24/7 (July 14, 2011)
If I am not around to explain to my attorneys how to perform certain tasks at lexis.com®, they are often stumped―especially if they are infrequent online researchers. What are the best ways to bring them up to speed? We’re glad you asked! There are several great ways to get your attorneys to the resources they need when you’re not around. The first way is by having them contact our helpful Customer Service department. They are always available to assist, and can di
During these challenging economic times, I need to monitor news about companies and clients who are struggling. (July 22, 2011)
During these challenging economic times, I need to monitor news about companies and clients who are struggling. Any suggestions on the best resources for that? Mike Saint-Onge says yes, there are several great resources to help you “keep your fingers on the pulse.” One of my favorites is “The Troubled Company Reporter (TCR),” a vital source of daily news and updates about companies throughout the United States with assets of US$10 million or more,
Mike’s “10 things to love” about the lexis.com® (April 2011)
by Michael Saint-Onge, Team Lead, LexisNexis® Librarian Relations Group
The dust has settled on the lexis.com® interface enhancements, and the verdict is in: librarians and attorneys love them! Now lexis.com is more intuitive and much easier to use. One of my librarians e-mailed me to say, “Way to go, Lexis®!” We love feedback like that!
Now that you’ve used the lexis.com enhancements for a while, I thought I w
PracticeView: A Window Into Your Competition! (February 9, 2011)
Want to know what your strongest competitors are touting as their area of strength? Want an easy way to see what seminars rival attorneys are speaking at, or what press releases they are issuing? Want...
Searching by Segment: The Librarian’s Secret Weapon (February 2, 2011)
Librarians understand the power of segment searching. By limiting your search to a particular field, you’re able to retrieve a much more targeted answer set. The lexis.com® service makes it...
Wonder what happened to your feedback? See how law librarians changed lexis.com® (January 2011)
Since the beginning of the LexisNexis® services, law librarians have played an active role in shaping our products. From the input passed along through Customer Service and the field-based Librarian Relations Consultants, to the members of the LexisNexis Librarian Advisory Board and the Librarian Customer Discovery and Innovation team, we receive a steady stream of feedback—not only on our current products, but also about those products in development.
The result? Inf
Quick Search (May 19, 2010)
Quick Search is located at the top of the lexis.com ® screen under Option 1: Search.
Quick Search was originally developed with power-users in mind because it allows the researcher to enter search...
Find a Source (May 12, 2010)
Looking for a source on lexis.com ® but not sure of the exact title? No problem. Simply type in the keywords and quickly browse your results.
You know, for example, that there is a specific law...
The Power of Product Literature (February 24, 2010)
Librarians wear several hats within our firms: we are both a conduit for information on products and services to other decision-makers in their institution, and we are also teachers and trainers. Given...
True Confessions: Personal and Professional Reflections on Turning Fifty (2/10)
I recently celebrated my fiftieth birthday, and no, it wasn’t traumatic — no midlife crisis, no expensive little sportscar purchased to compensate for my waning youth (actually, at fifty,...
Permissible Uses Defined (January 6, 2010)
LexisNexis, the world leader in public records information, takes its responsibility seriously. LexisNexis safeguards this information by requiring users to indicate whether or not they have a permissible...
Information Professionals’ Group Debuts at Martindale-Hubbell® Connected
Did you “get connected” at Martindale-Hubbell® Connected* yet?
Now you can network with legal professionals, and finding like-minded law librarians is getting even easier.
Besides...
Law Librarian 2.0: Building the Law Librarian of the Future (03/09)
Many years ago I remember asking a software programmer friend of mine how they decided when an upgrade to a software program warranted a minor step (from 4.0 to 4.1, for instance) or when they switched...