Start Taming Information Overload with LexisNexis Custom IDs
By Rhonda Keaton
Having access to a multitude of information at your fingertips is such a powerful tool—but managing all the IDs and passwords to maintain that access is quickly becoming another form of “information overload.”
LexisNexis helps you tame the overload by giving you the ability to create a Custom ID for your LexisNexis services accounts. With a Custom ID, you can link IDs/passwords from your range of LexisNexis accounts to a single ID/password that you can create yourself.
Think of the time you’ll save. For example, eliminate the need to sign off and sign back on to lexis.com when switching from your hourly to transactional accounts. And a Custom ID gives you the flexibility of assigning an easy-to-remember ID and password to your accounts (and frees you from having to remember lengthy alphanumeric strings that usually comprise IDs and passwords). And custom IDs/passwords are safe when you follow the LexisNexis standards.
It’s a simple, two-step process. First create a Custom ID. Next associate your Lexis® IDs with the Custom ID. Follow these steps:
Create a Custom ID
1. Go to:
- lexis.com
- LexisNexis Get & Print
- LexisNexis Corporate Counsel Center
- LexisNexis Daily Opinion Service
- LexisNexis for Law Schools
2. At the sign-on screen, click Create Custom ID.
Note: Law school subscribers should click Register Your Activation Code link from the “What is a Custom ID?” page.
3. Enter a LexisNexis® ID in the LexisNexis ID field.
4. Enter a Password in the Password field. Note: No password is required for law school ID numbers.
5. Enter a Description in the Description field.
Note: Descriptions are mandatory. The description you provide is for the Custom ID itself even though the screen reads “Provide a description of the LexisNexis ID entered above.”
You may use up to 16 characters in your description. LexisNexis product names or IDs may not be used as descriptions. Click Next.
6. Enter a Custom ID (8 – 25 characters) and a Password.
7. Enter your password again in the Confirm Password field.
8. Enter an e-mail address in the E-mail Address field.
9. Select a security question from the Security Question field.
10. Enter the answer to security question.
11. Click Finish.
Associate a LexisNexis ID with a Custom ID:
1. Go to lexis.com. Click Custom ID Manager.
2. Enter your Custom ID and Password.
3. Click Associate a LexisNexis ID with my Custom ID.
4. Enter the LexisNexis ID and Password you wish to associate with the Custom ID.
5. Enter a Description Name for this ID.
6. Click Add ID.
Now you have your Lexis IDs linked to one Custom ID, and you can switch seamlessly from product to product without having to sign off and on.
Exactly which LexisNexis products can be linked to a Custom ID? Here’s the complete list:
- lexis.com
- LexisNexis Get & Print
- LexisNexis CheckCite®
- LexisNexis Practice Pages
- LexisNexis Web Courses (located on the LexisNexis Law School Web site)
- Law School/Summer School registration Web site
- LexisNexis Web Center (Live Chat)
- LexisNexis Corporate Counsel Center
- LexisNexis Daily Opinion Service
- LexisNexis® Analyzer
- LexisNexis Tax Center
- Shepard’s® Brief Suite™
- LexisNexis® Total Litigator
Now that you know the process for creating a Lexis Custom ID, pass on the knowledge to your law firm, students, faculty and colleagues. Everyone can benefit from having quicker, easier access to the LexisNexis services they use on a daily basis. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact LexisNexis Customer Support or your LexisNexis Librarian Relations Consultant.
