LexisNexis Revolutionizes Congressional Research; New Interface and Single-Search Capabilities Bring Together More Than 200 Years of Congressional Archives.DAYTON, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. -- LexisNexis(R) U.S., a leading provider of news, business and legal information services See Information Systems. , will unveil its redesigned LexisNexis(R) Congressional interface during the American Library Association American Library Association, founded 1876, organization whose purpose is to increase the usefulness of books through the improvement and extension of library services. Midwinter mid·win·ter n. 1. The middle of the winter. 2. The period of the winter solstice, about December 22. midwinter Noun 1. the middle or depth of winter 2. Meeting in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , from January 20th to the 23rd. More than 200 years of rich congressional archives can now be searched online within seconds. A new user-friendly interface and improved functionality allow users to easily search across different data sources, such as legislative histories, published or unpublished hearings, bills, and House and Senate reports -- all within a single search. Once again, LexisNexis has revolutionized the way congressional information can be retrieved; this time by simplifying its search interface and enhancing its controlled vocabulary Controlled vocabularies are used in subject indexing schemes, subject headings, thesauri and taxonomies. Controlled vocabulary schemes mandate the uses of predefined, authorised terms that have been preselected by the designer of the controlled vocabulary as opposed to natural indexing. When a user begins their search they have three primary options: 1) The Basic Search form allows novice and advanced users to conduct general searches in either natural language or with Boolean connectors of abstracts, titles, controlled vocabulary and other bibliographic data, excluding full text for fast, relevant, targeted results. 2) The Advanced Search allows for flexibility and specificity. This gives more experienced users the ability to search in both full text and metadata for optimum results. Here the user can choose to access one, all, or a combination of collections in their subscription. 3) The Search By Number form is for targeted searches of congressional publications that reference a bill, or a publication number, or are associated with a public law or other numbered information. Search by Number helps users find a specific record by publication number, SuDoc or CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S accession number Accession number may mean:
Search options can be restricted by date, or Congress, as well as full text, or only metadata. Enhanced segment searching can pinpoint information by source, subject, title, witness, witness affiliation, or author. LexisNexis Congressional also provides the option of downloading large documents in different sections. "It's exciting to work on a project of this magnitude because it's giving academia access to a complete and easy-to-use repository of congressional information," says Tim Fusco, vice president of publishing operations for LexisNexis Corporate and Federal Markets. "After all, the U.S. Congress is one of the world's best information sources for understanding public policy, history, sociology, political science, technology and our society." The LexisNexis Congressional redesign is a result of the LexisNexis vision to provide users with the ability to simultaneously search across related collections, such as hearings, House and Senate reports and documents, legislative histories, and the U.S. Serial Set documents and maps. Demonstrations will be given at LexisNexis booth #1508. For a special demo and interview with LexisNexis executives, please contact Jennifer Aleknavage at (301) 526-6311, or visit Booth #1508. For more information on the LexisNexis(R) Congressional Digital Collection, go to: www.lexisnexis.com/redesign. About LexisNexis LexisNexis(R) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ENL Noun 1. ENL - an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face erythema nodosum leprosum Hansen's disease, leprosy - chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical )(NYSE:RUK RUK Reserviupseerikoulu (Hamina, Finland, Reserve Officers' School) RUK Are You Kidding? ) (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based Lexis(R) and Nexis(R) research services, the company includes some of the world's most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell(R), Matthew Bender(R), Butterworths, JurisClasseur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac. LexisNexis provides solutions for organization-wide information needs of corporate, legal, federal, and academic professionals. LexisNexis has been gathering and indexing congressional information for more than 35 years and is now a recognized source for locating congressional and legislative information. |
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