More, Useful Reference Materials now Available on the LEXIS-NEXIS Services.

DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1997--LEXIS(R)-NEXIS(R) offers hundreds of directories and reference books online so that business professionals can find just what they need in seconds.

To add to that collection, now online is The Working Press of the Nation, a comprehensive source of information on the U.S. media. The directory includes:

--more than 7,500 daily, weekly and specialized

newspapers (as well as feature syndicates, news and photo

services)

--more than 6,500 magazines

--more than 1,500 newsletters

--more than 2,500 corporate, government association and club

internal publications

Each listing includes address, telephone and fax information as well as ADI(a), circulation, personnel, deadlines and more. The directory information is compiled from questionnaires and all information is provided directly by the publisher, sponsor or service.

The file name for The Working Press of the Nation is WPN and it is available in the BUSREF, CMPGN, LEGIS, MARKET and PEOPLE Libraries. The directory is published annually by R.R. Bowker.

Two additional editions of Marquis Who's Who are now available on the LEXIS-NEXIS services, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare and Who's Who in the Media and Communications.

Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare provides approximately 27,800 biographies on successful medical professionals, administrators, educators, researchers, clinicians, and industry leaders from the diverse fields of medicine and healthcare. The first edition was published November, 1996.

Who's Who in the Media and Communications contains over 18,500 biographies for select broadcast executives, software developers, editors, advertising executives, media consultants, World Wide Web experts, and many other industry leaders. The first edition was published October, 1997.

In all, the MARQIS file on LEXIS-NEXIS offers 750,000 biographies from 20 different Who's Who volumes from Marquis Who's Who(R), publisher of the prestigious Marquis Who's Who family of biographical references. The MARQIS file is available in the BUSREF, COMPNY, ENTERT, HR and PEOPLE Libraries.

LEXIS-NEXIS adds millions of documents each week to its more than one billion documents online. The NEXIS(R) service alone offers more than 13,613 sources of news and business information and is unmatched in depth and breadth of information. In fact, 120,000 new articles are added each day from worldwide newspapers, magazines, news wires and trade journals.

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(a)ADI -- Area of Dominant Influence ... a term used to describe large market areas. There are over 200 in the U.S.

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