New LexisNexis Academic Service Prototype to be Unveiled with New Interface, Powerful Features at 2006 American Library Association Conference.

DAYTON, Ohio -- New Service Empowers Students and Librarians with Easy-to-Use, Professional-Strength Search, Based on the New Nexis(R) Service Launched for Corporate and Federal Markets in March 2006

LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of information and services solutions, today announced that the new LexisNexis(R) Academic service prototype will be unveiled during the American Library Association meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 24 to June 27, 2006. This online academic service will have new features, functionality and a new look that mirror the new Nexis(R) service, which was launched for the corporate and federal marketplace earlier this year. The resemblance between the two services will provide more power and flexibility to all researchers, and help students prepare for careers in the corporate, government and legal sectors.

The redesign makes search even easier for both advanced and novice users. Students and new users who are only experienced with mainstream search engines will find it easy to use the new LexisNexis Academic service, as all of its search forms support natural language searching with proprietary LexisNexis query analysis and relevancy ranking.

While users will still have access to the same unmatched collection of news, legal and business information, they now gain an enhanced source selection, allowing them to search across broad areas of content in a single search for a big-picture view. As a result of the new interface and enhancements to the proprietary LexisNexis SmartIndexing Technology(TM), users' search results will be displayed in organized and easy to interpret category clusters. These search results can be classified and filtered by subject, industry, or company, allowing the user to determine the best way to categorize his or her research on every project.

"We have already received a great amount of positive feedback from academic librarians and students. We look forward to listening and incorporating even more feedback from customers during this ALA conference," said Tim Fusco, vice president of publishing operations for LexisNexis Corporate and Federal Markets. "By listening to our customers, we designed a new interface and improved our source selection, making it easier for students to navigate the academic service. Our single search capability is also making their research more productive."

Special adaptations for the academic market include enhanced interoperability to support the systems that libraries use to improve information access, such as link resolvers, federated search and bibliographic software.

The new LexisNexis Academic service will launch in summer 2007, with a Beta release available in January 2007. Special preview sessions of the prototype are available on Saturday, June 24. LexisNexis will also be holding a series of webinars regarding the new LexisNexis Academic service in July and August. For more information, call Jennifer Aleknavage at 301-526-6311 or stop by booth #2632 at the 2006 ALA conference. Regular updates about the service will be posted at http://www.lexisnexis.com/academicmigration.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis(R) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship Web-based Lexis(R) and Nexis(R) research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide.

LexisNexis provides solutions for organization-wide information needs of corporate, legal, federal and academic professionals. LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions has been gathering and indexing congressional information for more than 35 years and is now a recognized source for locating congressional information.