CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS Update
ICOLC Meeting
Vancouver, B.C.
September 21-22, 2000
CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS UpdateLarge Multi-Consortial and
Network Participation
Academic Universe –6,037,874 FTE as of
September 1, 2000
CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS UpdateSelected participation
Congressional Universe– 1,758,028 as of September 1, 2000
State Capital Universe– 223,327 as of September 1, 2000
Statistical Universe A (ASI)– 1,811,543 as of September 1, 2000
Statistical Universe C (SRI)– 922,911 as of September 1, 2000
Statistical Universe D (IIS)– 846,221 as of September 1, 2000
CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS UpdateSelected participation
History Universe - Access to African American Studies
– 412,372 FTE as of September 1, 2000
History Universe - Access to Women’s Studies
– 138,931 FTE as of September 1, 2000
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
Current pricing $1.43/FTE (not including SOLINET service fee).
Community College pricing discount. 60% of total FTE used to calculate
price.
Price increase for July 1, 2001 - 7% if reach desired FTE participation
NEW: Shepard’s® Shepard’s® has been added to
Academic Universe as of August 23, 2000, for access to United States Supreme Court decisions from 1789 to the present
Easy access from the Academic Universe home page – click on Legal Research
No additional charge
Statistical Universe Redesign
Went into effect 8/23/00
REQUIRED MODULE: PowerTablesTM Base Edition of Statistical Universe. All subscribers must purchase this module
at July 1 renewal or as they subscribe for the first time.
New functionality. Enables users to search from a bank of indexed tables with links to full-text.
Statistical Universe Redesign:
PowerTablesTM
FEATURES INCLUDE: 25,000 indexed tables Links to GIFs of tables Links to full text PDFs of all source
documents
Statistical Universe Redesign
OPTIONAL MODULES ASI Abstract/Index Collection
- Currently Statistical Universe “A” SRI Abstract/Index Collection
- Currently Statistical Universe “C” IIS Abstract/Index Collection
- Currently Statistical Universe “D” Links to full-text PDFs of source
documents based on optional module subscription
Conversion of Current Statistical Universe Subscribers
Current subscription holders were automatically converted to the new design on 8/23/00 and they will continue to receive same product(s) as before along with the new PowerTablesTM.
Statistical Universe Redesign
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
Statistical Universe subscribers with a start date of 10/1/00 or later will be required to purchase the Base Edition, PowerTablesTM.
Optional add-on modules will include ASI, SRI and/or IIS.
Statistical Universe PricingFor add-ons 10/1/00 – 6/30/01
MANDATORY
PowerTables™ $0.23/FTE
OPTIONAL
Statistical “A” – ASI $0.11/FTE
Statistical “C” – SRI $0.11/FTE
Statistical “D” – IIS $0.12/FTE
**Pricing does not include SOLINET service fee
Coming in 2001
Statistical Universe optional module: RESEARCH TABLE SET
Features include: 125,000 indexed tables Links to GIFs of tables Links to full text PDFs of 125K tables,
when available and based on A&I subscription
CIS History Universe
History Universe - Access to African American Studies $0.31/FTE not including SOLINET service fee
History Universe - Access to Women’s Studies $0.31/FTE not including SOLINET service fee
History Universe Renewal
History Universe products renew January 1, 2001.
Renewal information, along with pricing structure, will be mailed to networks and consortia in late October/ early November.
CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS Additional Product Information
Product information and trials are available at:
www.cispubs.com
Content Issues Like all aggregators, content continues to
shift in Academic Universe Time is back, USA Today will remain,
although several Gannett regional newspapers were removed in the Spring
Additional content from other Reed-Elsevier divisions and the “Nexis warehouse” are under discussion.
The Content Advisory Committee discusses these issues on a regular basis.
REMOTE ACCESS
CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS pilot program – target date November 2000 – to test new technology to provide access not requiring IP addresses
Will update progress of this program at March ICOLC Meeting
SOLINET Contact Information
For questions regarding CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS, please contact:
Carol Dellios, Contract Administrator [email protected] phone: 800-999-8558, extension 4850 fax: 404-892-7879 website: www.solinet.net (go to the Library
Products & Services section)
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