Another thought on the Nexis move. Not only is that one file search more
expensive. If you want to catch everything you now have it do an ALLNEWS
AND ALLABS search, expensive!!!!!
I also do not appreciate the rolling 2year time frame on CurNews. In the
hectic environment of the private law firm, I don't want to think about
whether current news is going to cover part or all of the last two years
or which part of the last two years, rolling two years is a hassle, and
again to make sure you have everything you now need to search CurNews and
the abstract files.
This change was not done well!!!!!!
Bev Lipton
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
blipton@brobeck.com
bevbphpa@class.org
On Sat, 19 Feb 1994, Lee Ryan wrote:
> Hi, folks:
>
> Like Gayle, I too wish that I'd had a little more documentation in
> hand before the big switch. That way I could have more systematically
> reviewed the new structure (and also redo several handouts, which are
> now out-of-date because they refer to the old library & file structure).
>
> At least I've been able to explore the new NEXIS (or whatever it is
> called. We're still welcomed to LEXIS/NEXIS, but once you sign on
> there _is_ no NEXIS. Is it on the library menu in the sky? ;-)) as
> much as I like. But Gayle and all the other paying customers don't
> have this luxury. And I note that BUSDTL is a $21 group file, whereas
> the old SDDT file was probably in the $6-10 range. Troubling....
>
> More uniform segments across files, and more subject and language
> oriented groupings seem useful to me, but it is like moving to an
> entirely new city and having to learn to find your way around all
> over again. Let's hope Mead steps in with some good road maps.
>
> - Lee
>
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