> On Wed, 3 May 1995, Carol Bannen wrote:
>
> > I have just had my Shepard's rep visit with a study done by the
> > Shepard's editorial department saying that the information found in Shepard's
> > in Lexis and Westlaw is missing 15 percent of the citations. He could not
> > explain how this happens but did tell me that was why we need the new Federal
> > books or CD. He said they had all the data including the missing 15 percent.
> > I called Westlaw and they have never heard of the study. I haven't had a
> > chance to
> > call Lexis yet. He did indicate he would have someone from the editorial
> > department of Shepard's call me with specific examples of the missing data.
> >
> > Have any of you heard of this study or the fact that the data online is
> > faulty? I think we went throught this last summer and the rep tells me that
> > is why
> > the study was done to prove the fact that online is no good.
I haven't heard of the study, but I do know that the online SHepards does
not always go back to the first volumes of a set; furthermore, the
coverage can vary from time to time. I remember that often the early
volumes (with old citations to old cases) were not included in the online
versions, which would only go back to a certain supplement.
While we have dropped our Shepards book subscriptions, we have retained
the volumes we had just for early citation history not included in the
online versions.
I hope this muddled comment helps (it's getting close to 10:30 PM)
FRANK DRAKE
Arnstein & Lehr
CHICAGO
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