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LexisNexis Ahead of Schedule in Delivering Major Search Enhancements with Launch of LexisNexis Total Search v. 3.0DAYTON, Ohio --(Business Wire)-- March 30, 2005 -- Latest version makes integrated searching of internal documents and LexisNexis content more relevant, efficient through multiple enhancements In its pursuit to continually improve a law firm's ability to maximize its investments in internal prior work product, LexisNexis U.S. today announced the availability of LexisNexis(R) Total Search v. 3.0. The new release includes all of the precision searching capabilities of the LexisNexis(R) service along with the authority of the Shepard's(R) Citations Service applied to internal documents. LexisNexis is a leading provider of legal, news and business information. LexisNexis Total Search enables researchers to uncover relevant internal work product previously buried in the firm's document collections as precisely and confidently as they have always accessed LexisNexis cases and codes, analytical content, and news and business sources. This enables lawyers to find existing pleadings, depositions, deal documents, corporate filings and memoranda from firm authors, as well as trusted, authoritative and comprehensive information from LexisNexis, all with one search performed on the familiar and easy-to-use lexis.com(R) interface. With LexisNexis Total Search v. 3.0, law firms and legal practitioners will have "supercharged" researching capabilities. Already a successful and beneficial research tool within the legal industry, LexisNexis Total Search is now an even more powerful tool for locating, focusing and connecting all relevant internal and external content a user needs to complete a research or drafting assignment. LexisNexis Total Search v. 3.0 includes: -- Precise proximity, "Boolean" searching of internal documents -- Enhanced drilldown to further refine internal results sets -- Ability to combine a citation search and a Boolean search within internal documents -- Usage tracking and reporting capabilities -- Ability to use the FOCUS(TM) feature in both LexisNexis and internal document results -- Support of additional document management systems, including iManage 8.0 -- Cross-referencing for additional situation types, including Westlaw citations "Our firm incorporated LexisNexis Total Search into our research process in order to take the next logical step in a technological progression that would revolutionize the way large firms serve their clients," said Kennedy Helm III, chairman of Louisville, Ky.-based Stites & Harbison. "To date, we have been extremely pleased with LexisNexis Total Search and the results it has provided our firm and our clients. The latest version is certain to further revolutionize the legal research business." LexisNexis Total Search v. 3.0 provides legal researchers with a precise and refined set of internal documents that are truly usable work product. Combined with the precision searching capabilities of the LexisNexis service, this new version enables users to pinpoint truly relevant documents and then link from those documents to a comprehensive collection of additional on-point materials, including LexisNexis case law, statutes, news, business and public records, as well as other internal documents. Plus, it adds the element of authority to internal documents by embedding the real-time Shepard's Signal(TM) indicators. Shepard's, the premier and trusted name in citation tools for over 100 years, allows researchers to assure that the work product they produce will be based on only good law, and that their clients receive the best representation. No other citatory can provide such authority. "LexisNexis Total Search v. 3.0 truly expands the lexis.com experience to the firm's internal work product and enhances the search and retrieval capabilities that legal professionals rely on every day," said Joe Swimmer, director, LexisNexis Total Search. "This latest version of LexisNexis Total Search provides the fastest and most powerful means to surface internal firm content and previous work product available today. "LexisNexis Total Search is further distinguished by its ability to deliver not only internal work product, but also the authority of the Shepard's Citations Service; news and business content, including access to over 22,000 news, business, economic and financial information sources; cases and codes; and our premier and unparalleled analytical materials, including Matthew Bender(R), Michie's(TM) and Mealey's materials," added Swimmer. LexisNexis Total Search v. 3.0 is one example of how LexisNexis is supporting the legal industry through enhanced legal researching capabilities with complimentary products that take practitioners beyond just legal research and to what they will need to be effective advocates for their clients. For more information on LexisNexis Total Search, visit www.lexisnexis.com/totalsearch/. About LexisNexis LexisNexis(R) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. 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. In addition to its flagship Web-based Lexis(R) and Nexis(R) research services, the company includes some of the world's most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, JurisClasseur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac. In the United States, LexisNexis(R) Total Research System (www.lexisnexis.com) offers an extensive range of online and print legal and regulatory information products, tools, customized Web applications and critical filing services that help legal professionals reach confident decisions and comply with the law. |
