Statewide Database Licensing Project - Spring 2000 Trials
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(Note from the Washington State Library:  In order to participate in the Spring 2000 Washington State Databases Trial, each vendor was asked to address questions the Statewide Database Licensing Committee felt were most critical in order for library staff to evaluate products and vendors.  Please contact the vendor's representative, listed below, for additional information on this product.)

1. Describe the database product(s). Include information on subject scope, percentage of full-text, dates of coverage, target audience (including age ranges), and how often the contents are updated.  

LEXIS-NEXIS Scholastic Universe

Combining the world class LEXIS-NEXIS search engine with the simplicity of a web interface, LEXIS-NEXIS Scholastic Universe gives high school and community college students access to modules on News, Legal Research, Legislation and Statistics. The new Web service is the 'younger sibling' of the popular and widely distributed LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe, now used by over five million students at more than 900 colleges and universities in the U.S. 

NEWS 

* More than 65 leading newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, many same day of publication, plus the most extensive archives available anywhere of the New York Times and the Washington Post, dating back to 1980. 
* More than 40 magazines with content ranging from general interest to specific subject areas. Examples include: Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, American Journalism Review, Ebony, Economist, Harvard Business Review, Nation's Business, Newsweek, PC World and Variety. 
* Hard-to-find broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks, including ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, National Public Radio and CNN. 
* Wire services, updated many times daily, include such respected names as Associated Press, Business Wire and PR Newswire. 
* Foreign language news sources are available in Spanish, French, German, Italian and Dutch. 

LEGAL RESEARCH 

* State High Court cases by keyword, party name or citation 
* Law review articles from over 450 reviews 
* All federal laws from 1988 to the present 
* State law digests from all 50 states 

LEGISLATION 

* U.S. and state bill tracking reports 
* U.S. and state bill text 
* Congressional Record with debates from the House and Senate floor 
* Congressional voting reports 
* Information about members of Congress 
* State legislative calendars 

STATISTICS 

* Statistical Abstract of the U.S. 
* American Statistics Index (ASI), which provides indexing and abstracts to U.S. government statistical publications.

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 

* Full text of every major law concerning race ever passed by the U.S. Congress. 
* U.S. Supreme Court decisions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, pertaining to race for more than 200 years. 
* Biographical and reference articles 
* Selections from manuscript collection that pertain to the critical junctures in the civil rights movement.

 2. What are the hardware and software requirements for using all the features of the product?

Netscape 4.x or Internet Explorer 4.x or 5.x

3. Is remote access included for the subscription price?  If there are additional charges or requirements in order to offer remote access, please describe.   What methods of remote access are supported?

None currently

4. Please discuss any methods or assistance you offer regarding remote access patron verification and authentication.

None currently

5. What end user delivery options, such as printing, emailing or faxing results, are available beyond just viewing results on the computer monitor?

* Ability to mark and print (or save) several citations at a time, then e-mail these citations to yourself. 
* Ability to mark and print (or save) documents retrieved in your search, in either Full or KWIC display modes, one document at a time, and to e-mail these documents to yourself.

6. What customer training is provided, and at what cost?

Training materials in electronic format will be available at the LEXIS-NEXIS website. Telephonic training will also be available for library staff.

7. What customer and technical support is provided, including hours of operation.

Lexis-Nexis Customer Service department is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year at (800) 897-3419. Customer account number must be provided at time of call This number is for librarians only.

8. Describe the statistics you provide, and discuss whether your statistical reporting complies with guidelines developed by the International Coalition of Library Consortia which may be found at www.library.yale.edu/consortia/webstats.html .

We will be providing web based use statistics which comply with the ICOLC guidelines.

9. Describe your pricing structure or formula for the product. If there are additional costs for retrieving full text, describe the pricing for this service. 

a. Library A: A high school library with 750 students in grades 9-12

 SAVE! Special 10% Discount When You Purchase any 4 of the 5 Modules by July 31, 2000. 

The remaining library models defined for pricing purposes are not applicable for this product:

Library B: A public library that serves a population of 100,000 and has two branches 
Library C: A public library that serves a population of 20,000 and has only one building, no branches
Library D: A community college library serving 5,000 full-time equivalent students  
Library E: A four-year academic library serving 5,000 full-time equivalent students not applicable f
Library F: A hospital library serving a hospital that employees 1,000 staff plus has 200 doctors attached to the hospital 

10. What is the minimum participation level (however you care to define it) that would be needed to allow participating libraries to receive a discount? What is the minimum discount for a group buy? Please clarify how you would treat existing library customers with regard to a group buy.

For Lexis-Nexis Scholastic Universe, the discount schedule is based on a dollar aggregation of purchase orders. To reach the minimum discount of 5%, the order(s) must be equal to or greater than $20,000. There are additional discounts for higher dollar aggregations.

11.  Please indicate whether libraries from Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and/or Hawaii would be eligible to participate in the group buying process.

We would be happy for you to allow other Pacific Northwest state schools to view our product.

12.  Please provide name and contact information (toll-free telephone number, e-mail address, hours, etc.) should libraries wish to make further inquires.

Melissa Loy-Oakes, Account Executive
Academic & Library Services, LEXIS-NEXIS 
1-800-227-9597, x5928, 9:30am-6:30pm EST 
[email protected] 

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