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Lexis Nexis v Westlaw the results are in!

Stanford Law School have published a research paper which outlines the results of a survey of American Law Librarians, from the introduction to the survey:

"As costs for research tools, both online and paper, continue to increase, librarians are
often faced with the difficult decision of what materials can and should be canceled, and
what new acquisitions can be made.

The survey, titled "LexisNexis vs. Westlaw," was designed to answer a few of our key
questions: which database could be canceled?, what some of the effects might be from
cancellation?, and what low cost or free legal research alternatives are available and
recommended?"

VIP which is produced by Freepint also recently published an article by Diane Raper (Academic Services Liasion Librarian for Law at the University of Canterbury) comparing Lexis Nexis Butterworths and Westlaw, which may be of interest to BIALL Members.

Full post as published by The BIALL Blog on July 17, 2008 (boomark / email).