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LexisNexis Renewal 2016-2017

Response Deadline: 
December 13, 2016

Subscription Term

Begins: 

January 1, 2017

Ends: 

December 31, 2017

Renewal pricing is now available for Quicklaw (Core or Plus), LexisNexis Academic (Core or Plus), and Total Patent, and three new add on packages described below.

These databases are made available to BC ELN partner libraries through a national site licence, negotiated on behalf of Consortia Canada by the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). Libraries that are members of BC ELN and COPPUL are asked to send their responses to BC ELN.

Pricing has increased by 1.5% over last year's pricing. Maximum and minimum costs have increased by 2%.


This license is made available through a national site license negotiated on behalf of Consortia Canada by BC ELN.


Updates: 

The vendor has agreed to retain the previous year's pricing model and to hold a straight renewal of 1.5% increase over 2015/16 prices meaning FTE changes are not factored in. Please see the Pricing section below for full details.

Lexis Advance Quicklaw platform is available. Institutions that have a subscription for Quicklaw can use the old Quicklaw platform, the new Quicklaw platform (LAQ) or have dual access. It is not mandatory to transition to the new platform.  Institutions that have also opened Lexis Advance Quicklaw this year can continue to have dual access to both their Quicklaw and Lexis Advance platforms in 2017. Any  Institutions that have not, as yet, opened Lexis Advance Quicklaw can do so for no additional charge. Lexss Nexis in conscious of the issues some institutions experienced with the new platform and has agreed to a 1.5% increase, rather than a 2%. Lexus Nexus will be preparing a formal communication with transition plan details that will be sent out later this year. Learn more about the Lexis Advance Quicklaw platform at: http://www.lexisnexis.ca/pdf/products/LexisAdvanceQuicklaw-SellSheet-160615.pdf

Lexis Nexis is offering three add-on packages containing Wolters Kluwer/CCH Legal and Business titles: 

  1. Securities & Corporate / Commercial content
  2. Employment, Family, Insurance, Real Estate content
  3. French content

 


Overview

Vendor: 
LexisNexis
Description: 

LexisNexis is a global provider of information and technology solutions that enable professionals in legal, corporate, tax, government, academic, and non-profit organizations to make informed decisions and achieve better business outcomes. The LexisNexis products available in Consortia Canada license include the following:

Nexis Uni Core

  • Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using a variety of flexible search options. ... Access over 17,000 news, business, and legal sources. The outstanding news coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources.
  • Contains all the content of Lexis Advance Quicklaw Core via explore pod access links on the homepage for Nexis Uni
  • Nexis Uni Core supports campus-wide IP-authenticated access, however students and faculty can self register for an ID and password to this platform to facilitate folder creation to store results and set email notifications for automated searches.

Nexis Uni  Core + Lexis Advance Quicklaw Core

  • Because Lexis Advance Quicklaw's content is included in Nexis Uni Core, this option is for Nexis Uni subscribers that also want the Lexis Advance Quicklaw interface. The Lexis Advance Quicklaw interface is the standard legal research platform chosen by many legal, corporate and government organizations across Canada.

Nexis Uni Plus + Lexis Advance Quicklaw Plus

  • The Plus content offering extends the Core content for both platforms to include additional primary and secondary legal sources: most notably US, UK, Australian and New Zealand case law and legislation, Halsbury’s Laws of Canada, Halsbury;s Laws of England, Jurisclasseur Quebec,, Jurisclasseur France, and over 200 Canadian and International texts and treatises.  The Plus content is added to the Core subscription as an upgrade.

Lexis Advance Quicklaw Core

  • Lexis Advance Quicklaw Core includes Canadian case law, legislation, board and tribunals, Canadian and US law journals and the Canada Digest collection
  • Canada’s market leader in online legal research, the Lexis Advance Quicklaw service provides access to the most comprehensive collection available of case law, legislation, exclusive current awareness services, expert commentary and more.
  • For more info on the product, please see Lexis Advance Quicklaw Core brochure and source listing.

Lexis Advance Quicklaw Plus

  • Lexis Advance Quicklaw Plus contains all the content in Quicklaw Core as well as additional primary and secondary legal sources: most notably US, UK, Australian and New Zealand case law and legislation,Halsbury’s Laws of Canada, Halsbury;s Laws of England, Jurisclasseur Quebec,, Jurisclasseur France, and over 200 Canadian and International texts and treatises, Litgation and Solicitors Forms & Precedents, Quantums

Add on Packages for Lexis Advance Quicklaw Core or Plus subscribers (formerly known Wolters Kluwer titles)

  • Securities & Corporate / Commercial content -  10 Canadian textbook titles
  • Employment, Family, Insurance, Real Estate content – 10 Canadian textbook titles
  • French content – 9 Canadian textbook titles
  • For more information please see add on brochures

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Last updated: November 29, 2020

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Response

Current Subscribers: 

Response Instructions

To RENEW, no response is required from current subscribers as listed above. To JOIN, CANCEL or to CHANGE OPTIONS, libraries should contact BC ELN by the response deadline.

Terms & Conditions

Additional Information

Title Lists and Product Descriptions:

Current title lists for Lexis Nexis Academic and Quicklaw are available at:

Usage Statistics:

LexisNexis Academic: Usage stats for LNA are available. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/1univ/usage/default.asp for more information.

Quicklaw: Quicklaw stats are available; however they are the standard report formats which law firms utilize, and are not COUNTER format. Currently there is a single password per consortium. Among the reports there is a basic one which gives the number of searches and fulltext document retrievals in a given time period for a given institution. Please contact BC ELN if you'd like guidance on accessing the reports.

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