You can even keep a trail of the research you've already done. But David M. Garlinghouse, a sole practitioner in San Diego specializing in health care provider reimbursement, says he completely dropped his Westlaw subscription once he got AccessLaw. Now I just use AccessLaw. If I was using online services the way I use these CDs, I'd have unbelievable bills. AccessLaw updates keep him current, he says, but if he needs yesterday's decisions or last week's findings, he reads the Los Angeles Daily Journal and other hard-copy updates.
CDs offer other advantages as well.
In an era in which office space is becoming more expensive, CDs provide permanent storage in a fraction of the space needed for library shelves. Available for Windows, DOS, and Macintosh. Susan E. Davis is a journalist based in San Francisco.