But where West's toolkit provides various templates and an automated link builder to simplify the process, Lexis-Nexis requires the user to cut and paste HTML code from a Web page to the Intranet in order to set up the links. Lexis-Nexis support personnel will provide technical assistance with building the necessary links. Lexis-Nexis calls its service Eclipse. It allows the user to predefine a search and then receive daily, weekly or monthly updates via e-mail of new articles or legal information. West's new service, called WestClip, similarly stores and automatically runs a query on a regular basis.
Queries can run in any database, including news services and magazines.
Results are delivered to your choice of e-mail, fax or printer, and at a frequency you select. Document delivery not only to a printer, but also to a fax number or e-mail address. It displays the terms at the beginning of the case in descending order of significance. It also works in reverse, linking from the text of a bill or public law to related news stories. Meanwhile, West announced the addition of more than half a million cases to its database, extending its coverage to the beginning of the National Reporter system.