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17 Legal Information Alert 1 (1998)

handle is hein.lbr/leinfal0017 and id is 1 raw text is: - ' ',~' 'A .....~. ALi,~' ~ Khat's new in legal publications, databases, and research techniques Volume 17, No. 1 January 1998 Contents Update XIV: What's New on Westlaw and Lexis 1 Database Report 6 For Your Information 7 New Publications 8 Publishers 15 Index 15 Update XIV: What's New on Westlaw and Lexis by Fritz Snyder Welcome to the Legal Information Alert annual review and comparison of services and features added to Lexis and Westlaw during the last 12 months. This article is current through August 1997. For last year's summary, see the 1996 November/ December issue of Legal Information Alert. New Additions and Enhancements to Westlaw Abstracts of real property tax assessor records for selected counties, cities, and towns in 36 states and the District of Columbia are now available. Documents usually contain the property owner's name and address, a description of the property, tax assessment information, and sales information from the most recent sale of the property. Database identifier: RPA; e.g., for Alabama: AL-RPA. (Law schools may not access this database.) The easiest way to track proposed or changed Federal Rules is to run a periodic WestClip search in the US-Orders database. (Noted by Eric Kaufman of the New York County Lawyers' Association.) To perform nationwide or state-specific searches of business and professional Doing Business As Records, access ALL-DBA or xx-DBA (where xx is the state's two-letter postal abbreviation). Records include 47 states and the District of Columbia. You can search by business/owner name, telephone number, or SIC code/industry tracker. (There is no law school access.) More than 622 additional publications have been provided by Dow Jones & Co., including Asahi/Shimbun Evening News (AIWASAH), The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly (AWSJWKLY), transcripts of Geraldo (GERALDO), and transcripts of The Jerry Springer Show (JRYSPGRS). continued on next page