Lexis/Nexis is fine for primary sources, but it gives a lot of junk when searching for law review articles.  Even an academic subscription for Westlaw is over $30,000, I believe.  I use the county law library, which isn't ideal but at least I get full Westlaw access.

Denise Smith
Eastern Illinois University


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>From: "Lee B. Burgunder" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jun 6, 2011 1:48 PM
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>Subject: Re: Cutting Westlaw?  Alternatives?
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>Cal Poly, SLO cut WestLaw a few years ago.  However, we still have access to Lexis-Nexis Academic, which is OK.
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>Lee
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>From: "Daniel Warner" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Monday, June 6, 2011 11:17:15 AM
>Subject: Cutting Westlaw?  Alternatives?
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>I’ve never used the “!” feature in email (high importance) and I’m not going to now.   (I tell my students that three times in their entire lives they can use double exclamation point.)  However, my University is looking around for ways to cut expenses, and they have Westlaw in their sites.  That’s not acceptable!  I use it almost every day, sometimes for hours.  If I did use the “!” feature, I would for this missive to you. 
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>What are your schools doing on this issue?  What alternatives might there be to the present expensive subscription to Westlaw?  
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