® LexisNexis Corporate Information Professional Update ISSUE 3 The newsletter designed for nexis.com® power users THIRD QUARTER More than 1,500 LexisNexis® eBooks stack virtual library benefits in your organization’s favor Over a thousand titles of trusted, authoritative material, compatible with numerous devices, cost-effective and conveniently accessible whenever and wherever you want … that’s what makes LexisNexis® eBooks the right choice for your organization. Take a look around the LexisNexis eBooks site and see for yourself. View the many eBook titles, watch an informative eBook demo, find out how simple it is todownload a sample and check out the FAQ’s. Spend less time and money managing print books … Introducing the LexisNexis ® Digital Library, the new chapter in library lending New LexisNexis® Digital Library can give you 24/7 mobile access to the largest collection of authoritative legal eBook content on a variety of major mobile devices and desktop platforms. As a LexisNexis Digital Library customer you will also have access to and be able to purchase more than 700,000 other titles—business and technology to travel and language learning. Get more details below. Check the titles—quantity and content unsurpassed Expand your organization’s virtual library with selections from more than 1,500 LexisNexis eBooks. And while the present tally is an impressive offering, more titles will be added as conversion speed increases. By the end of this year, the goal is to offer approximately 1,800 LexisNexis eBooks. Got something in mind or browsing for an eBook title on a particular subject? Just take a look at the extensive collection of titles to find what you need. A wide range of business and tax publications tie in nicely with legal texts to research a topic. At the Available Titles page, view eBooks of interest by jurisdiction or practice area. Or you can download the complete list of current available titles. Additionally, you can link to a vast list of publications in PDF format that you can view by using an e-reader device or program. http://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/corporate-infopro-resources Catch a demo—seeing is believing Annotate? Sure. Highlight? Go on. Bookmark? Why not! Search? With unbelievable ease. Watch the eBooks demo and see how. Gain the savvy you need to work at top performance speed and efficiency. Download samples—try before you buy The list of available samples gives you the opportunity to select a title of interest and then see for yourself how helpful it is to have the information you need in hand. LexisNexis eBooks are device agnostic, compatible with dedicated e-reader devices as well as personal computers (desktop and laptop), tablet devices and smartphones that use e-reader software or applications. Our eBooks are available in two file types: .ePub and .mobi. Once the eBooks are downloaded, they are stored on the device and no Internet access is required. 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After viewing a sample, if you wish to order an eBook, three options make purchasing a snap: Contact your LexisNexis representative, go to the LexisNexis® Store or call 800-223-1940. Downloading, sharing … and saving budget Sharing within your organization offers cost benefits. If you would like to buy multiple quantities of a title, you will receive eBook emails to distribute to those in your organization. Because LexisNexis eBooks are sold with digital rights management which “stamps” the account name and e-mail address of the purchaser on the eBook file pages, a Terms of Use page is included with every eBook regarding DRM and sharing. These eBooks will have the name of one individual on the eBook and the account number embedded in the eBook. You can load one or more eBooks to a single device and the device itself could be shared within your company or department. Got a question? 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If you have additional concerns, you can always contact your LexisNexis representative or call/email eBook Customer Support at 800-833-9844. http://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/corporate-infopro-resources Spend less time and money managing print books … Introducing LexisNexis ® Digital Library, the new chapter in library lending LexisNexis has joined forces with OverDrive®, the library solutions provider, whose large, diverse catalog of eBook titles will complement the LexisNexis collection of electronic legal titles. As a LexisNexis Digital Library customer, you will also have access to and be able to purchase more than 700,000 other titles—business and technology to travel and language learning—via the OverDrive Content Reserve collection portal. And because the new LexisNexis Digital Library is publisher agnostic, you can also add titles from other publishers available via OverDrive and centrally manage them—eliminating the inefficiency of using multiple platforms or sites to manage an entire collection. Instead of individually purchasing and managing eBook titles, you get a website that is customized for your organization. Via your site, the librarian or designated administrator can order titles, supervise lending and generate detailed reports that enhance your understanding of usage patterns, and facilitate For more information on eBooks: more informed digital content decisions. Contact your LexisNexis representative, call 800-833-9844 to speak Your team members can access, check out and with a Customer Support specialist (available 8 A.M. – 8 P.M. 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