LexisNexis Publisher - Professional Current Awareness Plus Premium Content
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By Andrew Lucas

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As part of the "News, and Beyond" FreePint Topic Series, Andrew Lucas has undertaken an in-depth review of LexisNexis Publisher, a professional current awareness tool which seeks to bring together the in-depth search capabilities of LexisNexis together with a wide range of internal and external content and multiple distribution capabilities.

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The FreePint Topic Series: News, and Beyond focused on two distinct information needs for many organisations:

• In-depth research offering high quality news, company, industry and brand information

• "Awareness" resources that keep professionals informed about changes in their environments to support other kinds of decision-making, sales work or other tasks.

These two different needs may well require distinct solutions, however there are services which seek to offer elements of both.

Premium Content and Professional Current Awareness

LexisNexis Publisher is a professional current awareness tool which is designed to allow administrators or editors in organisations to curate customised content from internal and external sources, such as RSS feeds, together with premium content from LexisNexis, web news and social media. Publisher is used equally by law firms and corporates.

Interest in Publisher has been further stimulated by the recent acquisition of Moreover Technologies by LexisNexis. Moreover's Newsdesk is a competing product to Publisher, but whereas Newsdesk is very strong in web content and social media, Publisher's real strength lies in the LexisNexis premium content. The convergence of these products throws up some intriguing possibilities.

Comprehensive Review of LexisNexis Publisher Now Available

FreePint's Product Review of LexisNexis Publisher considers in detail the content available in the service as well as the search capability.

In addition, the review looks at the range of distribution channels available in Publisher, including intranet, portal, internet, extranet, email (on demand or on a schedule), newsletter (via the newsletter tool), RSS feed and mobile device. FreePint also evaluates the extensive administrative and reporting functions available in Publisher.

This Blog Item is part of the FreePint Topic Series: News, and Beyond. 

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