LexisNexis Releases Congressional Hearings Digital Collection

New collection provides researchers access to 200 years of congressional hearings all in one place

DAYTON, OH, January 16, 2007 — LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of information and services solutions, released the LexisNexis^® Congressional Hearings Digital Collection. The new collection provides access to both published and unpublished hearings from 1824 to present. Now that researchers can easily search over 200 years of information, they are able to get a new perspective on a topic of interest.

"There was a real need for congressional hearings from the academic community and no one was fully addressing this. Our customers have also asked us to provide complementary content to the LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set and Congressional Research Digital Collections, and essentially provide a single, powerful resource for congressional information. Adding digitized Congressional Hearings to our Web-based archives fulfills these needs and supports student and faculty research across the disciplines" said Tim Fusco, vice president of publishing operations for LexisNexis Government and Academic Markets.

The state-of-the-art indexing from LexisNexis provides precise and fast search capabilities. Hearings can be located by searching for the bill number, committee, controlled subject headings, document or abstract full text, hearing number, public law number, Statutes at Large citation, title, or witness and affiliation. Searches can also be limited by date or Congress. The LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection is available in three modules: Retrospective A (years: 1824-1979), Retrospective B (years: 1980-2003) and Prospective (years: 2004 and beyond), totaling close to 125,000 titles and an additional 1,500 titles will be added each year after 2004.

To learn more about other related collections, such as the LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection or the LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, go to http://academic.lexisnexis.com.

About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship Web-based Lexis® and Nexis® research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions has been gathering and indexing congressional information for more than 35 years and is now a recognized source for locating congressional information.

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