[blindlaw] Westlaw or Lexis

[Bill Spiry]

I concur with Angie's assessment. I have run into some limitations in Lexis
while shepardizing cases, specifically the symbol system they use to
indicate treatment of the case in subsequent cases is not very accessible
with JAWS in some areas. I think the shepardizing tool is a bit more robust
than the Westlaw tool, maybe, but the westlaw site is definitely more
accessible even though a bit more cluttered than Lexis.
  

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Angie Matney
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 12:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Westlaw or Lexis

I have had positive experiences with both. the Lexis customer service people
were very helpful when I called with a JAWS-related issue two years back. 
I'd say I probably prefer Westlaw because of the optional text site, but I
don't use that as my default. I find the main site quite navigable with
JAWS. I will use the text site if I have a very good idea of what I want to
find, or if I want to pull up specific sources.

Angie



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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Westlaw or Lexis


> Our office has a Westlaw contract, so we didn't get much choice,  When I
> first started needing an adaptive tool for the computer, I was very
> annoyed with it, because it was not working well with my screen
> magnifier/reader (WinZoom) - then our rep told me about
> www.text.westlaw.com, the text-only version - and it is working quite
> well.
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> My preference is Westlaw as they have some pretty good support for JAWS.
> I
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