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the new Lexis at LexisNexis

I saw that Allan McLaughlin’s linkedin profile reflects a new title as Sr. VP, new Lexis at LexisNexis.  

As a former lexis.com product manager, I am naturally curious to know what the general outlines of the redesign are! Can anyone say anything on the record (or offline)? And, if you were redesigning lexis.com today, what would you do? What is the Web 2.0 version of Lexis.com ? And Web 3.0?

Tops on my wish list:

  • universal search
  • very smart, rule-based, role-playing personal assistants that can undertake research projects with a minimum of guidance and bring back a collection of 3-5 high-quality, relevant documents from multiple sources.  (this would be the heart of my Web 3.0!)
  • document annotation & discussion (wiki/group features) with access rules to avoid conflict of interest
  • blow up all previous business rules and switch to subscription only

via LinkedIn: View Discussion: LexisNexis Current & Former Employees.

February 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

(semi) automagically create bibliographies using Google Scholar

I’ve found a better way to keep track of bibliographies for my scientific research projects:

1) Google Scholar > Scholar Preferences > Save citations as BibTex (similar options in ScienceDirect, etc.)
2) save resulting BibTex formatted citations in text file using Notepad
3) download JabRef http://jabref.sourceforge.net/  or run as Java app over the net
4) import text file via JabRef > File > Import into current database
5) export JabRef db as Harvard .RTF (~ APA style) (or many others)
6) Paste into Word doc.
JabRef is open source & free.
This works amazingly well.
November 17th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment