{"id":182,"date":"2011-01-25T16:05:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T21:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2011\/01\/25\/does-lexis-look-different-to-you-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2011-04-20T09:15:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T14:15:47","slug":"does-lexis-look-different-to-you-this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2011\/01\/25\/does-lexis-look-different-to-you-this-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Lexis look different to you? This is why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Lexis Enhanced\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2011\/01\/lexisenhanced2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2011\/01\/lexisenhanced2.jpg\" alt=\"Lexis Enhanced\" width=\"319\" height=\"161\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>If you have signed on to Lexis recently, you\u2019ve likely noticed a new look.\u00a0 Like Westlaw, Lexis is currently in a period of change.\u00a0 Later this year, Lexis will roll out a new platform to compete with WestlawNext.\u00a0 But recently, Lexis has adjusted the interface of their current platform to make it more user-friendly and eye-appealing.\u00a0 The interface uses crisper lines, fewer colors, and even more white space than the previous interface.\u00a0 A change that many will appreciate is the reduction in the number of tabs running along the top of the page.\u00a0 The most important tabs\u2014Search, Get a Document, and Shepard\u2019s\u2014still appear; however, the many other available features are now tucked under a tab labeled \u201cMore.\u201d\u00a0 This is a great improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Recently Used Sources and Search by Topic or Headnote features have been moved to the right side in their own boxes.\u00a0 This change achieves the dual goal of reducing clutter while making these features more prominent.\u00a0 Also on the right side one sees Quick Tools, which allows users to quickly pull up documents, Shepardize, locate a source, or use the Lexis web with a single search box.\u00a0 The right side also includes an Emerging Issues section highlighting articles posted by practitioners in an array of practice areas.\u00a0 Overall, the changes Lexis has made are for the better.\u00a0 In time, we will see what their answer is to WestlawNext.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have signed on to Lexis recently, you\u2019ve likely noticed a new look.\u00a0 Like Westlaw, Lexis is currently in a period of change.\u00a0 Later this year, Lexis will roll out a new platform to compete with WestlawNext.\u00a0 But recently, Lexis has adjusted the interface of their current platform to make it more user-friendly and <a href='https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2011\/01\/25\/does-lexis-look-different-to-you-this-is-why\/'>[&#8230;]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[316],"tags":[460,4521,233],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}