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Article: Reconstruction era at NEXIS: did it make Mead Data Central a carpetbagger?
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- May 1, 1994
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When the faxes and promotional materials from Mead Data Central started rolling into information centers around the country last year announcing a soon-to-be-released major restructure of NEXIS, a small knot of dread began to develop in the collective stomach of the searcher community. What are they going to change now? Why are they changing it? How will it affect my searching, my service to my clients--my bills?
These are all legitimate and important questions. This article will try to help both experienced and novice searchers understand the changes and answer those questions in as much detail as possible. In addition, we will track the searcher community's ...