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Chapter 21

• LEXIS-NEXIS Description of publication
• LEXIS-NEXIS Database TOC
• America Online Recommended supplement
• How to Acces the Federal Government on the INTERNET Recommended supplement
• How to Access the Federal Government on the Internet TOC
• How to Access the Federal Government on the Internet Sample page

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For those who remember, and there are many who don't, gathering what is called secondary research data, the stuff somebody else has published and the library is filled with, was usually an arduous task. You had to scour the library; write the government, some corporation, trade association, or otherwise, and often wait several weeks for the reply. "We're sorry, Mr. Jones will be out of the office until next year." Today, of course, that drudgery is over and on-line databases are available by the thousands in every category one can possibly think of, with certainly more to come.

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