Registry ID sign-in will apply to Westlaw, Lexis+ and CCH iKnowConnect
The Law Society Library is introducing a more secure sign-in process for subscription databases available through its Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch libraries and at kiosks in lawyers’ rooms across Aotearoa New Zealand.
According to the Law Society, the new process applies to Westlaw, Lexis+ and CCH iKnowConnect. Lawyers accessing the subscription databases must sign in using their registry ID and password and accept the relevant terms and conditions.
The change is intended to strengthen security around access to the databases. It will also allow users to save their search preferences and settings within the databases.
According to the Law Society, retaining search preferences and settings is designed to make the service more efficient and tailored to how individual lawyers work when using the databases.
Users will need their registry ID and password when accessing the affected databases through the Law Society Library’s Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch locations. The same sign-in process will apply at kiosks located in lawyers’ rooms across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Lawyers are being reminded to log out of the database once they have finished their session. This applies whether they access the database from a kiosk or their own device.
The databases will also automatically log users out after inactivity.
The rollout of the new sign-in arrangements will take place progressively across the three subscription database services. Thomson Reuters Westlaw is the first database to move to the new process, with the rollout beginning on 7 September.
Lexis+ and CCH iKnowConnect will follow Westlaw in adopting the new secure sign-in process.
Lawyers without a registry ID will need to contact Law Society Library staff. Library staff can also help users with questions about the new sign-in arrangements or who need more information about accessing the subscription databases.
The change follows the Library’s addition of Globe Law Online in August, a subscription ebook collection from UK publisher Globe Law and Business.
Globe Law Online provides more than 300 titles covering legal practice, professional development and the business of law. Its specialist practice modules include banking and finance, company and commercial, dispute resolution, energy, insolvency, intellectual property and media, and private client.
Globe Law Online can be accessed anywhere, at any time and on any device using Registry login details.
