M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC

Started in 1975 with the publication of the still-successful Tennessee Journal, M. Lee Smith Publishers today offers more than 130 nationally acclaimed newsletters, videos, software, books, and directories to attorneys, human resources professionals, and other business executives. It provides authoritative and timely information to these communities with 51 state-specific law letters and compliance updates edited by many of the nation's largest and most prestigious law firms, and videos, software, and other products for human resources professionals created in partnership with some of America's leading experts.

M. Lee Smith uses STAR to power the following subscriber-only online services:

• The HR Answer Engine, a database of 58,000 newsletter articles, more than 50,000 state and federal laws, and more than 50,000 state and federal regulations
• The Tennessee Legislation Service, an online service for lobbyists
• Tennessee Attorneys Directory Online
• Tennessee Government Officials Directory Online
• Tennessee Attorneys Memo Online and Alalaws.com

In addition, the company uses STAR to generate online indexes and searchable archives for virtually all of their newsletters, and STAR Fastlinks (smart hypertext search links) to provide non-subscribers with predefined dynamic searches for topics of interest--for example, searches of their employment law newsletter for articles about common problems of employment law.

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