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++  Thursday, February 24, 2005  ++

Resources of the Week
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By Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor

A bit of self-indulgence from your ResourceShelf deputy editor this
time around...but I know I'm not the only one whose heart is beating a
little bit faster this week because Major League Baseball spring
training is underway. So here's a couple of excellent baseball
resources for all you fans out there.

Baseball--History
   Source: MLB.com
   History of the Game: Doubleday to Present Day
   Every fan knows that the MLB.com site runs deep with rich content;
   we direct your attention here to the Baseball History section.
   Resources here include: + Historical statistics: Settle that barroom
   wager right here, right now. Forms with a variety of options --
   radio buttons, dropdown menus -- allow you to extract such
   information as Historical Player Stats, Historical Leaders (e.g.,
   hitting, pitching), Historical Team Stats, and Earlier Franchises
   (e.g., defunct teams and leagues).

Baseball--History
   Source: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
   Baseball History
   You'll find less focus on statistics here and more detailed profiles
   of historical baseball notables, lists and trivia, and cool photos
   of archives from the venerable museum. Every time you reload the
   page, a new photo appears; click on the link provided to learn about
   it. Also, with each page reload, you get a new "Hall of Fame Quote."
   And yes, the expected daily feature, This Day in Baseball History.

Professional Reading Shelf
   Training
   Source: ARL
   New, ARL Special Collections Task Force Issues White Paper
   on Education and Training
   Special Collections Source: Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special
   Collections Libraries Ten Tips for Getting Close to Rare Materials
   "Don't be fooled by the quiet look of a special collections library.
   There's real excitement in tracking down information in old
   documents.... With a little information and some advance planning,
   you can be researching with the best of them. Here are ten tips to
   help you research like a pro at your very first visit."

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
   London--Portals
   Prototype/Pilot Version, Your London >From Kable's Government
   Computing, "The UK capital's e-government agency is offering
   directions to the nearest public toilet, among other features, on
   its prototype e-services portal.The portal, known as Your London, is
   now accessible in a pilot version but has not yet been publicly
   unveiled. The pilot site has a section offering advice for business,
   information for tourists and a "find your nearest" search engine.
   The system provides a map with directions to the nearest cash
   machine, police station, hospital and public toilet."

Federal Judges--United States--Databases
   Source: Federal Judicial Center
   Improved, New Wrinkle for Federal Judges Biographical Database "A
   valuable tool for anyone doing research about the nation's federal
   judges, past and present, is the Federal Judges Biographical
   Database. Maintained by the Federal Judicial Center, the database
   provides information about all judges who have served on the U.S.
   District Courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court, and
   other life-tenured courts since 1789. One problem had been trying to
   distinguish between current and past judges. That problem was
   addressed in a new research question added in February 2005: Users
   now can their query to sitting judges."

Scholarly Publishing--Citation Reports
   Source: ISI
   + Top Ten Most Prolific U.S. Universities, (All Fields), 1999-2003
   Includes info about the "top" paper from each univeristy.
   + Top Ten Most-Cited Journals (All Fields), 1994-2004
   + Science in Israel, 1999-2003
   + U.S. Universities with High Concentrations in Education, 1999-2003

Science--Higher Education--Surveys
   Source: The Scientist (Registration Required, Free)
   Best Places To Work For Postdocs: 2005
   "Each year The Scientist asks postdocs from the United States,
   Canada, and Europe to reveal how they feel about their jobs, and
   this year more than 3,500 answered the call."


++  Wednesday, February 23, 2005  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
   OCLC
   Source: OCLC Abstracts
   OCLC Members Council discusses impact of technology on delivery of
   library services. From the article, "'This is an exciting time. I
   view this as an information renaissance,' [J. Richard] Madaus
   [Director, College Center for Library Automation] continued. 'I
   think libraries will have a role to help society understand the
   differences between data, information, knowledge and wisdom.'"

Information Management
   Source: The Age
   Fortune awaits as duo cut to the paperchase
   "The paperless workplace might still be a pipedream, but two
   Melbourne men are striving to make it a reality for the building
   industry."

<http://digbig.com/4csfn>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
   Disaster Maps (via ReliefWeb Map Centre)
   + Tsunami--Indonesia/Sumatra--U.S. Government Aid--Map
   Source: U.S. Department of State
   Indonesia - Sumatra: Common operating picture - economic impact,
   infrastructure damage, US Government assistance (JPG; 828 KB)

+ Iran--Earthquake
   Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
   Affairs - ReliefWeb Iran: Earthquake - Situation Map (PDF; 636 KB)

Children--Vehicles--Lists & Rankings
   Source: Edmunds.com, Inc.
   Top 10 Cars for Kids in Car Seats
     "Several of our editors are parents of young children, so they've
   had the unique opportunity to try their car seats in all the newest
   models. Here are 10 cars that they say make for easy car seat
   installation...." Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts

<http://digbig.com/4csfp>

Web Search Briefs (via SEW Blog)
   + Yahoo Increases the Size of Image Database, Adds New Features
   You're now able to do focus your search results using natural
   langauge. + A New Version of Copernic's Desktop Search App is
   Available This free app now even indexes your iTunes material!

<http://digbig.com/4csfr>


++  Tuesday, February 22, 2005  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
   Cataloging
   MARC
   Source: IFLA
   UNIMARC Holdings Format (Final Version) 84 pages; PDF.

National Archives--United States
   Source: NARA
   Official Announcement: Allen Weinstein Becomes Ninth Archivist of
   the United States

Health Research
   Source: ResearchInformation
   New website gives patients access to medical research
   "Publishers and US voluntary health organisations have teamed up to
   provide medical research information to the public. Scheduled for
   pilot launch in spring 2005, patientINFORM (www.patientinform.org)
   will provide patients and their caregivers with free access to up-
   to-date, reliable research about specific diseases, initially
   cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. The information will be
   integrated into materials created for patients by the participating
   health organisations and will link to free full-text research
   articles and additional selected material on journal websites."

Web Research
   Source: LLRX.com
   Why Google Uncle Sam?
   A new article by Peggy Garvin, author of The United States
   Government Internet Manual.

Presidential Libraries
   Source: AP
   Clinton Library to Unveil Policy Records
   See Also: George H.W. Bush Presidential Records Released (2/18/05)

<http://digbig.com/4csfs>

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
   Source: U.S. Census
   Just Released, Foreign-Born Population Tops 34 Million, Census
   Bureau Estimates

Health Research
   Source: National Library of Medicine
   + MedlinePlus Adds New Features
   + Updated Training Manuals Available for PubMed, NLM Gateway, and
   ClinicalTrials.gov Available + New Shorter URL for the NLM Catalog

Philanthropy--United States--Statistics
   Source: Foundation Center
   Just Released, Foundation Giving Trends: An Update on Funding
   Priorities

Aquariums--Videos
   Source: Monterey Bay Aqurium (via URLWire)
   Monterey Bay Aquarium Online Video Library
   "The Monterey Bay Aquarium web site video library offers a selection
   of videos about animals, exhibits and conservation research programs
   at the aquarium." Direct LINKS to These ResourceShelf Posts

Here Comes the Mobile Researcher!

<http://digbig.com/4csft>



++  Monday, February 21, 2005  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
   Wikipedia
   Source: National Public Radio
   Audio: Wikipedia's Growth Comes with Concerns From the NPR web site,
   "Wikipedia is a dynamic, online encyclopedia that allows users to
   create and edit their own entries. Volunteers then fact-check the
   entiries to ensure accuracy. NPR's Laura Sydell reports that as
   Wikipedia has grown dramatically in popularity, some have begun to
   question its accuracy."

Archives--United Kingdom
   Source: The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
   MLA announces detailed plans to transform England's archives
   "Building on the recommendations of the Listening to the Past,
   Speaking to the Future: the report of the Archives Task Force, MLA
   has been working across government and with the nine regional
   agencies for museums, libraries and archives to advocate for
   archives and has developed a programme of activities to take forward
   archive development In England." More info here and here.

<http://digbig.com/4csga>

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
   Iraq War--Bibliography
   Source: Air University Library
   Conflict Termination in the Iraq War 2003
   Internet resources, books, documents, periodicals.

Gender Statistics--Database
   Source: World Bank
   GenderStats
   "GenderStats is an electronic database of gender statistics and
   indicators designed with user-friendly, menu-driven features. It
   offers statistical and other data in modules on several subjects.
   The data in each module is presented in ready-to-use format. Users
   have the option of saving the country views in Excel (or another
   spreadsheet software) to customize them for their own reports....
   Data sources for GenderStats include national statistics, United
   Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys."
   Choose a country from the dropdown menu and then select the category
   of data that you want.

<http://digbig.com/4csfy>

Briefly
   Factiva and Moreover Announce Deal

<http://digbig.com/4csfx>

Thank You!
   A Big Thank You to Pandia! From the Entire ResourceShelf Team!!!
   Today, ResourceShelf was Named the Winner of Pandia's Best Weblog on
   Searching Award.

<http://digbig.com/4csfw>




++  Sunday, February 20, 2005  ++

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
   Linguistics--Search Engine
   Source: Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of
   Maryland
   The Linguist's Search Engine "...a new linguist-friendly tool that
   makes it possible to retrieve naturally occurring sentences from the
   World Wide Web on the basis of lexical content and syntactic
   structure. Its aim is to help linguists of all stripes in conducting
   more thoroughly empirical exploration of evidence, with particular
   attention to variability and the role of context."

<http://digbig.com/4csgd>

Professional Reading Shelf
   Open Access
   Source: EurekaAlert/Georgia Institute of Technology
   Comparing traditional scientific journals and newer Open Access
   journals "Dr. Mark McCabe, assistant professor in the School of
   Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, studies the
   economic viability of a new approach to academic publishing called
   Open Access...McCabe will present findings from his ongoing research
   on scientific communication with co-author Christopher M. Snyder of
   George Washington University. Their research compares the
   traditional business model of scholarly journals in which the
   "Reader Pays" for a (possibly electronic) subscription with the
   newer "Author Pays" or "Open Access" publishing model."

<http://digbig.com/4csgc>

Briefly
   + Google Adds "Small Pilot Project" to Google Scholar

<http://digbig.com/4csgb>



++  Saturday, February 19, 2005  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
   Higher Education--United Kingdom--Databases
   Source: British Library Newsletter
   E-theses: opening up research
   "In partnership with CURL (Consortium of Research Libraries), we are
   pleased to have secured funding for an 18-month project to create
   the first stage of an online resource allowing full access to UK PhD
   theses. Our British Thesis Service currently gives access to more
   than 170,000 doctoral theses, but they are only collected 'on
   demand' and researchers have to know that the thesis actually exists
   before they can order it. Within this project, the British Library
   has responsibility to provide the technical infrastructure for the
   service, including a central electronic store and the means for
   students and researchers to search for and access full text of their
   selected thesis."

<http://digbig.com/4csgf>

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
   Student Achievement--International Comparisons
   Source: National Center for Education Statistics
   Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other
   G8 Countries: 2004

Patents--United States--Database
   FreePatentsOnline.com
   "The FreePatentsOnline.com database contains all patents published
   by the USPTO since number 4,000,000. New patents are published by
   the USPTO every Tuesday, and are automatically added to our
   database." Free PDF downloads. Unclear who is behind this site;
   domain is registered to someone in San Antonio, TX. Says here: "We
   have over 100 gigabytes of data which includes the full text of US
   patents from number 4000000 to 6857132 (most patents before
   4,000,000 exist only as images, not searchable text). As more
   patents are published by the US Patent Office, we add them. We also
   have over 2 terabytes (a terabyte is 1000 gigabytes) of images so
   that you can view the illustration from the patents."

<http://digbig.com/4csge>




++  Friday, February 18. 2005  ++

Library Catalogs
   Source: RLG
   RedLightGreen Adds New Links to Libraries, Releases Firefox Plugin

<http://digbig.com/4csgj>

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
   Science--Alert Tools
   Source: Science.Gov
   Science.gov Now Offering Alert Service
   The new alert service from Science.gov that we mentioned yesterday
   is now live! We're looking forward to trying them out. "From the
   Science.gov homepage (www.science.gov), individuals can set up an
   account and let Science.gov do the searching for them. Each week, up
   to 25 relevant results from selected information sources will be
   sent to the subscriber's email account. Results are displayed in the
   Alert email and in a personalized Alert Archive, which stores six
   weeks of alerts results. In the Archive, past activity can be
   reviewed and Alert profiles edited. Individuals can choose specific
   sources to monitor, or select the "All Sources" option. Science.gov
   drills down into hard-to-find research information collections,
   spanning more than 47 million pages of government R&D results. More
   than 1,700 government information resources and 30 databases on a
   wide variety of scientific topics are available -- all in one place
   and searchable with just one search tool."

Electronic Discovery--Database
   Source: Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
   Electronic Discovery Case Database
   "Preston Gates & Ellis maintains and continually updates a database
   containing nearly 300 electronic discovery cases collected from
   state and federal jurisdictions around the United States. This
   database is searchable by keyword, as well as by any combination of
   19 different case attributes, e.g., back-up tapes, allegations of
   spoliation, etc. Each search will produce a list of relevant cases,
   including a brief description of the nature and disposition of each
   case, the electronic evidence involved and a link to a more detailed
   case summary if available."

<http://digbig.com/4csgh>

Ready for Purchase
   + A New CD From The British Library Sound Archive: Voices of History
   "Hear the voices that made history! This two-CD set features
   historic recordings from the Sound Archive of some of the most
   famous and influential people active from the early days of sound
   recording to the middle of the 20th century. Forty speakers are
   represented, covering politics, women's rights, commerce, royalty,
   religion and society. Starting with a rare 1888 recording of Prime
   Minister William Ewart Gladstone, the speakers include suffragette
   Christabel Pankhurst and the first sitting woman MP Nancy Astor;
   Mahatma Gandhi on Hinduism and Aga Khan III on the world of Islam;
   William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, and philosopher
   Bertrand Russell."

+ New From IFLA: World Guide to Library, Archive and Information
Science Associations
   Second, completely revised and expanded Edition. It contains 633
   comprehensive, updated entries from more than 130 countries. Over
   170 new entries are documenting the latest trends and developments
   in the organisations of libraries, archives and information science.

<http://digbig.com/4csgg>




++  Thursday, February 17, 2005  ++

Resources of the Week
---------------------
by Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor

Presidential History--United States--Audio
   Source: Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia
   WhiteHouseTapes.org
   Washington Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodard -- of Woodward
   and Bernstein Watergate reknown -- likes to call the Nixon White
   House tapes, "the gift that keeps on giving." Indeed, when we think
   about tape recording in connection with the Oval Office, Richard M.
   Nixon is definitely the name that comes to mind. However, he was not
   unique among presidents in making sub rosa White House recordings.

<http://digbig.com/4cray>

Professional Reading Shelf
   Librarians--United Kingdom
   Academic Libraries--United Kingdom
   Source: The Guardian
   Bangor librarians face internet threat

Citation Analysis
   Scholarly Publishing
   Source: ScienceWatch.com/ISI
   New Article, Hottest Journals of the Millennium (so far)
   Listings for 11 fields.

<http://digbig.com/4csgp>

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
   Congressional Research Service
   A Selection of New/Recently Updated CRS Reports
   Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American
   Scientists and National Library for the Environment)

+ Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide
   to Basic Sources
+ Information Sharing for Homeland Security: A Brief Overview
+ Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and
   Counterinsurgency
+ China's Trade with the United States and the World
+ Mercury in the Environment: Sources and Health Risks
+ Chemical Plant Security

Hans Christian Andersen--Fairy Tales
   Source: Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies
   (Hans Christian Andersen Center); University of Southern Denmark
   The Complete Andersen
   "The Complete Andersen is a rather extensive collection of
   Andersen's tales -- and this is the most comprehensive edition of
   Andersen's fairy tales in English (American) on the internet.
   Collection, translated by Danish actor Jean Hersholt, is searchable
   (in Danish as well as English)."

<http://digbig.com/4csgn>

Search Briefs
   Four New Clients for Vivisimo (via Pittsburgh Business Times)
   Note: The University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System is
   one of the four. Vivismo's technology is available to the public via
   Clusty.com.

<http://digbig.com/4csgm>


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