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Number 237                                          November 10, 2005



                 ++  Thursday, November 10, 2005  ++


Resource of the Week
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by Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor

We stood at the window, looking at the poor dead bird on the patio
behind our library. "I'd go out and scoop it up," said one of my staff
members, "but you know...bird flu." She was joking, but we are all
aware that avian influenza -- specifically the H5N1 strain -- is no
joke. Nonetheless, some feel that media coverage has been over the top
(PDF; 52 KB), and there is a lot of bad information circulating...or
information that lacks perspective, which has the potential to create
unnecessary panic. In the interest of promoting some sanity here, we
present a round-up of sites that provide reliable information on
various aspects of avian influenza.

U.S. Government Websites

+ Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense
  University: Bird Flu and You -- Offers a full color poster that
  "advises citizens on non-medical actions they can take to help
  prevent the spread of the virus. It also addresses a number of
  frequently asked questions concerning bird flu."

+ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Avian Influenza (Bird
  Flu) -- Provides general information for the public as well as
  special populations, such as health care professionals,
  international travelers and poultry workers. Offers a page of links
  to references in science journals (most full-text).

+ Medline Plus: Bird Flu -- Offers news, vetted links to related
  websites and organizations, and information about research, clinical
  trials, public policy and more.

+ National Agricultural Library (USDA), Animal Welfare Information
  Center: Information Resources on Avian Influenza

Non-U.S. Government and NGO Websites

+ European Union (EU), Animal Health and Welfare: Avian Influenza --
  Detailed information on the virus, including causitive agent,
  clinical symptoms, transmission and spread, vaccination and threat
  to humans. Many documents on such things as outbreaks in different
  countries, meetings, presentations.

+ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Agriculture Department,
  Animal Production and Health Division: Avian Influenza -- Includes
  Bi- weekly Avian Influenza Maps, and a variety of guides and other
  documents.

+ Health Protection Agency (United Kingdom): Frequently asked
  questions on avian influenza -- Covers background, the current
  situation, different virus strains, control measures, human
  transmission and infection, symptoms, travel advice.

+ Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Avian Influenza Resource
  Sites -- Large collection of links to websites, news and feature
  articles. Of particular interest: Bird Flu: Communicating the Risk,
  from PAHO's Perspectives in Health magazine.

+ Prevention of Avian Influenza (Hong Kong Government Information
  Centre) -- Has a statistics page, an extensive FAQ, and a collection
  of public health videos in RealPlayer format.

+ Public Health Agency of Canada: Avian Influenza -- Offers general
  informations, FAQs and guidelines, travel health advisories, and
  information about Canada's Inter-agency Wild Bird Influenza Survey
  2005, which detected avian influenza in migratory ducks.

+ Singapore Bird Flu Website -- Nicely designed site offers general
  information, news, FAQs, brochures, and briefing slides
  (PowerPoint).

+ World Health Organization (WHO): Avian Influenza -- Lots of
  information here, including news, reports of outbreaks, guidelines,
  recommendations, and various documents. Maintains updated
  information on the number and location of confirmed cases.

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Professional Reading Shelf
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Open Content Alliance--Book Scanning
  Source: SEW Blog
  Learn About Open Content Alliance Book Scanning at the University
  of Toronto

Digitisation--Europe
  Source: MLA
  Coming Next Week: MLA Digital Futures team announce details of
  eEurope digitisation week

  "Monday 14th November- Thursday 17th November will see a week of
  events promoting the use of digital collections in museums,
  libraries and archives across Europe. Kicking off the week in
  Brussels on 14th November, European Culture Ministers will be
  discussing proposals for a European Digital Library, at their
  meeting under the UK Presidency of the EU. The vision is to promote
  a wider view of European Culture."

Information Societies
  Source: UNESCO
  Report Highlights: Knowledge versus information societies:
  UNESCO report takes stock of the difference

Academic Libraries--Conferences
  Source: ACRL
  ACRL invites proposals exploring technology and academic
  librarianship for joint ACRL/CNI/EDUCAUSE Virtual Conference

Information Industry--H.W. Wilson--Milestones
  Book Review Digest Turns 100

Library Systems
  Source: AALL Spectrum
  Looking to the Future of Library Systems
  Thoughts worth reading from Roy Tennant. Thanks to CWB for the tip.

Answers.com
  Source: SEW Blog
  Answers.com Adds New Content to Database

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Internet Usage--Canada--Statistics
  Source: Canadian Internet Project
  Just Released: Canadian Internet Project (CIP) Finds Internet
  Growing In Acceptance Among Canadians
  "The Canadian Internet Project (CIP) today released the results of a
  comprehensive survey of Canadian Internet users and non-users. The
  report offers a clear and wide-ranging view of Internet usage among
  Canadian"

Scientists--Lists & Rankings
  Source: The Scientist
  Best Places to Work in Academia, 2005
  "The respondents to The Scientist's third annual Best Places to Work
  in Academia survey conveyed a clear message: The people that they
  work with, the resources at their disposal, and their opportunities
  for career advancement are the leading factors in determining their
  satisfaction with their work environment. Researchers from across
  the United States and abroad ? more than 2,600 in all ? rated survey
  questions relating to peers, research resources, and tenure as the
  most important, and the institutions that earned high marks in those
  categories came out on top in this year's rankings."

Employers--Latin America--Lists & Rankings
  Source: Hewitt and AméricaEconomia
  Hewitt and AméricaEconomia's 25 Best Employers in Latin America
  Thanks to S.B. for the news tip.

Mothers--United States--Statistics
  Source: U.S. Census
  Three New Reports About Mothers Released by U.S. Census

+ Participation of Mothers in Government Assistance Programs: 2001

+ Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers:
  1961-2000

+ Who's Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Winter 2002

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+ Virtual Reference: Univ of Michigan Begins Pilot Test Using AOL
  Instant Messenger

+ Factiva Expands Presence in Reputation Intelligence Marketplace
  See Also: IBM to analyze digital scuttlebutt

+ MagillOnHistory Offers Unique Historical Research Information via
  EBSCOhost

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Search Briefs
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+ Flight 949, Where Are You? Tracking Airplanes in Flight

+ Macmillan's Book Digitisation Program: BookStore

+ Google Adds Option to Limit to Creative Commons Licensed Material

+ Google Automat: Web-Based User-Assisted Classified Advertising

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                 ++  Wednesday, November 9, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Thesaurus
  Source: AARP
  Free Access (Limited Time) to 8th Edition of the Thesaurus of Aging
  Terminology
  "AARP's Thesaurus of Aging Terminology is the definitive taxonomy
  for the field of aging and social gerontology. It offers over 2,000
  subject terms and numerous term definitions. Free print copies of
  the Thesaurus can be requested through the end of 2005 by e-mailing
  the AgeLine Help Desk at mailto:ageline@xxxxxxxx

  See Also: AgeLine
  "The world's most comprehensive literature database on issues of
  aging and the population aged 50 and over. It can be searched free
  on the AARP Web site.

Human Rights--Specialized Datatbases
  Source: The Charleston Advisr
  Review: HURISEARCH Human Rights Search Engine
  We first mentioned HURISEARCH on June 8, 2004.

Academic Libraries
  Source: C&RL News, ALA
  Guidelines for University Library Services to Undergraduate Students

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Auto Theft--United States--Lists & Rankings
  Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau
  2005 Hot Wheels
  From press release: "The nation's motor vehicle thieves continue to
  favor imports over domestic brands as their targets of opportunity.
  Hot Wheels, the National Insurance Crime Bureau's companion study to
  its annual Hot Spots auto theft report, examines data reported to
  the National Crime Information Center and determines the vehicle
  make, model, and model year most reported stolen in 2004."

1. 1995 Honda Civic
2. 1989 Toyota Camry
3. 1991 Honda Accord
4. 1994 Dodge Caravan
5. 1994 Chevrolet Full Size C/K 1500 Pickup
6. 1997 Ford F150 Series
7. 2003 Dodge Ram Pickup
8. 1990 Acura Integra
9. 1988 Toyota Pickup
10. 1991 Nissan Sentra

What Are the Top 10 Stolen Vehicles in Your State

Population--United States--Statistics
  Source: U.S. Census
  Population Profile of the United States: Dynamic Version
  Also available as PDF.
  "Available only on the Internet, this publication will be updated as
  new research is released. Individual chapters on a variety of
  demographic, housing and economic topics based on population
  estimates, the Current Population Survey, the Survey of Income and
  Program Participation and the American Housing Survey. Most data are
  at the national level, with graphics and tables containing a limited
  amount of data at the state, county and city levels."

Military Science--Bibliographies
  Source: Air University Library
  New Bibliographies
  Internet resources, books, periodicals, documents.

+ China: Global Regional Power

+ Core Values for Military Leadership

+ Intelligence (international in scope.)

+ Middle East Peace Process for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

+ Nuclear Iran

Health
  Source: MedlinePLUS
  Two New Topic Compilations

+ MedlinePlus: Patient Safety

+ MedlinePlus: Patient Rights

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Citation Reports
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Source: ISI

+ Profile and updated rankings for the United States of America among
  the 146 top-performing countries in all fields and all countries.
  This profile also contains individual rankings for the U.S. across
  all fields as well as all countries.

+ Just Updated: The 100 Most-Cited Scientists in: Biology &
  Biochemistry, Chemistry, Economics & Business, Immunology,
  Microbiology, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Neuroscience,
  Pharmacology & Toxicology, Physics.

Look for links to each area in the "Extras" section near the bottom of
this page.

+ Journals Ranked by Impact: Anthropology

+ U.K. Universities: Highest Impact in Chemical Engineering, 2000-04

+ Political Science & Public Administration: High-Impact U.S.
  Universities, 2000-04

+ Science in Norway, 2000-04

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+ Macmillan takes on Google Print (via IWR)

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FYI
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If you like Flickr you might want to take a look at Slide.


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                  ++  Tuesday, November 8, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Science--Databases
  Source: Science.gov
  Enhancements Planned for Science.gov Database
  Read all about Science.gov 3.0.

Social Sciences
  Source: Kovacs.com
  Results Published: 'Core' or Essential Reference Tool Survey: Social
  Sciences
  More from Diane. A list of similar surveys in different subject
  areas can be accessed here.

National Libraries--Canada--Pilot Projects
  Source: Library and Archives Canada
  Self-Serve Digital Copying Pilot Project
  "The Self-Serve Digital Copying Pilot Project is a six-month
  initiative that will allow the clients of Library and Archives
  Canada (LAC) to use their own photographic equipment (digital and
  non-digital cameras) and LAC microform printers/scanners to copy
  certain documents from the holdings of LAC for the purposes of
  research or private study."

Information Industry--Vivisimo
  Source: eContent
  Name With The Face: Peter Pawlowski, Software Engineer and Lead
  Linguist, Vivisimo, Inc.

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Electronic Commerce--United Kingdom
  Internet Sales--UK
  Just Released, 2004 e-commerce Survey of Business: Value of Internet
  sales rises 81 per cent in 2004

Country Studies
  Source: Federal Research Division/Library of Congress
  Just Released, Country Profile of Nepal
  PDF.
  See Also: More Country Profiles from the FRD

Health Care--United States
  Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
  New Reports Profile the Growing Uninsured Population and Portray the
  Health Care Safety Net as Increasingly Strained

Housing--United States--Statistics
  Source: U.S. Census
  Just Released, 2004 American Housing Surveys
  2004 reports available for more than ten metropolitan areas.

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Search Briefs
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+ Fun!!! Getting the Airfare Buzz from Kayak.com

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+ Dialog Offers Dialog Choice Pricing to Academic Institutions

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                  ++  Monday, November 7, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Identity Theft
  Source: Searcher
  Another Phine Kettle of Phish: Identity Theft Prevention
  "You read the headlines every day: 40-plus million Americans have
  fallen victim to identity crimes. In fact, one out of every 23
  adults will become a victim of identity fraud this year alone."

Libraries and Librarians
  Source: Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
  The November/December 2005 Edition of CLIR Issues is Now Online
  Articles include:

+ CLIR Launches New Agenda

+ Asking for Access

+ Coming Soon: The Whole Digital Library Handbook

Libraries--United States
  Source: NCLIS
  Meeting Report: Sixth Meeting of the National Museum and Library
  Services Board

  "Calling museums and libraries ?essential to helping America?s youth
  succeed in school and in life,? Mary L. Chute, Acting Director of
  the Institute of Museum and Library Services launched a new
  initiative today at the sixth meeting of the National Museum and
  Library Services Board. There are 122,000 libraries in the United
  States and an estimated 15,000 museums. The majority of these
  institutions have missions that include serving youth. Youth
  development experts and public policy makers increasingly recognize
  the importance of community institutions in formal learning as well
  as the informal learning that can take place afterschool and out of
  school."

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Ready Reference Desk
  Fast Facts
  Source: The World Almanac
  New, The November 2005 Issue of The World Almanac E-Newsletter is
  Online
  Contains a chronology of September events, October holidays, "This
  Day in History," and much more.
  See Also: Back issues and subscription info (free)

Computer Viruses
  Source: Sophos
  Top ten viruses and hoaxes reported to Sophos in October 2005
  "Record quantities of new malware being created."

Secondary School Students--Graduation Rate
  Source: National Center for Education Statistics
  The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools from
  the Common Core of Data: School Years 2001-02 and 2002-03

  "This report presents the averaged freshman graduation rate for
  public high school students for school years 2001-02 and 2002-03,
  based on data reported by state education agencies to the National
  Center for Education Statistics. Rates are included for the 50
  states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Department of Defense
  Dependents Schools (overseas) and four other jurisdictions." Full
  Report (PDF; 241 KB)

United States Government
  Source: Congressional Resource Service (via OpenCRS)
  Senior Executive Service (SES) Pay System
  53 pages; PDF.

Health
  Source: MedlinePLUS
  Two New Topic Compilations

+ MedlinePlus: Man-Made Disasters

+ MedlinePlus: Natural Disasters

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Search Briefs
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+ More Google Chatter from Various Sources Including Bill Gates

Interesting comment from Bill Gates, "They [Google] say they are going
to organise the world's information. Well, we don't think that is our
job. We [Micrsoft] think you need to get tools to editors and subject
experts to let them organise the world's information. There is a bit
of a philosophy difference here. The only sure winner is the
consumer."

+ 15,000 Blogs Added to Topix.net Database

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+ Xrefer Signs Omnigraphics as Publishing Partner
  "Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary 3rd
  Edition to be added to Xreferplus."

+ Medical Search: EBSCO Makes DynaMed Available for PDA's

+ Merriam-Webster Introduces Reality Reference Online

+ ProQuest Announces Sale of Periodical Microfilm Business

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                  ++  Sunday, November 6, 2005  ++


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Internet Usage--United States--Teenagers
  Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
  New Report, Teen Content Creators and Consumers: More than half of
  online teens have created content for the internet; and most teen
  downloaders think that getting free music files is easy to do

  "American teenagers today are utilizing the interactive capabilities
  of the internet as they create and share their own media creations.
  Fully half of all teens and 57% of teens who use the internet could
  be considered Content Creators."

Entertainment-Awards
  Source: Los Angeles Times
  New, The Envelope--Past Winners

  "A comprehensive database of winners and nominees from film, music,
  television and theater...[it's] the Web's most extensive listing of
  results for entertainment awards shows. The database features
  information for more than 100 U.S., Canadian, and British shows
  dating to 1916. Winners and nominees range from major industry
  competitions to small but influential festivals. There are also
  television ratings and Top 40 singles through the years as well as
  comparisons of award results by categories."

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Science--Databases
  Scirus Adds Content, Material from Institute of Physics Publishing

  "Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP) is a learned society
  publisher specialising in physics and related subjects. In addition
  to current titles, an archive dating back to 1874 is available
  online at journals.iop.org. Full text access to papers is granted to
  institutional subscribers but all abstracts are freely available and
  many IOP journals offer free access to featured articles and
  letters, and to newly published papers for 30 days. Papers can also
  be purchased online." Limit to IOP material on Scirus Advanced
  Search page. See Also: IoP Select (Free)

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                 ++  Saturday, November 5, 2005  ++



Genealogy
  Source: Kovacs.com
  Results Published: 'Core' or Essential Reference Tool Survey:
  Genealogical Reference Sources
  More from Diane. A list of similar surveys in different subject
  areas can be accessed here.

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Search Briefs
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+ Multimedia Searching: Speechbot is No Longer Available

+ Changes to Yahoo Video Search Page; Image Search Adds Results Page
  Refinements

+ Fast is back on the web search engine scene (via Pandia.com)

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                  ++  Friday, November 4, 2005  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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Digital Information
  Source: Coalition for Networked Information
  New, Podcasts with Clifford Lynch and Joan Lippincott from CNI
  Podcast interviews with both Clifford Lynch, CNI Executive Director,
  and Joan Lippincott, CNI Associate Executive Director, conducted
  during the recent EDUCAUSE annual conference in Orlando, Florida,
  are now available online. The Lynch interview is available here. The
  conversation with Joan Lippincott can be heard here.

Digital Books
  Source: SEW Blog
  Busy Day for Digital Books: News from Amazon and Google
  Lots of links and sites!
  See Also: Microsoft hits the books in Britain (via News.com)
  See Also: British Library and MS Digitization Project (News Release)

Copyrights--United States--Resources
  Source: The Virtual Chase
  Finding Copyrights and Trademarks for Free
  A new article by TVC editor and friend, Genie Tyburski.

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
  Science--Careers
  Source: Popular Science
  The Worst Jobs in Science
  "Pain, Tedium, Danger, Disgust, Humiliation? It's all just part of
  the average workday for the (often proud, more often smelly) members
  of our third annual honor roll of the Worst Jobs in Science."

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Search Briefs
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Ask Upgrades Desktop Search

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+ Autonomy Acquires Verity

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                 ++  Thursday, November 3, 2005  ++


Resource of the Week
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by Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor

Some information is just cool, even if you, personally, never
anticipate a practical need for it. Few of us will ever do extensive
research in paleoclimatology -- "the study of past climate, for times
prior to instrumental weather measurements" -- but as you browse
through this week's anointed website, you'll see clearly how "past
climate" influences the way we look at climate here and now. Famine-
inducing droughts, global warming, monster hurricanes...climate-
related issues are a media staple these days. Was the weather always
this weird? Well...yeah.

Paleoclimatology
  Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--National
  Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service--National
  Climatic Data Center

  NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
  Studying what went on, climatologically, in the past can help
  scientists make better predictions about what will occur in the
  future. So, how in the world do you study the weather from times
  well before sophisticated instrumentation was available?
  "Paleoclimatologists use clues from natural 'proxy' sources such as
  tree rings, ice cores, corals, and ocean and lake sediments to
  understand natural climate variability." Before you dig too deeply
  into this site, you may want to have a look at the Paleoclimatology
  Primer, which provides an overview and perspective.

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Journal Pricing
  Source: Various
  An Open Letter to All University Presidents and Provosts Concerning
  Increasingly Expensive Journals
  The letter (PDF) was written by Theodore Bergstrom (University of
  California - Santa Barbara) and R. Preston McAfee (California
  Institute of Technology).

Information Science
  Source: ASIS&T
  The October/November 2005 Issue of the Bulletin of the American
  Society for Information Science and Technology is Now Online

  Articles and Columns Include:

+ The Legal Landscape After MCM v. Grokster: Is it the Beginning of
  the End or the End of the Beginning? Part 1: Understanding the Context

+ Reactions to the Enclosure of the Information Commons: 2000-2004

+ TREC: Improving Information Access through Evaluation

+ OWL Exports from a Full Thesaurus

Business Resources
  Source: Kovacs.com
  Results Published: 'Core' or Essential Reference Tool Survey: Business
  More from Diane. A list of similar surveys in different subject
  areas can be accessed here.

National Libraries--Canada
  Source: Library and Archives Canada
  Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 2005

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Civil War--United States--Maps
  Source: National Geographic
  National Geographic Society Releases New Interactive Civil War Map
  "...interactive map of over 5,200 U.S. Civil War battlefields and
  historic sites. Get detailed descriptions of 384 major battlefields,
  and view the 25 sites most in danger of being lost."

Pandemic Flu--United States--Hub
  Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
  New, PandemicFlu.gov
  "PandemicFlu.gov is intended to provide comprehensive government-
  wide information on pandemic influenza and avian influenza. In the
  event of a pandemic, this will be the authoritative site for U.S.
  government information on the pandemic."

Energy--Oil--Statistics
  Source: EIA (via DocuTicker)
  Updated Report, World Oil Transit Chokepoints
  "An updated fact sheet of the world oil transit chokepoints. This
  report includes the most recent information on chokepoints for
  transport and trade of international oil as of November 2005."

Crime--United States--Statistics
  Source: BJS
  Just Released, Probation and Parole in the United States, 2004

  "During 2004 the total Federal, State, and local adult correctional
  population - incarcerated or in the community - grew to nearly 7
  million....Reports the number of persons on probation and parole, by
  State, at year-end 2004 and compares the totals with year-end 1995
  and 2000. It lists the States with the largest and smallest parole
  and probation populations and the largest and smallest rates of
  community supervision, and identifies the States with the largest
  increases."

Disasters--United States
  Source: CRS (via FPC)
  Disaster Response and Appointment of a Recovery Czar: The Executive
  Branch's Response to the Flood of 1927

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+ OCLC PICA acquires Fretwell-Downing Informatics

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Search Briefs
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+ Yahoo Enhances Maps, Integrates Local Search (via SearchDay)

+ Video Search: Eurosport Signs Deal with blinkx.TV; blinkx links up
  with Virgin Radio and audioVille.

+ Google Begins Placing Public Domain Books Online via Google Print

  Note to Google 1: How about a tool to enlarge the print on a page.
  Amazon's Search Inside the Book offers this feature.

  NOTE: Many other organizations have been digitizing public domain
  materials for years.

  Just check out the Online Books Page to see what I mean. Just look
  at what's added on a daily basis.

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Tools We Like
  Worthy of Further Exploration: Vazu Click
  A must for the mobile web user!

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