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ASIAN CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT CENTERED
INDEPENDENT PROJECT
Constitutions and Parts Thereof
Relating to Human Rights
by Author Alan Haskvitz
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ResourceShelf Newsletter
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Number 238
November 17, 2005

++  Thursday, November 17, 2005  ++


Resource of the Week
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by Shirl Kennedy

Word Processors--Web-Based
  Source: Upstartle
  Writely
  Why would anyone need a Web-based word processor? I mean, just about
  everyone has a word processing program of some type loaded on their
  computers -- quite likely, some iteration of Microsoft Word. Why
  would you want to go on the Internet to word-process something?

Well, what if you wanted to...

... collaborate on a document with several other people and not be
forced to keep shipping the thing around as e-mail attachment...or
worry about which version of Word somebody has?

... publish documents online, simply and easily, and instantly invite
other people to have a look?

... post a document to your blog, automatically?

This week, we'd like to invite you to take a look at Writely, "which
allows you to edit and publish documents online, either privately, in
collaboration with specific people, or publicly on the Internet."
Writely is the first product of "a Silicon Valley-based software
development company started by three senior software engineers -- all
with long track records in successful, mass-market, consumer
software." The application is currently in beta, during which time it
is free to all users. Eventually, the developers plan to introduce
additional features for paying subscribers, while continuing to keep
the basic service free.

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Professional Reading Shelf
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Archives
  Source: The Internet Archive
  Web-archive-on-demand service for libraries launched
  "The web team at Internet Archive launched the public website
  Archive-it that allows users to create, manage and search their own
  web archives through a web interface. The service as been developed,
  in particular, for memory institutions and state archives. IA has
  been testing and developing the application through a pilot program
  which includes 13 other institutions, mainly Libraries and Archives,
  who are potential users of this service."

Citation Indexing
  Source: Current Science Online
  As we may search Comparison of major features of the Web of Science,
  Scopus, and Google Scholar citation-base
  A new article (PDF) by Peter Jacso. The article is included in a
  tribute Dr. Eugene Garfield and 50 years of citation indexing.

Libraries--Marketing
  Source: Chris Olson
  The November Issue of Chris Olson's Marketing Treasures Newsletter
  is Now Online

  Highlights include:

+ Tips for Holding Brainstorming

+ Blueprint for Your Library Marketing Plan

+ Free Articles for Library Newsletters

Persistent URLs
  Persistent Identification of Electronic Records and the Future of
  Footnotes
  "This article discusses the wide spread incidence of link rot, or
  increasing dead links over time, in scholarly literature. A
  universal system of persistent identification is discussed as a
  solution to this problem." PDF.

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Lectures--Databases
  Source: Search Engine Watch Blog
  Speeches, Lectures, and More Added to BlinkxTV Database
  "As of today Blinkx is making hundreds of hours of material keyword
  searchable from Harvard, Princeton and Cambridge, UC Berkeley,
  Middlebury College, Columbia University, Washington State University
  to name just a few of the institutions. This Netimperative story has
  more info and some examples of the content you'll find. That's not
  all. Blinkx is also announcing an arrangement with the Smithsonian
  Institution here in DC to make some of their video content keyword
  searchable."

  Note from Gary: The CTO of Blinkx tells me in an email that it was
  my pestering that help start this initiative. Cool!

Europe--Databases
  Source: MLA

  New Database/Online Catalog: MICHAEL, A Multilingual Online
  Catalogue

  "At a conference today in Bristol the Museums, Libraries and
  Archives Council (MLA) launched MICHAEL, the multilingual online
  catalogue which aims to provide quick and simple access to the
  digital collections of museums, libraries and archives from European
  countries. In future, students and researchers will be able to
  discover information about European digital collections that might
  previously have been difficult to find. The services will also
  support cultural tourism, the creative industries and other
  interests...Work on Michael began in 2004 to create an open source
  database for recording digital collections, that can be accessed
  through websites in many different languages. Work is continuing on
  cataloguing the rich digital collections in the UK, and a European
  portal of digital collections from Italy, France and the UK will be
  launched in 2006. As the project moves forwards, new partners will
  join the project from Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece,
  Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands and Poland By 2007, the MICHAEL
  portal will be available in at least 12 European languages and give
  access to digital collections across Europe."

Privatization--Database
  Source: The World Bank
  Privatization Database
  "This site provides information on more than 9,000 privatization
  transactions in developing countries from 1988 to 2003. Search
  transactions by country, region or sector for a particular time
  period or for the entire period covered in the database."

Legal Industry--United States--Lists & Rankings
  Source: National Law Journal
  The NLJ 250, 2005
  "The National Law Journal's 28th annual survey of the nation's 250
  largest law firms, the overall number of attorneys at the largest
  firms, 116,671, increased by 4.4 percent from the past year,
  compared with a 1.5 percent growth rate in 2004 and 1.6 percent in
  2003."

Canada--Digital Collections
  Source: Library and Archives Canada
  New, Cool Canada
  "This site highlights lots of cool people, places, inventions,
  events and achievements that make Canada cool!"

Crime--Art--Lists & Rankings
  Source: FBI (via DocuTicker)
  New, Top 10 Art Crimes

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Search Briefs
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+ Google Adds Two New Features to SMS (Text Messaging) Service

+ Cool Maps: Metrobot Launches Nationwide Mapping Search Engine (via
  All Points Blog)

See Also: 2004 Article from SearchDay About Metrobot

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+ IEEE Xplore Digital Library Adds Tables of Content Alerts By Email
  and RSS

  Via an email: Users of this free service select which IEEE
  journal(s) they want to know about, then receive notification
  whenever a new issue is posted online, along with a link to the
  issue's table of contents in the IEEE Xplore digital library. In
  addition, all users of the IEEE Xplore digital library now have free
  access to non-indexed, ancillary content (often called ephemera)
  from IEEE publications. This includes content such as editorials and
  book reviews. To sign up for Table of Contents Alerts, visit any
  journal's listing in IEEE Xplore, or:
  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocalerts_signup.jsp

+ InfoUSA Expands Indian Operations, Adds Search Feature

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                 ++  Wednesday, November 16, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Knowledge Management
  Source: Baseline
  How Much Is Knowledge Worth?
  "Workers' knowledge can be a valuable asset. Some companies know how
  to utilize it?and some don't. Paul Strassmann lays out which are
  which, and why."

Toolbars
  Source: NLM
  New Resource: NCBI Search Toolbar
  "The NCBI Search Toolbar is now available for download from:
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/toolbar/
  The Toolbar is an optional addition to your Web browser (Internet
  Explorer or Firefox) that expedites searching the NCBI's resources.
  It also highlights search results and provides shortcuts to NCBI
  resources.

Libraries
  Source: Info Today
  Libraries?The Information Society in Action
  "The WSIS pre-conference, Libraries--the Information Society in
  Action, was held Nov. 10?11 in Alexandria, Egypt. It was organized
  by the International Federation of Library Associations and
  Institutions in co-operation with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and
  was supported by several sponsors. The pre-conference presented some
  of the best practices from libraries around the world in the areas
  of health, education and training, media literacy, preserving of
  cultural heritage, and disaster preparedness. Several hot-button
  issues emerged during the event."

Libraries
  Source: IFLA
  Full Text: Alexandria Manifesto on Libraries, the Information
  Society in Action

Librarians
  Source: ARL
  ARL Recruits Subject Experts into Research Librarianship
  "The first institute of the ARL Academy: Careers in Academic and
  Research Libraries was held September 19?21, in Washington, DC and
  was evaluated as a success thanks to the three partner graduate
  schools, Library of Congress staff, and the talented and engaging
  Academy fellows."

Digital Libraries
  Source: D-Lib
  The November Issue of D-Lib Magazine is Now Available Online
  Articles include:

+ What is a Digital Library Anymore, Anyway? Beyond Search and Access
  in the NSDL

+ Questions & Challenges Arising in Building the Collection of a
  Digital Library for Education:

+ Requirements for Digital Preservation Systems: A Bottom-Up Approach

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Marketing
  Source: Ad Age
  Ad Age Global Marketing Report 2005
  Includes list of Top 100 marketers. 53 pages; pdf. Registration
  required, free.

UNESCO
  Source: Dag Hammarskjold Library, United Nations HQ
  Happy 60th Birthday to UNESCO
  See Also: 60 Weeks
  "Each week for 60 weeks they have a different theme related to
  UNESCO areas of interest. Thanks to Susan for the news tip.

Internet Access--Broadband--Lists & Rankings
  Source: Computer Industry Almanac
  New List: Top 15 Countries in Broadband Subscribers

Hurricane Katrina
  Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)
  Hurricane Katrina Recovery: Contracts Awarded by the Federal
  Government

VoIP
  Emergency Services
  Source: GovTech
  New, FCC Launches VoIP 911 Website
  The Joint FCC/NARUC Task Force on VoIP 911 Enforcement has launched
  a new website to provide consumers, industry and state and local
  governments information about the rules that require certain
  providers of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to supply
  911 emergency calling capabilities to their customers. The address
  is www.voip911.gov

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Search Briefs
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+ Poking at Google Base
  Gary takes a look at the latest offering from Google.

+ Search AOL Shopping Using AOL Instant Messenger

+ Yahoo Debuts the Shoposphere

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+ Federated Search: Swets Information Services Launches SwetsWise
  Searcher--A New Federated Search Solution Powered by Vivisimo
  Technology

+ ProQuest brings 19th Century periodicals into digital age (via IWR)

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                  ++  Tuesday, November 15, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Medical Library Websites--Usability Survey
  Source: National Library of Medicine
  Volunteers Needed for Website Usability Study
  "The American Institutes for Research is a not-for-profit
  organization that supports agencies and organization to improve the
  usability of their products, websites and applications. AIR is
  currently recruiting the following types of individuals to
  participate in a usability study of several medical library
  websites:

- Medical librarians

- Health professionals, including community-based organization staff
  members

- Public librarians

- Health consumers"

Participate from your own computer. "AIR will pay study volunteers
$100 for their participation."

Cryptome--Libraries--Free DVD
  Source: Cryptome
  Cryptome Archives: DVD

  "Cryptome offers...a single DVD of the Cryptome archives of 27,000
  files from June 1996 to November 2005.... Archives include all files
  of cryptome.org, cryptome2.org, jya.com, cartome.org and eyeball-
  series.org.... A free DVD will be sent to public and .edu libraries
  which make a request to Cryptome: jya [at] cryptome.net.... Cryptome
  welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by
  governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of
  expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national
  security, intelligence, and secret governance -- open, secret and
  classified documents -- but not limited to those." If you're not a
  library, you can get a copy of the DVD by making a $25 donation.

Academic Libraries--Marketing
  Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
  Libraries lure students with lattés

  "Serving coffee is just one of the extraordinary new steps the
  university is taking to court students reluctant to give up the ease
  of Google searches for the intimidating stacks of a research
  library. Making academic libraries relevant to the digital
  generation is a national obsession on campuses."

Semantic Web
  Source: ACM Queue
  Order from Chaos
  "As more ontologies become available, it becomes harder, rather than
  easier, to find an ontology to reuse."

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Electronic Books
  Source: Search Engine Watch Blog
  Search and Read Full Text Books Online via ebrary

  "Since book search is all the rage these days I want to spend a few
  minutes talking in-depth about a service I've mentioned in the past
  but didn't really describe in detail. The service is called ebrary
  that has been around since 1999. ebrary offers numerous services
  including one that lets you search and read over 20,000 in-copyright
  books for free. You pay only to print and copy text."

Supreme Court--United States--Hearings
  Source: askSam
  Searchable Database (Free): Judge Samuel Alito Published Opinions
  The good folks at askSam have compiled a new searchable database
  that consists of the full text of more than 350 of Alito's published
  opinions. Search online or download and search offline. More free
  askSam databases here.

Religious Freedom--International
  Source: U.S. Department of State
  7th Annual Report on International Religious Freedom

  From press release: "The 2005 report covers 197 countries and
  territories. In some countries, we find that governments have
  modified laws and policies, improved enforcement or taken other
  concrete steps to increase and demonstrate respect for religious
  freedom. In far too many countries, however, governments still fail
  to safeguard religious freedom. Across the globe, people are still
  persecuted or killed for practicing their religion or even for just
  being believers. This year, we have re-designated eight 'Countries
  of Particular Concern' -- Burma, China, the Democratic People's
  Republic of Korea, Eritrea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Vietnam.
  These are countries where governments have engaged in or tolerated
  particularly severe violations of religious freedom over the past
  year. We are committed to seeking improvements in each of these
  countries, improvements like those we have actually seen in Vietnam,
  which have been further advanced by agreement on religious freedom
  that our governments signed just this last May."

Aerospace Industry
  Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology
  2005 Aviation Week & Space Technology Source Book

  Includes "industry outlook" articles; profiles of prime contractors,
  major airlines, regional airlines, cargo airlines; specification
  tables. Many documents in PDF format.

  See also: Aerospace Industries Association -- Statistics

Criminal Justice--United States--Statistics
  Source: BJS
  Two New Reports from the Bureau of Justice Statistcs

+ Capital Punishment, 2004
  "During 2004, twelve States executed 59 prisoners."

+ Hate Crime Reported by Victims and Police
  "During July 2000 through December 2003, an annual average of
  210,000 hate crime victimizations occurred."

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Search Briefs
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+ Yahoo Culture: Sunnyvale & Santa Monica

+ Shopping Engine Smarter.com Launches in China and Japan

+ Google Exploring Book Rental Plan

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+ Microsoft unveils desktop search for businesses

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                  ++  Monday, November 14, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Classification
  Source: OCLC Research
  Presentation: Auto Classification and Cataloging Topics
  A presentation to OCLC Members Council Research and New Technologies
  Interest Group by Eric Childress, 25 October 2005, Dublin, Ohio
  (USA). PowerPoint:104K/20slides.

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

Instant Messaging
  Source: Computerworld
  AOL survey: Instant messaging use growing in U.S.

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Beta File
  More on these apps in the future! Try them, you'll like them. More
  than worthy of your attention.

  + Music Fan> Take a Look and Listen to Pandora
  VERY COOL and VERY ADDICTIVE!!!

+ Writely.com
  Completely web-based word processor, tons of features including
  collaboration. Free. Soon, integration with the new and improved Ask
  Jeeves Desktop Search app. Btw, Writely.com added a bunch of new
  features the other day.

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Intellectuals--Lists & Ranking
  Source: Prospect magazine (UK)
  New Rankings: The Prospect/FP Global public intellectuals poll--
  results
  "Over 20,000 people voted for their top names from our original
  longlist of 100. The final results are below; click here for David
  Herman's analysis, and here for brief biographies of the top names."

Law Schools--Ranking
  Source: Leiter's Law School Rankings
  Rankings of Law Schools by Student Quality, 2005

  "Below are two rankings of the top 40 schools in terms of student
  quality as measured by LSAT. The first ranking looks only at the top
  quarter of each class; the second ranks schools by the mid-point
  LSAT (that is, the mid-point between the 25th and 75th--a figure
  more reliable than the medians, which are not currently reported to
  the American Bar Association [this will soon change]). Many
  academics favor 75th percentile rankings, because they do not
  penalize schools for 'alternative admissions' procedures which may
  drag down the numerical credentials of the bottom end of the class.
  Others point out that the number of 'top students' is more important
  than the 'average' ('top students' set the tone, it is said). On the
  other hand, some believe the average matters more, and mid-point
  LSAT is the best proxy we have for the average. In any case, both
  kinds of rankings appear below for readers to consider."

Internet--Statistics
  Source: ITU
  New, Summary Only: ITU Internet Reports 2005: The Internet of Things

  "This publication is the seventh in the series of 'ITU Internet
  Reports,' originally launched in 1997. It looks at the next step in
  'always on' communications, in which new ubiquitous technologies
  (such as radio-frequency identification and sensors) promise a world
  of networked and interconnected devices (e.g. fridge, television,
  vehicle, garage door, etc.) that provide relevant content and
  information whatever the location of the user -- heralding the dawn
  of a new era, one in which the internet (of data and people)
  acquires a new dimension to become an Internet of Things. Topics
  covered include new enabling technologies, business opportunites,
  public policy challenges, and implications for the developing world.
  A statistical annex covering over 200 economies is also included.
  Full Text is fee-based. PDF. Thanks to Gigaom for the tip.

Armed Forces--United Kingdom
  Source: House of Commons Library
  New Report, Background to the Forthcoming Armed Forces Bill
  PDF; 73 pages.

Flags--Dictionary
  Source: North American Vexillological Association
  Illustrated Dictionary of Vexillology

  "The Illustrated Dictionary of Vexillology differs from similar
  publications in two ways. First, it is inclusive instead of
  exclusive, since the science of vexillology is an inclusive science.
  Therefore I have included terms from other fields of study that have
  direct usage in the study, design, and analysis of flags. For
  example, flag makers are well aware of the damage the sun can do to
  a fabric; but how many of us are aware of how solar energy is
  calculated, and how those calculations are used to help develop
  better fibers? Second, the dictionary is being developed right under
  the gaze of those who would be most interested in its contents; NAVA
  members and other flag enthusiasts who visit this site. And because
  these people are asked to offer their suggestions they become a part
  of the development process."

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Search Briefs
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+ Google Registers a Few New Domain Names Including
  GoogleMicrofilm.com

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UK: National Buried Treasures Revealed!

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                  ++  Sunday, November 13, 2005  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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2005 Charleston Conference--Presentations
  Source: Charleston Information Group LLC
  2005 Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition
  Presentations

  PPTs from conference, held November 2-5, include:

+ John Cox (John Cox Associates Ltd), Journal Quality and Usage

+ Nick Evans (ALPSP), The Effects of Open Access of Scholarly Journals

+ David Gray and Jingping Zhang, Doing the Math

+ Fred Lynden (Rockefeller Library, Brown University), Revisiting
  Price Indexes for Library Materials

+ Daniel Phelan (Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario CANADA),
  Creating Leaders: A study of the Northern Exposure to Leadership
  Participants

+ Colin Steele (The Australian National University), Book to the
  Future

Information Science
  Source: ASIS&T
  American Society for Information Science and Technology 2005 Award
  Winners

Special Libraries Association
  What's Up with the SLA Asia Chapter
  12 pages; PDF.

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Financial Services Industry--Lists & Rankings
  Source: American Banker
  The 2005 FinTech 100
  "An annual ranking of vendors to the financial services industry."
  See Also: Top 25 Enterprise Companies in FinTech
  See Also: Additional Info (Fee-Based via American Banker)

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Search Briefs
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+ Imagery from RLG Database Comes to FindArticles

+ Your Life, Your Database: MyLifeBits Developer Gordon Bell Profiled
  in New Article

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+ Thomson Gale Signs Two More Academic Publishers, Adding More than
  100 Peer-Reviewed Journals to InfoTrac

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                 ++  Saturday, November 12, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Web Search
  Source: SEW Blog
  Understanding Web Spam
  Papers and presentations! Very interesting reading.

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Ready Reference
  Source: askSam
  New Free Download: Area Codes, Location (City, State, Etc), and Time Zone
  A free, searchable askSam database with area codes, location (city,
  state, etc.), and time zone. We've made this database available as a
  free download (it can be used with the free askSam Viewer), or you
  can search and browse the information on-line.

Newspapers--United States--Lists & Rankings
  Source: BurrellesLuce
  Top 100 Daily Newspapers (U.S.) 2005
  See Also: 2004 List Also Available
  PDF.

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                 ++  Friday, November 11, 2005  ++

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Citation Analysis
  Source: ISI
  University Of Toronto Tops Rankings Of Canadian Research Universities

Federal Depository Libraries--Online Collections
  Source: Federal Depository Library Program (GPO)

  Tips to Effectively Transition to a More Online Federal Depository
  Collection (PDF; 60 KB)

  "These tips offer ways to assist depositories as they continue to
  incorporate online government publications into their services and
  collections."

Privacy
  Source: GovExec.com
  Data security officials ponder response to 'year of breaches'
  "'It's been the year of breaches,' Dan Caprio, the chief privacy
  officer at the Commerce Department, said at a Business for Social
  Responsibility conference. The number of identities that have been
  compromised this year is 'north of 50 million,' he said."

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Veterans--United States--Statistics
  Source: U.S. Census
  Fast Facts: A Compilation About the Veteran Population in the U.S.

Smoking--United States--Statistics
  Source: CDC
  Lower Adult Smoking Rates with More Adults Quitting Levels Still
  Below Nation's Goal for 2010

  "The percentage of U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes continues to
  decline and more adults have successfully quit smoking than remain
  current smokers. The study estimates that 20.9 percent -- 44.5
  million people -- are current smokers, down from 21.6 percent in
  2003 and 22.5 percent in 2002, according to an article in this
  week's issue of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)."

Roads--United States
  Source: USGS
  Roads Scholarship at USGS
  "North America's network of roads could be regarded as the largest
  human creation on Earth. In fact, the 4 million miles of roads in
  the U.S. would completely cover South Carolina. Although roads
  appear to lead everywhere, a new USGS database also points to the
  places roads don't go."

Television--United States--Statistics
  Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
  New Report, Number of Sexual Scenes on TV Nearly Double Since 1998

  "According to Sex on TV 4, a biennial study by the Kaiser Family
  Foundation, the number of sexual scenes on television has nearly
  doubled since 1998. And while the inclusion of references to "safer
  sex" issues -- such as waiting to have sex, using protection, or
  possible consequences of unprotected sex -- has also increased since
  1998, that rate has leveled off in recent years. The study examined
  a representative sample of more than 1,000 hours of programming
  including all genres other than daily newscasts, sports events, and
  children's shows. All sexual content was measured, including talk
  about sex and sexual behavior."

Detainees
  Source: CRS (via FPC)
  Overview and Analysis of Senate Amendment Concerning Interrogation
  of Detainees

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Search Briefs
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+ Mashups a Go-Go! New Mashups from MSN Virtual Earth and Yahoo Maps

+ Google Personalized Search Grows Up

+ Answers.com Adds New Content to Database

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+ IBM Joins Corporate Monitoring Space with Release of Public Image
  Monitoring Solution

+ A Look at Some Non-Google U.S. Patent Applications from Yahoo,
  Microsoft and Others

+ Inspec Archive -- Science Abstracts 1898-1968 Now Available via
  EBSCO

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