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ResourceShelf Newsletter
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Number 240 December 8, 2005
Gary Price Editor


                 ++  Thursday, December 8, 2005  ++


Resource of the Week
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by Shirl Kennedy

Greetings from Las Vegas, NV, the city that never sleeps. I am here
attending the annual Military Librarians Workshop and, yes, indulging
in low stakes gambling and cheap casino buffets. So things are kind of
hectic...so this edition of Resource of the Week will be a rather
brief one.

Earnings Calls
  Source: 123Jump.com
  123Jump: Earnings Calls

  Less is more -- at least in terms of the number of clicks you must
  perform to round up the information you need. We like one-stop
  shopping sites here at ResourceShelf, and this one recently crossed
  our radar screen. It's basically an ongoing weblog-style summary of
  corporate "earnings calls." Earnings reports are issued quarterly
  and annually by public companies; they include earnings, expenses,
  and net profit for the issue period. Companies often utilize
  conference calls with industry analysts and the news media to
  disseminate this information to as many interested parties as
  quickly as possible. More and more of these are taking place via
  webcasts.

  This information is available many places online, including Yahoo!
  Finance, MSN Money and Thomson's Earnings.com. Most corporations
  also make these things available on their investor relations
  websites. But we like 123Jump's clean design, where summaries of
  earnings calls - by the site's own writers -- are added as they are
  issued, with a link to more extensive information where available.

  The site offers other useful information, such as recent IPO
  performance, economics and earnings calendars, an archive of Mutual
  Fund Q&As, from various funds and fund families and, of course, a
  stock price look-up.

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Professional Reading Shelf
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Reference
  Source: Answers.com
  New York City Area Libraries and Answers.com Form Homework Help
  Website
  Gary has several positive comments posted here.

Libraries--United Kingdom
  Source: LISU
  Just Released, LISU Annual Library Statistics
  "his series is now well established as the most comprehensive set of
  statistics about libraries and information services in the UK. It
  gives the most recent figures available for libraries in all
  sectors, presenting the national picture appropriately broken down
  to give a useful overview of the current position, and in many cases
  how that position was arrived at."

Copyright--Sound Recordings
  Source: CLIR
  Copyright Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination
  of Pre-1972 Commercial Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives by
  June M. Besek. December 2005.--

Academic Libraries--Theft
  Source: Associated Press (via ESPN.com)
  Library can't find copies of early Black Sox reporting
  "Rare copies of a sports newspaper that was credited with uncovering
  the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox gambling scandal are missing
  from a University of Illinois library. Librarians discovered that
  two bound volumes of Collyer's Eye from the 1920s were missing this
  fall, around the time the White Sox won their first World Series in
  88 years, said associate university librarian Karen Schmidt."

Wikipedia
  Source: SFGate.com
  The online credibility gap: False claim on JFK murder shows
  vulnerability of Wikipedia

  "The communally produced compendium has become an accepted source of
  information for millions of Web surfers. With 2.5 billion page views
  a month, it is the second-most visited reference site on the Web
  (after Dictionary.com), according to Hitwise. But critics say
  Wikipedia leaves the door open for anyone who wants to rewrite
  history, whether it's your neighbor with a grudge, a nut job
  floating a conspiracy theory or someone repeating an urban legend.
  As with other Web sources such as blogs, its accuracy can be hard to
  judge."

Fugitive Documents and Files
  Source: ManagingInformation.com
  More than One Working Week a Year Wasted Searching For Shared
  Documents

  A survey of 250 professionals, conducted on behalf of Objective
  Corporation, has revealed that a significant amount of time is being
  wasted every year searching for documents that have not been saved
  on shared servers or in an appropriate folder."

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Imagery--Databases
  Source: Library of Congress
  New Image Collection, The Highsmith Archive
  "About 1,700 negatives and transparencies. new 1980-2000.
  Architecture and architectural renovation projects in and around
  Washington, D.C., as well as political figures, and people in the
  U.S."

  See Also: 1 Million Digitized Images Now Available Online from The
  Library of Congress

Industrial Design--Canada--Databases
  Source: CIPO
  New Database, Canadian Industrial Designs Database
  "Canadian industrial designs are now available on the web. This
  initiative responds to clients' feedback for better online service
  and easier access to industrial designs. The initial phase includes
  approximately 10 000 designs registered as of June 15, 2002. New
  registrations will be added on a weekly basis. CIPO is currently in
  the process of completing the electronic back capture of the designs
  registered prior to this date and they will be added in Spring
  2006."

Internet--United States
  Politics--United States
  Source: USC Annenberg School/Center for the Digital Future
  Hightlights Only: 2005 Digital Future Report
  19 pages; PDF. "Fifth Study of the Internet by the Digital Future
  Project Finds Major New Trends in Online Use for Political
  Campaigns. Annenberg project also finds that overall Internet use
  continues to increase; e-mail reigns as most popular online
  activity; broadband reaches highest level for online access.

  See Also: Archive of Past Reports

Hispanic Population--United States
  Source: US Census
  Just Released, The Hispanic Population in the United States: 2004
  and 2003
  An update on the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of
  the nation's Hispanics, with national summary data from the Current
  Population Survey. Characteristics include, for example, sex, age,
  citizenship, nativity, educational attainment, occupation, and
  income and poverty status.'

Gold--Australia--Statistics
  Source: Parliament Library, Parliament of Australia
  'Gold!' Gold to Australia! Gold!' Australian gold statistics

Congressional Research Service
  Source: CRS
  Two New/Update Reports

+ Updated: China's Space Program

+ Muslims in Europe: Integration Policies in Selected Countries (via
  FAS)

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Search Briefs
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+ Ask Jeeves Adds Audio to Word Definitions
  Just enter define (search term) and click the speaker button.
  See Also: Voice of America Pronunciation Guide

+ Industry considers RSS (via ResearchInformation)
  Web developers are excited by the way that RSS technology can alert
  users to new journal articles and other content without them needing
  to visit dozens of web sites each day but are the users so excited?
  Industry analyst David Mort investigates

+ Answers.com Buys "Answer Extraction" Engine Brainboost for $4
  Million in Cash and Some Shares of Restricted Stock

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+ Victoria University of Wellington signs online full-text release of
  19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers from ProQuest.

+ A New Top-Level Domain .eu

UK: Librarians vote 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' most
recommended book this Christmas

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                 ++  Wednesday, December 7, 2005  ++

Web Search--Yahoo
  Yahoo Launches Answers.Yahoo.com
  In a two part article, Gary first intros Yahoo's new service. In the
  second article he spends some time talking about what many people
  don't know about, libraries offering virtual reference services! He
  also mentions AskA services. We wonder if the day will come when
  large search companies will take a more active role and work with
  the library community. See yesterday's post about Answers.com and
  New York City area libraries partnering to offer a new service for
  students.

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Reference
  Source: Answers.com
  New York City Area Libraries and Answers.com Form Homework Help
  Website

  Gary has several positive comments posted here and yes, take note of
  the virtual reference options on the page.

Reference--Reviews
  The December 2005 Edition of Peter's Digital Reference Shelf is Now
  Online

  This month Dr. J reviews:

+ Amazon.com
  In the December issue of my column every year I try to review ready-
  reference sources that also help the librarians in their quest for
  holiday gift shopping. Few are as widely appropriate as the world?s
  undoubtedly best virtual bookstore ? and arguably the best virtual
  department store ? which keeps getting better and better, especially
  after Amazon has re-focused its attention on its flagship
  department.

  Note: We're thrilled to see the Peter spends time discussing
  Amazon's impressive, useful, and fun Seach Inside the Book program.
  We've also recently posted a few examples of what SITB offers.

+ Simply Audiobooks
  "As discussed in my companion review, Amazon provides the best
  experience of holiday shopping (and reference information) for books
  (and many other products). If you prefer something novel, but still
  related to books, CD audio books might be a good idea, but they
  still can be unreasonably expensive. The solution is renting. Among
  the few outlets that offer rental options, Simply Audiobooks seems
  to be the best with a good collection, very useful reference
  database and acceptable search engine."

OCLC
  Source: OCLC
  Just Released, Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources
  PDF.
  "Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005)
  summarizes findings of an international study on information-seeking
  habits and preferences. With extensive input from hundreds of
  librarians and OCLC staff, the OCLC Market Research team developed a
  project and commissioned Harris Interactive Inc. to survey a
  representative sample of information consumers. In June of 2005, we
  collected over 3,300 responses from information consumers in
  Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the
  United States."


Among the findings of the report:

* Respondents use search engines to begin an information search (84
  percent). One percent begin an information search on a library Web
  site.

* Information consumers use the library but they use the library less
  and read less since they began using the Internet.

* Borrowing print books is the library service used most; "Books" is
  the library brand.

* Quality and quantity of information are top determinants of a
  satisfactory electronic information search, not speed of results.

* Respondents do not trust purchased information more than free
  information.

* Ninety percent of respondents are satisfied with their most recent
  search for information using a search engine.

* Information consumers like to self-serve. They use personal
  knowledge and common sense to judge if electronic information is
  trustworthy, and they cross-reference other sites to validate their
  findings.

* The survey results show that library and information preferences and
  use are consistent among respondents in the six countries surveyed.

  The findings indicate that information consumers view libraries as
  places to borrow print books, but they are unaware of the rich
  electronic content they can access through libraries. Even though
  information consumers make limited use of these resources, they
  continue to trust libraries as reliable sources of information."

  This report is a follow-up to The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan:
  Pattern Recognition.

Competitive Intelligence
  Source: LLRX
  Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Poetry--UK--Databases
  Source: Poetry Archive
  New, The Poetry Archive
  "The Poetry Archive exists to help make poetry accessible, relevant
  and enjoyable to a wide audience. It came into being as a result of
  a meeting, in a recording studio, between Andrew Motion, soon after
  he became U.K. Poet Laureate in 1999, and the recording producer,
  Richard Carrington. They agreed about how enjoyable and illuminating
  it is to hear poets reading their work and about how regrettable it
  was that, even in the recent past, many important poets had not been
  properly recorded."

Television Commerials--Databases
  Source: SEW Blog
  Blinkx Releases Keyword Searchable Archive of Classic European TV
  Commercials Online

Phishing
  Source: MailFrontier (via DocuTicker)
  MailFrontier Field Guide to Phishing (PDF; 1.36 MB)
  "With the MailFrontier Field Guide to Phishing, you'll find clear,
  concise explanations and visual representations of sneaky, dangerous
  phish that may find their way to your computer. To help you identify
  these nasty threats ? and trust your other incoming mail ? at the
  end of this field guide are some suggestions on how you can protect
  yourself, as well as other phishing resources for more information."

Ready Reference Desk
  Fast Facts
  Source: The World Almanac
  New, The December 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)

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Search Briefs
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+ Links to RSS Feeds and Podcasts from the U.S.Government

+ Audio: Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Interviewed on NPR

+ Two Alternative Local Search Services (via SearchDay)

Meet Meebot and TrueLocal!!!

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+ Thomson Scientific and Dialog Announce Upcoming Availability of
  Enhanced Derwent World Patents Index

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                  ++  Tuesday, December 6, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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OCLC
  Source: OCLC
  Just Released, OCLC 2005 Annual Report
  PDF. " In the report, Jay Jordan, OCLC President and Chief Executive
  Officer, wrote that fiscal 2005 was 'an eventful year' one of
  continuing innovation and steady growth. Libraries completed their
  migration to our new technological platform, and we began offering
  new services and programs on that platform. WorldCat grew faster
  than in any previous year since it began operation in 1971.
  Moreover, cooperation in our global network continued to increase
  with new forms and new partners. Thirteen libraries and
  organizations are featured in the report, which has been mailed to
  regional service providers, global service providers and OCLC member
  libraries. In the back of the report is a timeline that traces
  significant events in OCLC?s history from 1971 to 2005."

OPACS
  Source: OCLC Research
  Presentation by Thom Hickey: The Future of the Library Catalog:
  Open, Interactive, Participatory PowerPoint:4.3MB/36slides)

  Presented at FedLink Fall Members Meeting, 9 November 2005, Library
  of Congress, Washington, DC (USA)

Standards--Databases
  Source: NIST
  Grant Advances Web Portal for U.S./China Standards

  The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has
  awarded a $250,000 matching grant to support the development of an
  American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-sponsored U.S./China
  Standards Portal. The Web site will provide online educational
  materials on the Chinese and U.S. standards systems, as well as
  translated titles and scopes of up to 1,000 selected standards used
  in each of the two nations."

Copyright--United States--Fair Use
  Source: Free Expression Policy Project at NYU's School of Law
  Just Released, "Will Fair Use Survive"
  76 pages; pdf. (via Berkman)"This report, by Marjorie Heins and
  Tricia Beckles, addresses whether increasingly heavy assertions of
  control by copyright and trademark owners smothering fair use and
  free expression. The report incorporates data from the Berkman-
  hosted Chilling Effects project, which is led by fellows Wendy
  Seltzer and Diane Cabell."

Access to Information--United States
  Freedom of Information Act
  Source: TRAC/Public Citizen
  TRAC Sues U.S. Office of Personnel Management
  "Federal Government Withholds Information About Nearly One Million
  Workers -- Close to Half the Total Civilian Workforce."

Presidential Libraries
  Source: U.S. News & World Report
  The Secrets to Landing W's Library

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Hurricane Season 2006--Predictions
  Source: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
  (Klotzbach, Gray)

  Just released, Extended Range Forecast of Atlantic Seasonal
  Hurricane Activity and U.S. Landfall Strike Probability for 2006

  "We foresee another very active Atlantic basin tropical cyclone
  season in 2006. However, we do not expect to see as many landfalling
  major hurricanes in the United States as we have experienced in 2004
  and 2005." (via DocuTicker)

U.S. Congress--Votes
  Source: Washington Post
  Just Released, The U.S. Congress Votes Database
  Put together by Derek Wills and Adrian Holovaty from The Post
  (Kudos). "A congressional votes database that covers the 102nd-109th
  congresses (1991-present)." Currently browsable, a search engine
  should be available soon.

September 11ith
  Source: The 9/11 Public Discourse Project
  Final Report On 9/11 Commission Recommendations

+ Full Text (PDF)

+ One page summary of grades (PDF)

+ Prepared Statement by Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton (PDF)

African-Americans--United States--Fast Facts
  Source: U.S. Census
  Fast Facts: African-American History Month: December 2005

Mining--United States
  Source: The Memory Hole
  Federal Criminal Proceedings Against Mining Companies, 1979-2005
  Newly released document gives details on 242 federal criminal
  prosecutions.

Energy--United States--Statistics
  Source: EIA
  Power Plant Databases (EIA - 906 and EIA-920)
  "The nonutility source and disposition of electricity data for 2004
  was collected on the Form EIA-906, 'Power Plant Report,' and Form
  EIA-920, 'Combined Heat and Power Plant Report.' The data is
  published in MS Excel format, and includes gross generation, station
  use, direct use, retail sales, and sales for resale."

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+ Library Worker Suspended for Putting Squirrel before Job (via
  American Libraries)

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                  ++  Monday, December 5, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Libraries--Web Sites
  Source: HBCU
  Redesign: HBCU [Historically Black College and Universities] Library
  Alliance Launches Redesigned Website (PDF)

  "HBCU libraries serve as unique and indispensable gatekeepers for
  history, culture, and the African-American experience. The HBCU
  Library Alliance is a consortium that supports the collaboration of
  information professionals dedicated to providing leadership and
  resources designed to strengthen Historically Black Colleges and
  Universities and their constituents." The new site also includes the
  HBCU Library Alliance Blog.

PubMed
  Source: NLM
  New Resource: MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline Repository
  "Freely accessible Web site, the MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline
  Repository(MBR), developed by staff in NLM's Lister Hill Center is
  now available. The MBR, at http://mbr.nlm.nih.gov/, contains various
  resources derived from or pertaining to the MEDLINE/PubMed baseline
  files which are produced after the records have undergone annual
  maintenance. One MBR resource, the MBR Query Tool, is restricted to
  use by NLM's registered MEDLINE/PubMed licensees."

Open Access
  SPARC Open Access Newsletter Now Online (December, 2005)
  Edited by Peter Suber. For daily coverage, visit Peter's "must read"
  blog: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html

Bluetooth
  Source: O'Reilly MacDevCenter.com
  What Is Bluetooth
  "Bluetooth is a low-power-consumption and short-range wireless
  technology for personal area networks (PANs). It connects your
  personal electronic devices, such as laptops, mobile phones, digital
  cameras, audio equipment, and printers, without the clutter of
  cables. The Swedish telecom giant Ericsson originally developed
  Bluetooth. The name is inspired by King Harold Bluetooth, known for
  his unification of previously warring tribes from Denmark, Norway,
  and Sweden. Likewise, the Bluetooth technology was intended to unify
  and connect different personal electronic devices."

Digital Media--Copyright--Congressional Testimony
  Source: Library Copyright Alliance
  Testimony from Prue Adler, ARL [PDF], on behalf of the Library
  Copyright Alliance (LCA) regarding H.R. 1201, "The Digital Media
  Consumers Rights Act of 2005" (DMCRA), 11/16/05. PDF.

Libraries--United Kingdom
  Source: IWR
  Terrorism bill poses threat
  "The government's Terrorism Bill puts libraries, librarians, and
  free speech at risk, according to an alliance of the industry's
  professional bodies."

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Conversions
  Source: ConvertPlus.com
  Airports--United States
  Source: MapQuest
  Direct Links to Maps of Major U.S. Airport Locations
  Driving directions, too!

National Hockey League--Rules
  Source: NHL
  Updated, 2005-06 NHL Official Rules

Education--United States--Statistics
  Source: NCES
  New, Education Statistics Quarterly

Parliament--United Kingdom
  Source: Kable's Government Computing
  Hear from your MP online
  "The creator of 'fax your MP' has launched an online discussion
  forum to build relationships between elected representatives and
  constituents. A government-backed partnership is attempting to
  encourage everyone in the UK to join online discussion forums with
  their MPs. The HearFromYourMP.com project, launched on 21 November
  2005, aims to put constituents in touch with their MP through an
  email subscription service.

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Search Briefs
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+ Podscope Now Offering Keyword RSS Feeds

+ Exploring the Googleverse on SiliconValley.com's Roundtable

+ AOL Video Search Adds Slew of New Content from MTV and Many Other
  Cable Networks

+ People Search Engine, Zoom Info, Adds New Services and Features

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+ Collaborative Web Tagging Will Be Topic of Workshop at WWW 2006

+ Public Domain Books: More than 25,000 Full Text Books in a Single
  Database

+ Too Many E-Mails? SNARF Them Up!

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+ CrossRef Web Services And Search Partner Program Enhance Web
  Searching For Scholarly Content

+ New Data Mining And Visualization Tool From Thomson Scientific
  Answers The Problem Of Information Overload

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                  ++  Sunday, December 4, 2005  ++

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Literacy--United States
  Source: John W. Miller, President of Central Connecticut State
  University
  America's Most Literate Cities, 2005

  "Drawing from a variety of available data resources, the America's
  Most Literate Cities study ranks the 69 largest cities (population
  250,000 and above) in the United States. Previous editions of this
  study focused on five key indicators of literacy: newspaper
  circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical
  publishing resources, and educational attainment. The 2005 study
  introduces a new factor--the Internet--to gauge the expansion of
  literacy to online media."

+ Overall Rankings

+ Data Sources

+ Methodology

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Films--Databases
  Television--Databases
  Source: SEW Blog
  New from from The Internet Movie Database: The Movie Keyword
  Analyzer, Fun!!!

  "IMDb presents a fun new tool for finding and discovering film and
  television titles within our large catalog. MoKA lets you find
  titles that have a particular keyword and then presents a tally of
  all keywords from the titles that matched your initial keyword set."

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                 ++  Saturday, December 3, 2005  ++


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Archival Materials--Databases
  Get Ready for a New Free Database from RLG
  We're big fans of RLG's amazing RedLightGreen bibliographic
  database. If you've never visited and used this service, you should.
  Here's an overview that Gary wrote for SearchDay.

  Now, a post from RLG's Merrilee Proffitt "Watch this space:
  ArchiveGrid is coming to town" reports that early in 2006 RLG will
  offer another free database. This one named Archivegrid.org. Cool!

From the site:
  ArchiveGrid will be the ultimate destination for searching through
  family histories, political papers, and historical records held in
  archives around the world. Hundreds of libraries, museums, and
  archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions
  to ArchiveGrid. Scholars searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the
  many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange
  a visit to examine materials, and order copies."

  You can get an idea of how pages will look by clicking here then
  taking a look (and click) at some of the topics covered. You can
  also take a look at some prototype UI's here.

  See Also: If You're Unaware of the Wonderful and FREE Bibliographic
  Database that RLG offers called RedLightGreen, take a look. Here's
  an overview of the numerous features that you'll find. In a word,
  awesome.

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Small Business--Research
  Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy
  Research Resources (PDF; 428 KB)

  "The Office of Advocacy evaluates and researches issues of relevance
  to small firms, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and academics. This
  guide is designed as a portal to direct faculty, students, and
  researchers to small business data and research."

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                 ++  Friday, December 2, 2005  ++

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The British Library
  Source: BL
  Just Released, Redefining the Library: The British Library Annual
  Report 2004-2005

  See Also: British Library looks to digital research (via Kablenet)

Online Information Retrieval
  Source: British Computer Society
  BCS Informer #16
  Articles include:

+ Research Update: Collaborative Community-Based Web Search

+ Review: "Yahoo Desktop Search"

+ "Evaluating Content-oriented XML Retrieval Effectiveness"

Open Access--Journals
  Source: The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
  Preprint: Digital Assets
  Sources: CNI, ARL, CLIR, and DLF
  New, Presentations from Managing Digital Assets, a symposium jointly
  sponsored by CNI, ARL, CLIR, and DLF

E-Mail
  Personal Information Management
  Source: HCI Lab, Univ. of Maryland
  Personal Role Management: Overview and a Design Study of Email for
  University Students

  By: Plaisant, C., Shneiderman, B., Baker, H.R, Duarte, N.B,
  Haririnia, A., Klinesmith, D.E, Lee, H., Velikovich, L.A, Wanga, A.O
  and Westhoff, M.J (November 2005).

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Documents in the News
  Just Released: Vietnam War
  Source: National Security Agency, Central Security Service
  Gulf of Tonkin - 11/30/2005

  "On 30 November 2005, the National Security Agency (NSA) released
  the first installment of previously classified information regarding
  the Vietnam era, specifically the Gulf of Tonkin incident. This
  release includes a variety of articles, chronologies of events, oral
  history interviews, signals intelligence (SIGINT) reports and
  translations, and other related memoranda. The Gulf of Tonkin
  incident, like others in our nation's history, has become the center
  of considerable controversy and debate. It is not NSA's intention to
  prove or disprove any one set of conclusions, many of which can be
  drawn from a thorough review of this material. Instead, through this
  and subsequent public releases, we intend to make as much
  information as possible available for the many scholars, historians,
  academia, and members of the general public who find interest in
  analyzing the information and forming their own conclusions."

Emerging Markets--Statistics
  Source: Global Edge/CIBER/Michigan St. Univ
  Just Released, 2005 Market Potential Indicators

  "Emerging economies comprise more than half of the world's
  population and account for a large share of world output. Their high
  growth rates translate to enormous market potential. MSU-CIBER
  recently published the new 2005 Market Potential Indicators for
  Emerging Markets which is a yearly study comparing the marketability
  of 24 emerging markets, as identified by The Economist. The study
  ranks the twenty-four countries in terms of market attractiveness to
  assist companies in their identification of global marketing
  opportunities. Eight dimensions (including Market Size, Economic
  Freedom, and Country Risk) are chosen to measure the market
  potential of a country."

Wisconsin--History
  Source: Wisconsin Historical Society
  New, Dictionary of Wisconsin History

  Dozens of historical events are summarized, from the founding of the
  Gideons to the Dow Riot of 1967. Every obsolete ancient name applied
  to Wisconsin Native American tribes is defined. Historical jargon
  such as "road monkey" and "Cousin Jack", foreign-language
  expressions like "oriniak" or "toise", and specialized terms such as
  "Durham boat" and "yellow dogs" are all explained. More than 100
  broad topics such as "roads in Wisconsin" or "Indian treaties" are
  briefly summarized an linked to more detailed information in our
  online collections, exhibits, and photo galleries."

Internet--United States--Surveys
  Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
  About 25 million people have used the internet to sell something
  "Some 17% of online American adults have used the internet to sell
  things. That amounts to approximately 25 million Americans. In
  addition, internet traffic data show that visits to classified ad
  web sites has grown 80% in the past year." Direct to Full Text
  Report (PDF).

See Also: What types of furniture are bought on Ebay? eBay &
FurnitureToday: What Consumers Are Buying Online

  Source: FurnitureToday
  "FurnitureToday partnered with eBay to help you discover what
  consumers are buying online"

Bankruptcy--United States--Statistics
  Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the
  U.S. Courts. (Docuticker.com)

  Bankruptcy Filings Hit New Records in Run Up to New Bankruptcy Law
  Implementation

  "Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts grew 10 percent in fiscal
  year 2005, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S.
  Courts--rising to the highest number of bankruptcies ever filed."

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Search Briefs
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+ Blinkx Announces Co-Branding Deal with The Times of London

+ Vivisimo CEO Doubts On Personal Search

+ AOL Mobile Search Exits Beta

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Briefly
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+ FBI Extends Contract With Convera

+ American Humanities Index from EBSCO Expands to Become Humanities
  International Index

+ Factiva President and CEO Clare Hart Honored with 2005 New York Ten
  Award

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