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(Update Week 49) The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk
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The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk Update Week 49
Weekly Highlights and Reminder (Full-Text on Weblog)
New and Useful Web Sites, Industry News, Full-Text Docs
of Interest to the Info Professional
2/7/02
Hello from D.C.
This has been an especially busy week for new and updated full-text material.
More Streaming Media Content on the Web
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The Charlie Rose Show (a PBS television interview program) has an AUDIO
archive, listed in the Saturday Feb. 1 entries, that is a treasure trove of
complete interviews with newsmakers, authors, entertainers, and others.
Questions, comments, etc.? My address is gary@freepint.com
Do you know of OTHERS who might find this weekly e-mail update of VALUE please
FEEL FREE to share it with them. Thanks for your help.
Remember that this email contains only a few of the resources you’ll find on
the site. I post new material directly to the blog just about everyday.
Cheers,
gary
Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gary@freepint.com
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Thursday, February 7, 2002
Cool Shareware Shelf (2 Items)
Here are a couple pieces of shareware that could save you some time,
aggravation, and money.
1) NetSnippets (IE Only)
See Also: An All-Time Fave That We Mentioned Last August, SurfSaver (for IE
and Netscape)
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It's Free! An Award Winning Word Processor
2) AbiWord (for Windows)
Online Information Industry--OCLC
Bibliographic Databases
FirstSearch Database of the Month for February: Free Access to OCLC's
ArticleFirst Database
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Wednesday, February 6, 2002
Research Libraries
Scholarly Communication
Source: SPARC
New Research Library Organization Announced: International Scholarly
Communications Alliance
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents
Demographics--United States
Demographics--International
Source: U.S. Census
New Full-Text Report: The United States in International Context
Summary/Fast Facts ||| Direct to Full-Text
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Job Search--Canada--Directory
Learning--Canada--Directory
Source: Human Resources Development Canada/Jobboom Canada
Top 100 Internet Sites for Learning and Employment
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British Monarchy
Source: Golden Jubilee Office/Press Office
Selected Resources: Queen's Golden Jubilee
Facts and Figures About the Queen ||| About Prince Phillip (Both lists are
very comprehensive)
Queen's Golden Jubilee Programme
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Tuesday, February 5, 2002
Fast Facts
The World Almanac February Newsletter is Now Available
Info on February events, birthdays, holidays, and more. You'll also find a
January 2002 chronology.
Professional Reading Shelf
Information Industry--OCLC
Full-Text: OCLC Annual Report, 2000-2001
72 pages .pdf
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents
Agriculture--Thesaurus
Controlled Vocabularies
Source: National Library of Agriculture
Updated: NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
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Monday, February 4, 2002
Education--United States--Statistics
Source: The Education Trust
Ed Watch Interactive State & National Data Site
Digital Collections (2 Items)
War Posters
Source: University of Minnesota
A Summons To Comradeship: World War I and World War II Posters
From the site, "A new project, commencing in Fall of 2001. Approximately 100
posters from both World Wars are online. By October 2003, this database will
contain more than 6,000 images."
See Also: Read about the project in this Minneapolis Star-Tribune article.
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Canada
Source: Canada's Digital Collections
Seven New Collections From Canada's Digital Collections Now Online
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Sunday, February 3, 2002
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents
Philanthropy--E-Mail Alerts
New From The Foundation Center: Research Update E-Mail Alert
From an e-mail message, "...updates about new research findings by e-mail!...a
fast and convenient way to keep up to date on the Foundation Center's latest
research on U.S. foundations and their giving."
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Saturday, February 2, 2002
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents
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Documents in the News--Enron Crisis
Full-Text: The Powers Report (via Houston Chronicle)
Powers Report (via the NY Times)
Note: The report is a 10MB .pdf file.
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Newsmakers--Interviews--Streaming Media
Access an Archive of Charlie Rose Show Interviews
The Charlie Rose Show airs nightly on public television here in the U.S. Rose
conducts interviews with newsmakers, business leaders, authors, educators,
politicians, and entertainers. This archive (audio only) provides streaming
coverage of interviews back to October 29, 2001.
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Friday, February 1, 2002
Trade Statistics--Canada--Database
Invisible Web
Source: Industry Canada
Update: New From the Canadian Trade Data Online Database
Professional Reading Shel
U.S. Government--Databases
Source: Searcher
"Digital Government: Digital Tools for the Electronic Dissemination of
Government Information"
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Opinion
Web Search--Google
Source: Searcher
"Google: (v.)..."
Barbara Quint discusses Google from a "parts of speech" angle.
Special Section: Lists & Rankings
Public Libraries--United Kingdom--Lists & Rankings
Source: The Guardian
Books Being Borrowed From the Library: U.K.
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Thursday, January 31, 2002
Resource of the Week
Documents in the News--Primary Documents
Legal Documents
FindLaw's "Breaking Docs" Site and New Newsletter
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents
Drug Abuse--United States--Statistics
Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy
"Economic Costs of Drug Abuse in the United States, 1992-1998"
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Full-Text Report: Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of
Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional
Munitions, 1 January Through 30 June 2001
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The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk Update Week 49
Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gary@freepint.com
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Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gprice@gwu.edu
