Someone recently posted a note asking about a product called Skyminder.
Well, our Business Information Alert
recently reviewed it. We know that law librarians use business
information heavily, so as a service to all of you,
we thought we would post the contents of our last few issues. Let me know
if you would like to see a free issue.
Donna Tuke Heroy
Alert Publications, Inc.
www.alertpub.com
773 525 7594
BUSINESS INFORMATION ALERT CICS
April 2000
Feature: Web Information Sources From the Caribbean by Kevin Miles serves a
dual purpose: it's a case study on what one person has accomplished as well
as a guide on ways to think of your own business.
News & Trends: Lots of historical data sources on the Web this month from
Terese Terry
New Sources:
Handbook of Internet Stocks. (Mergent FIS)
Creating a Virtual Library: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians
(Neal-Schuman Publishers)
Only Connect (Bowker-Saur)
The Legal and Regulatory Environment for Electronic Information, 3rd ed.
Charles Oppenheim.. (Infornortics)
March 2000
Feature: In Spread the News with your Own E-Letter Michelle Bing gives you
a recipe for creating your own e-letter. Rules on what to do, and what not
to do is highlighted. She includes several web sites as examples.
News & Trends: Terese Terry chats about the new business of metrics, or
measuring and ranking Web activity. Some words she introduces are eyeballs,
hits, and click-throughs.
New Sources:
Design Wise: A Guide For Evaluating the Interface Design of Information
Resources. (Information Today)
ISI Emerging Markets: Baltic States (Internet Securities, Inc.)
Skyminder.com (CRIBIS Corp)
Encyclopedia of Management (Gale Group)
February 2000
Feature: Our News & Trends columnist hits the front page! In "Market Guide
Replaces Disclosure on Dialog Terese Terry looks closely at how Market
Guide, now on Dialog compares to Disclosure via Global Access. See her
results here.
News & Trends: Terry and Donna Heroy our intrepid publisher, combine
forces. Terese reviews the TechLearn99 conference she attended ("Tips for
Stand-ups") and Donna gives her impressions of the Online London show she
attended in December.
New Sources:
Researching Service Companies & Industries (Washington Researchers)
ISIS Bureau Van Dijk
Management Buy-Outs and Venture Capital: Into the Next Millennium. Edward
Elgar.
January 2000
Feature: Shonna Froebel, Manager of the Knowledge Centre at the Toronto
Stock Exchange writes on Exchange Demutualization: The View from the
Library.
Demutualization is different for each exchange, and thus, for its library.
Shonna gives a case study of her library with a discussion of its broader
implications.
Librarian at Large: Dawn Adair Johnson gives an insider's view of the
Online World 1999 conference in Chicago. She'll let you know, from a
presenter's standpoint, what works and what doesn't.
News & Trends: This month is also concerned with a conference, but not one
limited to librarians. At TechLearn99, in DisneyWorld, Florida, November
1999. At TechLearn Terry attended sessions with start-up entrepreneurs,
big-name bankers, along with experts in everything from beverage marketing
to international finance. The U.S. Defense Department, long a leader in
skills training, sent a sizeable delegation.
New Sources:
State Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State. (Bernan
Press)
Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval (Bernan Press)
Knowledge Management Yearbook 1999-2000 (Butterworth Heinemann)
Interpreting and Negotiating Licensing Agreements (Neal Shuman)
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