The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk Update Week 17
New and Useful Web Sites, Industry News, Full-Text Docs
of Interest to the Info Professional.
6/28/01
Hello from Washington D.C.
This has been a busy week. Please stop by the site for a large helping of
material. Thanks for continuing to let others know about the weblog. I
appreciate it.
The Usual:
This email update is ONLY A SAMPLE of what you will find on the page.
http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com
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If you have questions or comments, just drop me a note.
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Cheers,
gary
gprice@gwu.edu
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Weekly Highlights #17
The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk
http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com
Thursday, June 28, 2001
Ready Reference--Glossaries
Glossary Agent
>From the site, "Glossary Agent™ is an ever-expanding, unique compilation of
links to online monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual glossaries of
interest to professionals in insurance, reinsurance, risk management, employee
benefits, healthcare, and related fields such as law and financial services."
Documents in the News
Traffic Safety--U.S.--Lists and Rankings
Traffic Safety--Canada--Lists and Rankings
Source: State Farm Insurance
Most Dangerous Intersections in the U.S. and Canada-2001
---- Wednesday, June 27, 2001 Web Search--AltaVista AV Joins the Fee-Based Crawling ClubCanadian Resource Shelf E-Business New Portal: E.biz Enable
Medical Schools--Global--Directories Source: World Health Organization Full-Text of World Directory of Medical Schools (7th ed.) Available on Web
---- Tuesday, June 26, 2001 Web Search--Google Google Debuts Beta of "Image Search" Web Search--FirstGov.Gov FirstGov.Gov Adds State Pages to Database
Full-Text Document Shelf/Docs in the News Athletics--College Source: Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education 27 page .pdf
---- Monday, June 25, 2001 Employment--Minorities--United States--Lists and Rankings Source: Fortune Best Companies for Minorities
Canada Resource Shelf Searchable Database--Government Employees Directory (GED) GED Web Site Redesigned
Sunday, June 24, 2001 Full-Text Document Shelf Selected New or Recently Updated Congressional Research (CRS) Service Materials
---- Saturday, June 23, 2001 Business--Intelligence--Worldwide ebusinessforum.com This very impressive compilation (updated daily) is a source of, "global business intelligence for the digital age". The site is compiled and features content from the respected Economist Intelligence Unit. The "doing business in..." section is an excellent guide to basic e-business statistics for many countries.
---- Friday, June 22, 2001 Higher Education--U.K.--Lists and Rankings Higher Education--U.S.--Lists and Rankings Higher Education--Canada--Lists and Rankings Higher Education--Germany--Lists and Rankings Source: The Guardian EducationGuardian's University Guide >From the site, "EducationGuardian.co.uk's interactive guide to universities and colleges covers some 60,000 vital statistics on 150 higher education institutions...exclusive international research rankings for universities and research centres in the UK,USA, Canada and Germany by viewing the university guide." Additional Resources: Direct to World University Research Tables ..."exclusive series of studies identifies the top research institutions worldwide in seven major fields of research in the natural and social sciences."
Academic Libraries--Statistics--U.S. Source: NCES Academic Library Peer Comparison Tool
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Thursday June 21, 2001 Web Search--Pay for Placement Source: eCompany Now "Searching for Reliable Information" >From the article, "Web search engines are a critical business research tool. Too bad so many have sold out to advertisers."
Nicholson Baker Watch Newspaper Archives Streaming Media Nick on the Air in Southern California An archived version (RealAudio) of the program is available.
Campaign Finance Political Action Committees Searchable Databases--Invisible Web Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.Org) Unveils Revamped PAC Section An e-mail message alerts us to several new/updated section features including: *Search for PACs by Industry and Sector Database breaks down PACs among 13 economic sectors and more than 100 industries. *View the Top PAC Contributors by Election Cycle *Look Up Foreign-Connected PACs. NEW! The Center lists PACs affiliated with subsidiaries of foreign-owned companies.
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Weekly Highlights #17 The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com
Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Information Consultant, George Washington University gprice@gwu.edu
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