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Friday, August 31, 2001
Web Search--Meta Search Engines Meta Search and Google Especially important for those of you who do search training! You probably already know that a majority of meta search engines do not provide results from Google. Why? According to a Google spokesperson, "Google's terms of service clearly states that meta engines cannot automatically grab results from Google. We're happy to let any metasearcher use us, under exactly the same terms that we're happy to sell results to other people, too. O.K., easy enough to understand. However, a few meta search engines claim to include Google results. This is not entirely accurate. I ran several searches (common terms) and limited the meta engine to only return Google material. What happened? Empty result sets. Examples: MetaCrawler (Google used to have a paid agreement) ||| MetaCrawler search limited to Google Metor ||| Metor search limited to Google Lexibot (an add-on app) Limit to Google and receive zero results. Bottom Line In some cases, you may see Google results if the meta engine uses Yahoo. Google provides an abridged version of its database to Yahoo. I am currently reviewing other meta search tools and will report back. Finally, what you see is not always what you get. Make sure meta search tools deliver what they promise. Web Tools--IHarvest IHarvest To Discontinue Web Service IHarvest allowed you to copy an entire web page and save it to a remote server for access from any web browser. Yesterday, the company announced it's discontinuing this free service. It will still offer products for the enterprise market. Another goody bites the dust. However, all hope is not lost. If this type of tool sounds useful to you take a look at Surfsaver.Com. It does not provide remote access but it can be useful for saving copies of web pages to computer. It's free, at least for the time being. An advanced version ($) is also available. Another option would be Webforia. Thanks to W.N. for the IHarvest news tip. Digital Repositories RLG (Research Library Group) Seeks Comments, Attributes of a Trusted Repository for Digital Materials: RLG and OCLC Release Paper for Comment From the news release, "Dialog is needed on the standards, criteria, and mechanisms for certifying digital information repositories, to help achieve an international consensus. The report is relevant to local, regional, national, and international efforts—successful scholarship in the future will depend heavily on coordinated, interoperable digital archiving." News Release ||| Direct to Full-Text Intellectual Freedom "First World Report on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom Launched" From the story, "The first World Report on libraries and intellectual freedom was launched last week at the Annual Conference of the International of the Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in Boston, USA. The Report, that was prepared by IFLA's Committee for Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (IFLA/FAIFE), intends to provide a picture on the status of libraries and intellectual freedom throughout the world. More than 140 countries have been contacted and 46 have submitted country reports, many of which illustrate cases of violation of free access to information and freedom of expression in libraries worldwide." See Also: Direct to IFLA for addtional info Copyright--United States Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education "Libraries Criticize Federal Report on Digital-Copyright Law" From the article, "Advocates for libraries are criticizing a U.S. Copyright Office report, released late Wednesday, that recommends against revising copyright law to assure that libraries and consumers can lend and archive software and other electronic material they purchase." See Also: Access the Full-Text of the U.S. Copyright Office Report, Study Required by Section 104 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act" Web Search--Ixquick Source: Tornado-Insider.Com Ixquick: a Metaengine Searching for Revenues Full-Text Document Shelf (3 Items) Immigration--Canada--Statistics Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada Facts and Figures 2000: Immigration Overview 126 pages .pdf --- Poverty--United States Source: U.S. Census Census Bureau Releases 1998 Poverty Estimates for States and District of Columbia Summary ||| Link to Full-Text ---- Petroleum--Marketing--United States Source: EIA Petroleum Marketing Annual, 2000 Thursday, August 30, 2001
Congressional Research Service Selected New or Recently Updated Reports from the Congressional Research Service (Late August Update) Here we go with another round of new or recenty revised CRS material. I have thrown in a couple of new discoveries as well. Access to these and many more reports are available from either the web site of Rep. Chris Shays or Rep. Mark Green. Once on either of these pages, click and scroll to the appropriate report. All reports are .pdf files. Direct access is not available. This means that most of these reports cannot be found using a general web search engine like AltaVista or Excite. ---- Listed In "Issue Briefs" Section V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft (IB86103) Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues (IB10045) Libya (IB93109) Middle East Peace Issues (IB91137) Products Liability: A Legal Overview (IB97056) Russia (IB92089) ---- Listed In "Short" Reports Section Level of Taxes in the United States, 1940-2000 (RS20087) Prescription Drugs: Importation for Personal Use (RS20996) ---- Listed In "Long" Reports Section Airline Passenger Rights Legislation in the 107th Congress (RL30940) Child Care Issues in the 107th Congress (RL30944) Commemorative Observances: A Chronological List (98-45) Telephone Bills: Charges on Local Telephone Bills (RL30052) ---- More CRS Material Here are two additional reports that are directly available. (Via FAS) Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1993-2000 (Via FAS) Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: The Current Situation and Trends Copyright--United States Source: Wired "No Need to Alter DMCA -- Yet" From the article, "A study released on Wednesday on how revised U.S. copyright law is working in the digital age recommends some legislative changes to clarify fair use by purchasers of legal copies." See Also: Access the Full-Text of the U.S. Copyright Office Report, Study Required by Section 104 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act" Web Search--Plagiarism Fee-Based Services "Pulling Plug on Plagiarism" Source: San Jose Business Journal Read about TurnItIn.Com, a fee-based service for educators that searches and analyzes both an in-house database and the web for plagiarized content in student papers. See Also: TurnItIn.Com's page about how document analysis works See Also: A sample TurnItIn.Com report (link, middle of page) Full-Text Document Shelf (3 Items) Labor--United States Source: BLS Report on the American Workforce Overview ||| Direct to Full-Text 205 pages .pdf ---- Home Schooling--United States Source: NCES Home Schooling in the United States--1999 ---- Automobile Safety--United States Source: NHTSA Seat Belt Use in the U.S Summary ||| Full-Text Document #1 ||| Full-Text Document #2 Wednesday, August 29, 2001
Classical Music--Searchable Databases Invisible Web Today, the New York Times contains an article about Andante. The article calls the site the "gold standard" of classical music web sites. A portion of Andante contains access several searchable databases. Here is a list of what's available. Concise Grove Dictionary of Music Compositions Database (comprehensive list of over 180,000 classical compositions) Discography Database Concert Notes New York Review of Books (classical music coverage from 1963, Full-Text) Einaudi Encyclopedia of Music Interactive Musical Event Calendar Music In Print (searchable listing of classical sheet music in and out of print, including instrumentation and duration listings) Web Search--FirstGov Source: Government Computer News "Is the FirstGov Playing Field Level?" From the article, "The General Services Administration’s acceptance of the FirstGov search engine as a gift from philanthropist Eric Brewer “shelters all the information from current law.” Or so says David LeDuc, manager of public policy at the Software and Information Industry Association of Washington...The engine is performing more accurately today than a few months ago and it will continue to improve, said David Binetti, president of the FedSearch Foundation and creator of the search engine. The topics directory, however, still only goes two layers deep for most topics, LeDuc said. Binetti acknowledged that up to 15 percent of visitors don’t find what they’re looking for on the first try. But LeDuc said vendors that might supply more advanced search engines cannot provide adequate responses to GSA’s recent request for information about a new engine because they don’t have access to the back end—the search engine’s index and database." See Also: "Who’s Owner of FirstGov Database? Not Uncle Sam" Web Search--AltaVista Source: PC World Do You Use Any of AltaVista's Regional Search Tools? Be Careful! From the article, Searching for a Web page that was created after mid-April this year? Better not try any of the 22 regional AltaVista search sites.No new Web pages have been added for months to the index behind the regional search sites, AltaVista confirmed on Tuesday. The local sites are supposed to generate search results relevant for Web users in a specific country. By default, all local sites search in the regional index...AltaVista says the index is outdated because the database that holds the regional URLs is being merged with the main international database...Ultimately the merger of the two indexes should result in a better search service, but the new Web index won't be ready for about another month..." Database refresh rates have been improving. Sadly, AV doesn't think it's important to let us know since they assume most webmasters know indexing takes time. Fine, but what about alerting the searcher, those people who depend on indexes to be fresh and current and don't understand refresh times? How about telling them to use another AV database that is being refreshed? From the article, "Most Web masters are aware that indexing pages takes time. Typically we update every six weeks. Now we've skipped a cycle because of the merge," says [Ian] Hegerty, [technical architect for AltaVista]. He offers no comment when it is pointed out that more than one cycle has been skipped, as it has been more than four months since new pages were added to the regional indexes." The Good News? Chris Sherman, editor of Search Day, has seen what AltaVista is developing for the future. He tells us, "I got a peek inside the kimono a few weeks ago when I visited their offices, and what I saw impressed me. They don't expect the new changes to be fully implemented for some time yet, but if they pull off what they're planning they're going to recapture some of their lost glory. That they haven't updated regional indexes recently isn't surprising -- they've endured major job cuts and have simply chosen to allocate resources toward the new functionality rather than worrying too much about maintaining the status quo. Net, I'm optimistic." Web Search Industry Source: News.Com/Gartner Group How Much Would You Pay to Perform an Internet Search? I think many info professionals would be willing to pay for a robust, current, and sophisticated web search engine than is currently offered by many of the leading search companies. From the commentary, "Like so many things connected with the Internet, the availability of a variety of free search engines helps people forget the complexity, sophistication and cost of the technology that underlies them. It also encourages the average person to be somewhat fickle in using search engines. There's little brand loyalty here. If you hear about an engine that is faster and produces better results than the one you're now using, it costs you nothing to try it...Consequently, the search engine business has become something of a king-of-the-hill game with a succession of royalty. The question for search engine companies has become whether they can create a feasible business model before being knocked off the throne. AltaVista, for example, though it invested heavily in technology, did not succeed in transforming its technological leadership into general portal status." Web Search--Vivisimo Vivisimo Goes International, New Korean Language Demos Available From the media release, "The new venture Vivisimo Co. Ltd, based in Seoul, Korea, offers Vivisimo's clustering technology to Korean customers in their own language...The joint venture will license Vivisimo's clustering and browser navigation products to Korean enterprises and OEMs for installation on top of their web, intranet, and extranet search engines or other knowledge management products. Direct to Korean Language Interface, Demos Direct to Vivisimo (Clustering Search Engine) Home Page and Demos Info Industry--Reed Elsevier R-E Gets Rid Of Who's Who (Marquis Publishing) From the article, "Commonwealth Business Media, Inc. announced today that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement to buy from Reed Elsevier Inc. the Marquis Who's Who line of business as well as selected titles of the National Register Publishing brand including The Official Catholic Directory and The Official Museum Directory. The acquisition is expected to close in early October." See Also: R-E Purchases Classroom Connect Full-Text Document Shelf (4 Items) It's An All-Canada Day!!! Philanthropy--Canada Volunteering--Canada Source: Statistics Canada Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians: Highlights from the 2000 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text 87 pages .pdf ---- Banks--Canada--Fact Sheets Source: Department of Finance Canada's Banks Facts, charts, and lists. ---- Insurance--Canada--Fact Sheets Source: Department of Finance Canada's Life and Health Insurers --- Privacy--Canada Firearms--Canada Source: Privacy Commissioner of Canada Review of the Personal Information Handling Practices of the Canadian Firearms Program News Release ||| Direct to Full-Text 87 pages .pdf Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Web Search Classification and Categorization Source: E-Content "Taxonomies and Topic Maps: Categorization Steps Forward" From the article, "There are so many technologies, and so many approaches to the problem, that we may forget at times that the ultimate goal of search technology is simple–providing users with quick access to meaningful information. In the recent history of content management, much has been made of XML and the related standards, streaming media and Content Distribution Networks (CDNs), and the steady increases in performance through broadband options such as DSL and cable modems. Yet one of the biggest challenges the Web faces is one of its oldest, and indeed is a problem that predates the Web itself. How do average users find the information they need amidst a flood of irrelevant matter? And how do they do this quickly, easily, and consistently?" See Also: InfoWorld article, "Seeking the Right Data" Reference Books--The World Almanac and Book of Facts C-SPAN Booknotes: Interview with the editor of The World Almanac and Book of Facts Those of you who are reference book lovers, I'm a member, will enjoy watching, listening (RealAudio), and/or reading the transcript of an interview with Robert Famighetti, editorial director of The World Almanac and Book of Facts. This program originally aired on 2/28/1999. Web Browsers The New Version of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE 6.0) is Now Available IE 6.0 was placed online late Monday. See Also: News.Com Article, Problems with IE 6.0. Web Search--WISEnut Web Search--Teoma Source: CNET.Com "Search Start-Ups Seek Google's Throne" A look at two engines you have read about here, WISEnut and Teoma. From Stefanie Olson's article, "Despite their similarities, Teoma and Wisenut are looking to cut into Google's dominance by carving up search results in slightly different ways. Each service says it has cracked the formula for delivering germane results in a way that is faster and more cost-efficient. And each is frantically working to amass the largest database of searchable documents to outstrip Google's lead in the marketplace with more than 1.3 billion indexed pages." See Also: Direct to WISEnut See Also: Direct to Teoma Web Search--Paid Placement/Inclusion Source: ClickZ What is Paid Placement? What is Paid Inclusion? Although this article is aimed at people who use the web as a marketing vehicle, it's still important for all of us to understand these concepts. Other search engine concepts to familiar with are pay-per-click and search engine optimization. Web Sites--The White House Source: GovExec.Com Coming Soon: A New White House Web Site From the article, "Eight months after Bush administration staff took control of the White House Web site, a revamped version of the site is scheduled to be launched in late summer or early fall." Electronic Books Source: NY Times "Forecasts of an E-Book Era Were, It Seems, Premature" From the article, "Publishers and online bookstores say only the very few best-selling electronic editions have sold more than a thousand copies, and most sell far fewer. Only a handful have generated enough revenue to cover the few hundred dollars it costs to convert their texts to digital formats...But however low their current sales, several publishers noted that some people do appear to be investigating electronic books. They have flocked to the University of Virginia Library's Electronic Text Center, for example, which provides electronic editions of classic books free. Between last August and mid-June, users downloaded over three million copies of about 1,600 titles, from "Alice in Wonderland" to `Macbeth." Higher Education--United States--Lists and Rankings Recent Update: Princeton Review's Best 331 Colleges Keyword search or browse these rankings. Each entry contains background/overview of institution. Full-Text Document Shelf (3 Items) Food--Worldwide--Projections Malnutrition--Worldwide Source: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Global Food Projections to 2020: Emerging Trends and Alternative Futures News Release ||| Executive Summary||| Full-Text of Report ||| Additional Materials ---- Budget--United States Source: Congressional Budget Office The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update ---- Smoking--United States--Statistics Womens Health--United States--Statistics Source: NCHS Smoking During Pregnancy in the 1990's Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text 32 pages .pdf Monday, August 27, 2001
Current Events--Canada Bowdens Canada-At-A Glance Service (Free) The media monitoring company provides, "an overview of some of the news stories airing in the electronic media across Canada in the past 24 hours. News stories are compiled in the following general news categories: telecommunications, health, financial, technology, labour, transportation, media, government and resource sector." See Also: Let's hope this service continues. Bowdens was acquired today by Observer Group, based in Stockholm. Bowdens was part of Rogers Communications prior to todays announcement. Women's Health--Canada--Databases Source: Ontario Women's Health Council 2 New Databases: Consumer Education Scan Searchable Database From a fact sheet, "The searchable database lists over 3000 information resources pertaining to women's health with a focus on health promotion (prevention and education)." ---- Resource Inventory Database From a fact sheet, "dentifies organizations and agencies that promote women’s health, providing a brief description and outlining services offered (e.g., counselling, peer support). As well, each listing includes contact information; areas of services (e.g., breast cancer); accessibility; and fees." Specialty Search Engines/Focused Crawlers--Non-Profit Research "Sector Search" From the Foundation Center A search database focusing on private foundations, corporate grantmakers , grantmaking public charities, community foundations, nonprofit organizations, and government resources. This database usses Ultraseek server technology. Special search syntax as well as Boolean operators are available. Web Search--Google Source: Up Magazine "When Larry Met Sergey" A rare joint interview with the Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Thanks to C.S. for the news tip. Info Industry--Reed Elsevier Info Industry--Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Info Industry--Info Today Source: Information Today NewsBreaks "Reed Elsevier Sells Bowker to Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Information Today, Inc." From the article, "— Information Today, Inc. (ITI) announced that it has entered into a joint agreement with Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) to buy R.R. Bowker from Reed Elsevier (R-E). Cambridge is purchasing the major portion of Bowker, and ITI is acquiring the publishing rights to about 10 reference books. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed but sources close to the deal report that several bids were received in the $20 to $30 million range. The deal is due to officially close the last week of August. The acquisition is actually being accomplished in two steps, with the Cambridge Information Group (CIG) first purchasing all of Bowker from Reed Elsevier and forming Bowker, LLC, and then ITI purchasing the directories from Bowker, LLC."..."Cambridge is acquiring the entire Books In Print family of products; Ulrich’s Periodical Directory; Magazines for Libraries; a number of abstracts and indexes, including British Humanities Index and Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA); a number of journals and newsletters, such as Business Information Reviewand Journal of Information Science; and miscellaneous other products. In addition, Cambridge retains the contract for Bowker, LLC to have the exclusive right to operate the U.S. office of the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) agency."..."The directories purchased by ITI serve the library, publishing, and bookselling markets. The titles include Literary Market Place, International Literary Market Place, American Book Trade Directory, American Library Directory, Annual Register of Grant Support, The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, Library Resource Guide, AV Market Place, Directory of American Research and Technology, and American Men & Women of Science" Info Industry--ProQuest Content from ProQuest's XanEdu Will Soon Be Available on AOL From the news release, "Under the agreement, AOL members will have access to XanEdu's significant and valuable breadth of academic content organized by specific subjects/disciplines of interest. Drawing from XanEdu's digital archive of primary source materials, journals, periodicals, newspapers, reference books and case studies, the agreement will provide members with the opportunity to purchase subscriptions to premier research resources that they currently seek online." Full-Text Document Shelf Legal System--United States--Statistics Source: BJS Probation and Parole in the United States, 2000 News Release ||| Direct to Full-Text 6 pages .pdf Sunday, August 26, 2001
Semantic Web Source: San Jose Mercury News "Machines to Talk Intelligently on Web" Dan Gillmor provides an overview to the Semantic Web. From the article, "You tell a search engine you're looking for a story on the gadget and want the contact information for anyone quoted in the article. This time, several computers communicate with each other and then present you with a list of names and numbers. You can't do the latter, yet. But technologists are working on what may be a key piece of the next generation of networks -- a ``Semantic Web'' where machines talk intelligently with other machines to solve all kinds of problems for you and me." Web Use--Research Source: NY Times "Exploration of World Wide Web Tilts From Eclectic to Mundane" From the article, "Last year, about 60 percent of Internet users visited more than 20 Web sites in a typical month, according to Jupiter Media Metrix (news/quote), a research firm that measures traffic online; this year the proportion is close to half. The number of people using search engines as a starting point has also decreased significantly, a reflection of the more direct, predetermined approach to the Web....What is lost, some say, is the experience of serendipity and the delight in finding things that you would not naturally seek out. Saturday, August 25, 2001
Health and Medicine New Subject Sources: From MEDLINEplus Here's a sampling of NEW subject specific pages from MEDLINEplus. MEDLINEplus: Neuromuscular Disorders MEDLINEplus: Premature Babies MEDLINEplus: Tonsils/Tonsillectomy MEDLINEplus: Twins, Triplets, Multiple Births MEDLINEplus: Exercise for Seniors MEDLINEplus: Legionnaire's Disease MEDLINEplus: Smoking and Youth MEDLINEplus: Snoring Friday, August 24, 2001
Web Search Greg Notess Releases Updated Search Engine Size Studies Notess, the proprietor of one of the most useful sites for the web searcher, Search Engine Showdown, has just updated some of the important and useful engine size studies he compiles. Updates: Search Engine Relative Size Search Engine Total Size Estimate Search Engine Size Change Over Time Web Search--Google Groups New From Google Groups: Enhanced Thread View Capabilities Word today from the Googleplex (what Google employees call their office) that a new "enhanced threaded view" of Usenet postings is now availabe via the Google Groups service. From an email message, Google Groups users now have direct access to each message in a thread, from a hierarchical list of links to the left of the screen. This improvement enables users to directly jump to a message from a particular author, as opposed to scrolling through an entire page of individual postings. Google Groups users now also have access to the original, detailed header information for each posting. Message headers reveal such information as message ID#, the original posting host, and X-complaints information for abusive postings. To see detailed header information for a particular posting contained in the Google Groups archive, select "view article only," then select "original format." Web Search Source: PC World "Do Search Engines Tell The Truth?" As I have said several times, it's crucial to: 1) Know that paid placement/inclusion exists. 2) Keep current with changes and new tools. 3) Understand that search engine optimization exists and is becoming more popular. 4) That certain directories only include pay-per-click content. 5) Learn to use engines on a more advanced level. Learn to limit. It's also important for the search engines to realize: A) Not everyone uses an engine as a directory/yellow pages to find services and products. B) For many of us, the content several levels down is often where we want to be. C) People search differently depending on what they are looking for. (Known Item Search vs. Unknown Item or Subject Search) D) Useful content exists on sites that will not or are unable to pay-for-inclusion/placement or page optimization. D) Relevancy does not only mean a click on a link. Web Search--FirstGov.Gov Source: Government Computer News "Who’s Owner of FirstGov Database? Not Uncle Sam" From the article, "Millionaire philanthropist Eric Brewer owns the FirstGov database of federal Web sites—and in 2003, he’ll take it back. FirstGov now operates under GSA’s auspices, but Brewer, founder of FedSearch and president of Inktomi Corp. of San Francisco, will be first in line to run FirstGov when his so-called gift reverts to his company in two years’ time. At the time Brewer offered to build the search engine, he promised to turn it over to the government in 2003. The search technology, however, produces a database in Inktomi’s proprietary format." See Also: FirstGov Still Soliciting Comments About Search Solutions (From Federal Register) See Also: Office of FirstGov See Also: Federal Search Foundation Full-Text Resource Shelf (2 Items) Internet Statistics--Canada Source: Statistics Canada Internet Use Among Older Canadians Summary ||| Full-Text Document 18 pages .pdf ---- Privacy--United States Crminal Justice Information Report of the National Task Force on Privacy, Technology, and Criminal Justice Information Summary ||| Full-Text 124 pages .pdf Thursday, August 23, 2001
***Resource of the Week*** Searchable Database--Book Information Invisible Web ISBN.nu ISBN.nu provides access to (FREE) a searchable database with information on over 3 million book titles. At the moment the searchable database is "powered" with data from Books-in-Print/Bowker. In the next few weeks ISBN.nu will switch to data provided by Baker & Taylor. B&T will also provide info on over 750,000 out-of-print titles. After retrieving basic title info, a second click allows you to compare pricing/shipping info from 10 new and used online bookstores on a single page. Click one more time and you're now able to order the material from any of these vendors. Want More? In the future many entries will contain brief annotations, table-of-contents, etc. The BETA interface allows you to search the database by: words in the title, author name, subject, and ISBN . You can also limit your search by publication date and/or publisher. A full-text search will soon be available. Using the MyISBN.nu option allows you to personalize the interface to reflect shipping costs depending on shipping location (a currency converter can be configured to assist searchers outside the U.S.) and the delivery service you select. ISBN.nu is being developed by Seattle based writer (Fortune, Wired, New York Times, Seattle Times) industry commentator, and database guru, Glenn Fleishman. Classical Music--Reviews Searchable Database--Music Invisible Web GramoFile A searchable and browsable database containing over 25,000 reviews (albums/cd's) from Gramaphone magazine. This collection of material dates back to 1983. Thanks to the LII for sharing this wonderful database with us. Librarians Source: New York Times "Librarians Adjust Image in an Effort to Fill Jobs" (registration required) From the article, "In a Web site promoting a campaign by the American Library Association, librarians ride Harleys, surf and skateboard. They are young and hip. They wear dreadlocks and practice yoga. And like Ms. Garzolini, they are known to enjoy an occasional night at a bar. There is a cook and caterer, a "popular culture junkie" who started a hip-hop program for the Cleveland library and a "surfer dude" who owns a record company." Literacy--Thesaurus Invisible Web Canadian Literacy Thesaurus From the site, "a bilingual list of standardized vocabulary in the area of adult literacy. Developed in consultation with the Canadian literacy community, both the terminology and structure of the Thesaurus reflect the diversity of regional literacy practices and activities across Canada." The thesuarus can be keyword searched. Full-Text Resource Shelf (6 Items) Science & Technology--Australia Source: Parlimentary Library, Parliament of Australia Cultivating Innovation (E-Brief) ---- Information Technology Industry--Canada Source: Industry Canada The ICT Industry in Canada 3 pages .pdf See Also: ICT Statistical Overview ---- Credit Cards--Canada Source: Industry Canada Credit Card Costs Overview, compatitive chart, and rates over time graph. ---- Transportation--United Kingdom--Statistics Source: Department for Transport, Local Government and the Region Transport Statistics A major portion of the site has been updated. ---- Vital Statistics--United States Source: National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics Report: Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for January-December 2000 8 pages .pdf ---- Information Security--U.S. Department of Commerce Source: GAO Information Security: Weaknesses Place Commerce Data and Operations at Serious Risk 48 pages .pdf Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Web Monitoring Tools News Alert Tools Tracerlock Adds New Service, Free Trial Word today from Tracerlock that this well known web monitoring service has added a news monitoring tool. According to the site, this new service monitors "hundreds" of web news sites for new content. When a new article appears on one of these sites matches term(s) on your keyword list you will be informed via e-mail within 15 minutes. This new service is free to try until September 10th, then it will be available by subscription. All other Tracerlock monitoring services will continue to be available for free.More on this later. Web Search--Images Web Search--Legal Issues Source: Newsbytes "Appeals Court To Consider 'Fair Use' Of Online Images" From the article, "The question of whether or not a "visual search engine" has "fair use" of copyrighted images will be considered Sept. 10 by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California." See Also: Read The Decision from the District Court (U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Southern Division) Artificial Intelligence Source: Lingua Franca "The Know-It-All Machine" This cover story from Lingua Franca tells us about Cyc. From the article, "Ever since 1984, [Doug Lenat], the former Stanford professor has been sitting in Cyc's Austin, Texas, headquarters and writing down the platitudes of our "consensus reality"—all the basic facts that we humans know about the world around us: "Water is wet"; "Everyone has a mother"; "When you let go of things they usually fall." Cyc currently has a database of about 1.5 million of these key assertions. Taken together, they are helping Lenat create what he calls the first true artificial intelligence (AI)—a computer that will be able to speak in English, reason about the world, and, most unnerving, learn on its own. Cyc is easily the biggest and most ambitious AI project on the planet, and by the time it's completed, it will probably have consumed Lenat's entire career." Learn about the work Cyc did with Hotbot. See Also: Direct to the Cyc Site See Also: Listen to a 1997 NPR Interview with Doug Lenat Acquisitions Source: News.Com Amazon Makes Move to Get More Business From Libraries From the article, "The new Corporate Accounts Program allows institutional purchasers to create a managed account with a payment method other than credit card, by which they can buy books, software, videos and other goods online, the company announced Wednesday." "Under the new program, Amazon is also offering online account management tools designed for corporate and institutional buyers. Account holders will have access to an online order history for all account purchases; a consolidated, line-item bill for all account activity; and the option to receive an e-mail notification every time a purchase is made." Resource Sharing--Canada Source: National Library of Canada Bulletin "A Canadian Information Resource Sharing Strategy" New/Recently Updated Material from the CRS (Congressional Research Service) Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases 17 pages .pdf Global Climate Change 19 pages .pdf Environmental Protection Issues in the 107th Congress 15 pages .pdf Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions 16 pages .pdf Full-Text Document Shelf European Union--Pathfinders Accessing European Union Information A 48 page .pdf pathfinder prepared by the Office of Press and Public Affairs at the European Commission Delegation in Washington D.C. Census 2000--United States Demographics--United States Additional Summary File 1 (Detailed Demographic Info, by State) Now Available This Week: Arkansas Mississippi Texas Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Cultural Institutions--Worldwide New Searchable Directory: "Windows to Culture" A new UNESCO sponsored directory of culture institutions from around the World. From the news release, "The directory, which soon after its launch has more than 400 entries, lists culture faculties and universities, foundations, international organizations, ministries of culture, national agencies and organizations of national scope, networks and culturenets, non-governmental organizations, and regional organizations research institutes." See Also: Direct to "Windows to Culture" Database Copyright--United States Invisible Web Official Launch Of New Search System from U.S. Copyright Office From the news release, "Users can search copyright records dating back to 1978 in three categories: General Works, consisting of books, music, films, maps, and software; Serials, such as magazines and newspapers; and Documents, such as contracts, licenses, and wills that relate to copyright ownership." See Also: Direct to the New Copyright Search System See Also: New Search System Called a Band-Aid (from FCW) Online Translation Tools--Russian Rustran Translate English-Russian, Russian-English Wildland Fires--United States A Compilation of Resources from the National Interagency Fire Information Center --National Fire News (Updated Daily) --The National "Sit Report" (Updated Daily) --National Fire Maps (Materials for Various Agencies) Full-Text Document Shelf (3 Items) PAC (Political Action Committees)--United States--Statistics Source: FEC Semi-Annual Federal PAC Count See Also: PAC Chart --- Child Care--United States--Statistics Source: U.S. Census State Estimates of Child Care Establishments: 1977 - 1997 ---- Aviation Safety--Statistics Source: Boeing Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents (1959-2000) 22 pages .pdf Monday, August 20, 2001
Web Search Back in D.C. After the Search Engine Strategies Conference, Comments from J.D. Back after spending some time attending and speaking at the SES Conference in San Francisco. Online Journalism Review contributor and research guru J.D. Lasica shares a few of the tips he picked up at the conference. I'm thrilled to say that several come from yours truly. Web Search--Teoma Source: Information Today NewsBreaks Richard Wiggins Shares A Few Thoughts About Teoma From the article, "— In the 2 short years since Google was in beta, it has captured the fancy of searchers both novice and expert. Arguably, Google is the heavyweight champ of search engines. Now a new contender, Teoma, has strutted into the ring, seeking to provide the knockout blow. Teoma is currently in beta but has been garnering a lot of interest in the search community. In a telephone interview, Paul Gardi, president and CEO of Teoma, explained to me why he has such confidence." See Also: Direct to Teoma (Beta) Info Industry--LexisNexis Nexis.Com Receives An Upgrade From the news release, "With our next generation nexis.com, businesses get the on-point information they need easily and efficiently. Listening to customers, we enhanced nexis.com to be as easy to use as any Web search engine, but with superior content not available elsewhere," [Bill] Pardue [chief executive officer and president of Corporate and Federal Markets of LexisNexis Group] said. See Also: Direct to Nexis.Com Online Research Source: AP Poll: Students Say Web Is Great Help Although it's not unexpected, the following quote from this article leaves me WORRIED! From the article, Most students depend on the Internet to get their stuff,'' said 16-year-old Jeff Sands of Horsham, Pa. ``You can most find anything by going onto Yahoo,'' an Internet search engine. American Memory Project American History--Civil War New Resource: Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society From the site, "The images in this digital collection are drawn from the New-York Historical Society's rich archival collections that document the Civil War. They include recruiting posters for New York City regiments of volunteers; stereographic views documenting the mustering of soldiers and of popular support for the Union in New York City; photography showing the war's impact, both in the north and south; and drawings and writings by ordinary soldiers on both sides." Health--Global Source: Federal Computer Week New Resource: HHS Links to Global Health From the article, "The Department of Health and Human Services last week announced the launch of a Web site that addresses the link between U.S. and international health issues." See Also: Direct to the GlobalHealth.Gov Site Business--Lists and Rankings Source: Working Woman The Working Woman 500 Full-Text Resource Shelf Western Wildfires--United States Source: National Climatic Data Center Western U.S. Wildfires Sunday, August 19, 2001
Business--Lists and Rankings Source: Fortune 100 Fastest-Growing Companies-2001 From the article, "To make the list, compiled by Zacks Investment Research, companies had to have been publicly traded for at least three years and have revenue and market caps of at least $50 million." Friday, August 17, 2001
Web Search Source: Wired "Relevant Info on Search Engines" The "research oriented" searcher needs to have as much knowledge as possible about all of the engines. Relevancy is in the eyes of the user but many times these engines associate relevancy with a click on a link not on the information the web page provides. Cataloging of Web Material Bibliographic Control of Web Resources: A Library of Congress Action Plan LC would welcome your comments through the end of September. Btw, make sure to take a look at some of the presentations linked on the left side of the page. They were presented at the Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium: Confronting the Challenge of Networked Resources and the Web, held on November 15-17, 2000. Technical Reports--Web Access National Technical Information Service Source: Federal Register NTIS Has Plans, Seeks Comments From the announcement, "NTIS is seeking public comment on its proposal to (a) Make a portion of the NTIS Database available to the public at its web site and (b) assist users in locating free copies of reports described in that portion of the Database."..."NTIS is proposing to make available at its web site without charge complete bibliographic information, including abstracts, about all technical reports entered into its collection since 1997, when NTIS began scanning all new acquisitions into electronic format. In addition, if the agency that created the document makes it available for downloading at that agency's web site, NTIS expects to provide a cross-link that takes the user to that site. The link will be permanent, ensuring the availability of that document even if the agency that created it moves it or takes it off the Web." Info Industry--ProQuest Genealogical Research ProQuest Acquires Heritage Quest, Largest Genealogical Information Provider in the United States From the announcement, ""Genealogical research is a top-ranked hobby in the United States, with over 70 million active participants," said Joe Reynolds, president and chief executive officer of ProQuest Information and Learning. "Most people rely on local libraries to help them find the information they need. With the addition of Heritage Quest information to our own collection of some 7 million pages of content, we'll be able to provide libraries and their users with the most comprehensive collection of genealogical information available anywhere designed specifically for use in libraries. " Thursday, August 16, 2001
Professional Reading 1) "Shaping the Web: Why the Politics of Search Engines Matters" by L. Introna and H. Nissenbaum 38 pages .pdf 2) "Next Generation Web Search: Setting Our Sites" by Marti A. Hearst Web Search--Netscape Source: Reuters "Netscape Revamps Search Engine" From the article, "The new version, one of the largest search directories on the Internet with close to 3 million sites, includes 22 new vertical specialized search engines available right from the index page...Unlike the older Netscape version that only searched for titles and descriptions of Web pages, the revamped version digs deeper and looks for individual Web pages within its directory." See Also: Complete Netscape Press Release Notes: Netscape uses Open Directory Project data. At the bottom of the search results page Netscape offers a link to "Search again for Full-Text Document Shelf (3 Items) Education--United States--Statistics Source: NCES Projection of Education Statistics To 2011 From the site, "This publication provides projections for key education statistics. It includes statistics on enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools, and enrollment and graduates of degree-granting institutions. For the Nation, the tables, figures, and text contain data on enrollment, teachers, graduates, and expenditures for the past 14 years and projections to the year 2011." ---- Occupational Safety--United States Source: BLS National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2000 ---- Energy Industry--United States--Statistics Source: EIA Financial News for Major Energy Companies "Reviews recent financial performance of major U.S. energy companies. Data presented are for April through June 2001." Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Congressional Research Service Selected New or Recently Updated Reports from the Congressional Research Service Access to these and many more reports are available from either the web site of Rep. Chris Shays or Rep. Mark Green. Once on either of these pages, click and scroll to the appropriate report. All reports are .pdf files. Listed In "Issue Briefs" Section Artic National Wildlife (IB 10073) Campaign Financing (IB 80720) U.S. Space Programs (IB 92011) Listed In "Short" Reports Section Fax-on-Demand Services Available from Federal Government Agencies (98-538) Internet Tax Bills in the 107th Congress (RS 20980) "Junk E-mail": An Overview of Issues and Legislation Concerning Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail ("Spam") (RS20037) Listed In "Long" Reports Section Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts (RL30329) Cyberwarfare (RL 30735) Public Aid and Faith-Based Organizations (Charitable Choice): Background and Selected Legal Issues (RL 31043) Entertainment Industry Invisible Web New Searchable Database: whoRepresents?Com From the site, "a quick reference guide to and for representatives". Basic directory data to locate management, agent, etc. for major entertainers. Education--United States Source: USA Today/Federal Computer Week "Web Guide Gauges Schools' Strengths" From the article, The Heritage Foundation, a non-profit think tank in Washington, D.C., has launched a Web guide to school information online (www.heritage.org/reportcards) where parents can quickly locate resources by state that show how public and private schools stack up.The authors of The Report Card Report: America's Best Web Sites for School Profiles spent three months scouring the Web for sites with statistics about schools. They compared more than 100 of them to compile a list of the Web's top 10 school guides." Direct to the Site: The Report Card Report: America's Best Web Sites for School Profiles Intellectual Property New Site: IP@The National Academies From the site, "From Internet content protection to human gene patenting, IP rights in many forms have emerged from legal obscurity to public debate. This website serves as a guide to the Academies' extensive work on Intellectual Property and a forum to discuss ongoing work." Web Search Industry--Fast Search & Transfer FS&T Secures Contract to Provide Search Services for EBAY See Also: AllTheWeb.Com, the Fast Search & Transfer Web Search Engine Web Search--Sherlock News For Mac Users, New York Times.Com Content Intergrated into Sherlock From the news release, "Sherlock, the search engine that is designed into the Macintosh operating system, is organized into channels such as News, Reference, Entertainment, and Shopping. The channels make searching easier for users by grouping similar sources together. NYTimes.com headlines and abstracts will be included in News Channel search results and branded as NYTimes.com content. Sherlock users will be able to click from these NYTimes.com search results directly to the NYTimes.com Web site to read the relevant article." Online Industry--Questia Questia Launches Version 2.0 From the news release, "Questia launches its version 2.0, which includes a collection of more than 60,000 full-text titles -- nearly double the size of its version 1.0 collection launched January 2001. Version 2.0 also improves Questia's tools, which enable users to personalize books by highlighting and making notes in them and to write better papers by automatically creating footnotes and bibliographies in various formats. Since the January launch, Questia has conducted extensive market research among student subscribers and met with many professors and librarians." Placing content in a single location can save massive amounts of time.The highlighting options Questia offers are also useful. However, I wonder how many of Questia's sources are available via other web-based compilations or fee-based tools that are already being offered and paid for by a university library. See Also: Direct to the Questia Web Site Census 2000--United States Demographics--United States Additional Summary File 1 (Detailed Demographic Info, by State) Now Available This Week: New Jersey Pennsylvania Tennessee Virginia Wisconsin Full-Text Resource Shelf Source: Congressional Budget Office "The Effects of Aging on the Costs of Operating and Maintaining Military Equipment" 52 pages .pdf Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Web Search Source: Wired.Com "Searching for Google's Successor" Angel Gonzalez provides a review of several new tools. Those of you who have been visiting this weblog have seen several of these engines mentioned during the past few months. Here are the search tools highlighted in the Wired.com article: WISEnut Teoma Lasoo CURE Vivisimo See Also: July 9, 2001, VAS&ND Comments About WISEnut The Internet Scout Project The Scout Project Needs Beta Testers for Portal Toolkit From a recently received e-mail, "The Scout Portal Toolkit (SPT) is a software package, developed under a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, that is designed to allow groups with limited technical expertise or resources to make their collection of discipline-specific resource metadata available on the web." Complete details, including the technical requirements, can be found here. More questions? Contact David Sleasman at sleasman@cs.wisc.edu. Learn More About The Scout Portal Toolkit Web Search--FirstGov Source: Commerce Business Daily FirstGov Still Soliciting Comments About Search Solutions Here is a request for information from FirstGov. They would love to know what you think. From the rfi, "FirstGov plans to contract for new search services for our FirstGov.gov website at the conclusion of the donation of search services from the Federal Search Foundation." Libraries Source: National Library of Australia From Digitisation to Virtual Reality: Is Global Knowledge a Blessing or a Threat? A speech by Peter Haddad, Director Technical Services Branch, National Library of Australia is an informative and worthwhile read. Here are a few key passages, "The World Wide Web is now thought to contain about 7.1 million unique sites. An estimated 41% of these sites offer content that is freely accessible to the general public, and the Web continues to expand at a rapid pace, tripling in size over the last two years, even though its rate of growth seems to be diminishing over time. The appearance of this new form of publishing and new source of informational content presents libraries and collecting institutions with enormous challenges."..."A number of barriers to the realisation of direct seamless access remain. Firstly, not all of every library’s collection will be digitised and available online. The resources required are simply too great, and the problems of making copyright material freely available too intractable."...Secondly, online subscriber services will continue to stipulate restrictions to widespread access. While this may not trouble a library with a closely defined and easily identified clientele, consider the position of national and public libraries whose constituents are the general population. The present models do not easily lend themselves to providing wide access to all...Thirdly, quality of Web delivered content remains a concern for libraries and educators. There is a role for libraries as “trusted gatekeepers” to develop services comprising quality online resources as opposed to the unevaluated mass of data generated by search engines." Monday, August 13, 2001
Web Search--Google Source: San Jose Mercury News "New CEO Arrives During Good Times for Google" It seems new CEO, Eric Schmidt, does not like the time lag that is found with all of the major search engines. From the article, "I find it very frustrating that stuff I know is occurring this week is not in the index and I can't get it. I hate lag,'' Schmidt said. In recent weeks some pages/sites in the Google index are being refreshed and made searchable soon after hitting the web. For example, this weblog was last crawled Saturday (8/11). Other sites were refreshed nearly one month ago. Regardless, it's good to see Schmidt mention the issue. Web Search--Excite Source: netimperative.com Excite U.K. Adds GoTo.com Pay-Per-Click Content From the article, "Under the agreement – the first time the pair have worked together - GoTo results will appear as the top two entries in Excite UK results and where Excite is the incumbent search provider – such as BT and MSN destination sites. The deal follows similar agreements with consumer ISP Freeserve and personalised search provider Ask Jeeves." Paid GoTo.com links are labeled with this disclaimer, "The first 2 search results below are provided by a third party." Clicking here opens up a window with further explanation. Direct to Excite U.K. See Also: The GoTo.com News Release Social Security--United States--Database Invisible Web The FAQ Database from the Social Security Administration This database is home to more than 500 frequently asked questions from the SSA. However, most of the "answers" inside the database cannot be accessed via a general search engine. From the top-level page you are presented two options. Option One, takes you to the search engine interface. Note the many limiting options available. Option Two, allows the user to set up a "profile" and be automatically alerted when specific questions are updated with new answers. Zip Codes--Database Invisible Web GetZips.Com Search for info by Zip Code (partial zip codes o.k.) Area Code, City, or County. Competitive Intelligence Tools "Standard And Poor's Enriches YellowBrix's Competitive Intelligence Service" YellowBrix syndicates content from many information sources to several web services. You can find YellowBrix content via CNNfn and NewsReal Thanks to I.S. for the news tip. Web Search Source: USA Today "How to Net Results in Search-Site Seas" Our friend and co-author, Chris Sherman is quoted in this article. Full-Text Resource Shelf (4 Items) Demographics--United States Source: U.S. Census The Black Population: 2000 Summary ||| Direct to Document ----- Demographics--United States Source: U.S. Census The White Population: 2000 Summary ||| Direct to Document ---- Census 2000--United States Diversity--United States Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity Over 100 pages of .pdf color maps. --- Prisoners--United States Source: BJS Prisoners in 2000 Some material available in spreadsheet format. Sunday, August 12, 2001
Maps--Worldwide Numerous Maps and Lists from the United Nations High quality map material from the Cartographic Section of the U.N. that is worthy of your attention. All of these resources are free to access and print. 1) Country and Region Profile Maps (Color, .pdf ) More than 100 maps are available. 2) U.N. Peacekeeping Activity Maps (Color, .pdf ) 3) Various Thematic Maps (Color, .pdf ) ¤ Kumanovo-Vranje Corridor ¤ Withdrawal Line of Israeli Forces in Lebanon ¤ The World in 1945 ¤ The World today ¤ Okavango map 4) List: World Countries (.pdf) Capital city and country code are provided for both U.N. member and non-member nations. Scientific Publishing--Fee-Based Services Coming This October: Faculty of 1000 The service will focus on material in the biological sciences. From the site, "Faculty of 1000 is a revolutionary new online research tool that will systematically highlight and review the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of over 1000 selected leading scientists...Highlights papers on the basis of scientific merit rather than the journal in which they appear...Offers the researcher a consensus of recommendations from over 1000 leading scientists." U.S. Government Regulations--Catalogs New Catalog From the GPO: U.S. Government Regulations Materials cover laws, regulations, guidelines, decisions, required standards, and judicial decisions. Full-Text Resource Shelf Human Cloning Material from the 8/7/2001 National Academy of Sciences Meeting, "Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Cloning" Saturday, August 11, 2001
Fee-Based Resources Source: Library Journal The Librarian As Entrepreneur: Peter McCracken of Serial Solutions From the article, "Rapidly emerging Serials Solutions, which offers librarians a reliable way to track full-text, electronic-format journals, was the buzz of the show floor at the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference in June...the company's entrepreneurial cofounder, Peter McCracken, has a full-time job as a reference librarian at the University of Washington's (UW) Odegaard Undergraduate Library in Seattle." Friday, August 10, 2001
Fast Facts Ready Reference Factbox, Fast Fact Lists From Reuters Reuters is the compiler of these wonderful lists. The only drawback is with some of the web news providers having formatting problems with them. However, it's nothing that some quick reformatting can't fix. Reuters is available from many news sources including Yahoo, CBS Marketwatch, and Northern Light, and many fee-based vendors. Here are a few Factbox lists. Grab them while you can! --A Timeline of Major Developments in PCs --Recent Major Computer Bugs, Viruses, and Worms --Recent Layoffs of 1000 or More --Players in the Electronic Trading Systems (U.S. Fixed-Income) Space --Major Players in the Japanese Handheld PC Space --Top 10 Largest Point Increases in the NASDAQ (as of 4/5/01) --Past Pepsi Advertising Campaigns Web Compilations--California--Statistics Counting California From a news release, "In the first release of the service, researchers and the public can discover and interact with current and historical census data, almanac-style statistics, county business data, and a range of education, crime, election, and demographic information from nearly a dozen different sources. Searching can be done by topic, geography, title, and data provider. The University of California's California Digital Library developed and hosts Counting California with support from state and federal research grants." Direct to the Counting California site Full-Text Resource Shelf (4 Items) Stem Cell Research Source: Congressional Research Service Stem Cell Research (RL31015) Note: This Congressional Research Service report (14 pages .pdf) was updated on 8/10/2001 It's accessible by following these 3 steps: 1) Go to http://www.house.gov/shays/CRS/CRSProducts.htm 2) Select CRS Long Reports 3) Scroll To The Document See Also: U.S. News Library Briefing Book, "The Science, Politics, and Ethics of Stem-Cell Research" ---- Labor--Women--United States--Statistics Source:BLS Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2000 37 pages .pdf ---- Science and Engineering--United States--Statisitcs Source: NSF Scientific and Engineering Research Facilities: 1999 (NSF 01-330) From the site, "These tables provide data on the status of research facilities needed to conduct science and engineering (S&E) research at U.S.colleges, universities and nonprofit biomedical research institutions. Data on the amount, quality, adequacy and condition of S&E research space are presented for the year 1999. Data on the construction and repair/renovation of S&E research facilities and their costs are presented for the years 1998-2001. The historical tables present data for the years 1988-99." --- Internet--Australia Digital Divide--Australia Source: Parliamentary Library (Australia) A Digital Divide in Rural and Regional Australia? Numerous stats about use of Net in Australia Thursday, August 09, 2001
Organization of Information--Taxonomies Professional Reading "Taxonomies: The Value of Organized Business Knowledge” Jack Bryar at NewsEdge has written a 14 page white paper on the importance of taxonomies and other tools (e.g. XML) in making material easier to search and access. This paper is a worthwhile read for info professionals and for those people who want an introduction to a topic getting more and more well-deserved attention. Online Map Update--MapQuest Online Map Update--MapBlast From MapQuest: Satellite Photos of U.S. Addresses Enter an address. When the map is returned, click the "Aerial Photo" tab directly above the map. You can zoom in and out. Also, click the Big Map button for a larger, easier to use photo. Images can be saved. You can move (all directions) by clicking on the image. Here is a satellite image of Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. New From MapBlast: "LineDrive" Direction Maps Enter data and notice the "Direction Format" options. Select "LineDrive". Easy to understand, interpret, and print. An example of the new "LineDrive" maps illustrating a route from the British Embassy in D.C. to the Canadian Embassy a few miles away. Science--Databases Invisible Web Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education Future of PubScience Looking Better Lead of article, "The fate of PubScience -- the U.S. Department of Energy's Web portal that allows scientists to search journal abstracts in the physical sciences -- looks brighter following Senate approval last month of a spending bill for the agency." XML Northern Light Adds "Special Edition" Devoted To XML A great compilation of resources along with predefined "live" search queries. Web Search Source: Washington Post A Review of Resources That Track Popular Search Terms Just for fun! Full-Text Resource Shelf Environment--Rivers--United States Source: American Heritage Rivers American Heritage Rivers Progress Report Web Browser News New Version of Netscape Online Today Version 6.1 is now available. Early reports, "much more stable". New version of Internet Explorer due in the next few days. Wednesday, August 08, 2001
Current Awareness Tools--Patents Current Awareness Tools--Medicine An article by Chris Sherman in his SearchDay newsletter alerts us to Patent Alert, a new tool (free) that will automatically run your search strategies (pre-defined searches are also available) against the USPTO Patent Database and return newly added material to you via e-mail. Today, allow me to bring PubCrawler to your attention. It provides the same type of service, also free, except it automatically searches for new material in the medical/health world by running your search strategies against the Pubmed/Medline database. Direct to Patent Alert Direct to PubCrawler Web Search Source: Dow Jones Newswires via Business.Com "Goto.com CEO: Consumer Group Charges Are Off Mark" It's important to realize that the wants, needs, and desires of web search industry and those who use the open web as a research tool are sometimes, but not always, the same. The two major camps at the present time are those who use web search as an advertising, promotion type of vehicle. The other, those of us who use the "open web" as one of many research tools available to us. Can and do the two worlds bump against each other? Yes. Can the two worlds exist together? Absolutely! However, it will require those of us in the information research world to be armed with a thorough knowledge of how the engines work, how they differ, what they can and can't do, and how to fully exploit their advanced search capabilities. From the article, "Speaking at the Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. Online Advertising Forum in New York Wednesday, [Ted] Meisel [GoTo.com CEO] said it isn't important whether search engines tell users which listings have been paid for by advertisers. The important thing is that the results are relevant, he said. If they aren't, consumers will move on to other search engines, regardless of whether the listings are paid for or compiled by editorial workers. "Users don't care how they're made," Meisel said. "Most search is influenced by payments in one form or another." I would be curious what AllTheWeb, Google, and WiseNut would have to say. See Also: I will be speaking, along with many others, at WebSearch University here in D.C. Sessions will cover power searching with the general web search tools, taking advantage of the Invisible Web, and maximizing the value of several fee-based services. Web Directories--Government Information Meta-Subject Index to Government Information From the site, "This index is intended to direct the user to Subject Indexes which have been created for the purpose of identifying government internet resources in a given subject area. This index currently contains 13,131 entries." Some of the subject directories used to build this "meta" index come from the National Library of Canada, Univ. of Michigan's Document Center, and the Yale University Government Documents Center. Kudos to Stephen Woods at Idaho St. University. Web Resources--Legal Source: Chicago Tribune New: American Bar Association Launches Consumer Oriented Site From the article, "There are other sites that provide some of what we offer on a piecemeal basis," [ABA President] [Robert] Hirshon said Friday. "We felt there ought to be a centralized location for one-stop shopping for people looking for legal information." Direct to the New ABA Consumer Site Thanks to G.T. for the tip. Census 2000--United States Demographics--United States Additional Summary File 1 (Detailed Demographic Info, by State) Now Available New This Week: California, Puerto Rico, South Dakota Next Week: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin Full-Text Document and Resource Shelf (6 Resources) Elections--Canada Parliament--Canada Source: Elections Canada List of Members of Parliament by Province and Territory Breakdown of Election Expenses of Registered Political Parties – 2000 General Election Election Expenses and Reimbursements, by Registered Political Party – 2000 General Election Statements of Assets and Liabilities – 2000 Fiscal Period Political Parties’ Fiscal Period Returns for 2000 (Searchable Database) ---- Economics--Regional--United States Labor--Technology Workforce--United States Source: Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs/University of Minnesota High-Tech and I-Tech: How Metros Rank and Specialize See Also: An article from the Washington Post about the report. ---- Labor--United States Source: BLS Unemployment--United States Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 1999 ---- Legal--Microsoft Documents in the News Microsoft Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case Full-Text of Brief (Writ of Certiorari) Full-Text of Microsoft's Motion for Stay of the Mandate Pending Petition for Writ of Certiorari --U.S. v. Microsoft - Appellees' Response to Microsoft's Motion for Stay of the Mandate Pending Petition for Writ of Certiorari (8/10/2001) Tuesday, August 07, 2001
Online Searching Source: Information Today NewsBreaks "Johns Hopkins’ Tragedy: Could Librarians Have Prevented a Death?" A complete and thorough search is not always as easy as it may appear to be. Web Portals--Yahoo New Resource: "Yahoo Education" From the news release, "-- As the new school year begins, Yahoo! today announced the launch of Yahoo! Education (http://education.yahoo.com), a free resource that enables educators at the college, high school and middle school levels to easily create a virtual classroom environment and communication center for their students. Through this new service, professors and teachers can extend the traditional classroom onto the Internet by posting class rosters, calendars, and syllabi, and by connecting with students through private classroom message boards and e-mail. Yahoo! also announced new agreements with three leading providers of education materials -- Bartleby.com, Britannica.com, and Houghton Mifflin Company -- who bring together their resources to create the Yahoo! Education reference area." Direct to Yahoo Education Online Information Industry--NewsEdge Another Acqusition for Thomson: NewsEdge From the annoncement: "The Thomson Corporation (TSE: TOC), a leading e-information and solutions company in the business and professional marketplace, and NewsEdge Corporation (NASDAQ: NEWZ), today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Thomson will acquire NewsEdge" See Also: An Analysis of the Acquisition by Marydee Ojala, editor of Online. See Also:NewsEdge Letter To Customers See Also: Acquistion FAQ Online Information Industry--Factiva Online Information Industry--Knight Ridder "Factiva Announces Addition of Knight Ridder Digital Online Content" From the announcement, "...an agreement allowing Factiva to include online content from twenty-nine Knight Ridder newspapers as part of its global news and business information offering." See Also: Direct to Knight Ridder Digital Web Search--FindSame Another Link To Remove, FindSame is Gone A quick note to alert VAS&ND users that FindSame.Com along with its owner, Digital Intergrity, are no longer online or in business. What did FindSame do? From the FAQ, "Most search engines work on keywords. They find documents in their database that contain the words you enter anywhere in the document. Current search engines compete with each other by trying to make this list "more relevant" to the topic you wanted to find. Digital Integrity searches in an entirely different way. The search takes as input an entire document and returns to you a list of documents that contain any fragment of that document longer than about one line of text. FindSame was used by many to assist in identifying plagarized materials. Web Search--Google Source: IndustryStandard.Net A Few Comments from the New Google CEO Eric Schmidt From the article, "Eventually Schmidt says he foresees taking the privately held company public, but given the poor performance of the market it won't be anytime soon. Nor is the company strapped for cash. Google has received more than $35 million in funding from such well-respected venture capital firms as Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers." Online Databases Milestones For Two Databases INSPEC just added its 7 millionth record AGRICOLA adds its 4 millionth record. Full-Text Document and Resource Shelf (3 Items) Health--United States Source: National Center for Health Statistics 2001 State Health Profiles Material for all 50 States and the District of Columbia ---- Labor--United States Source: U.S. Census Current Population Reports: Reasons People Do Not Work 20 pages .pdf ----- Labor--United States "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, 1999" 189 pages .pdf See Also: Occupational Data from Nine Census Divisions, 1999 Monday, August 06, 2001
Web Search--Google Source: Wall Street Journal via MSNBC Google Chairman, Eric Schmidt, Named CEO From the article, "Google is naming highly respected Silicon Valley technology executive Eric Schmidt as chief executive. Mr. Schmidt, 46 years old, whose appointment is expected to be announced Monday, has been chairman since March 26 and most recently served as CEO of software maker Novell Inc...He takes over for co-founder Larry Page, 28, who will become president of products. Co-founder Sergey Brin, 27, will become president of technology...Messrs. Page and Schmidt say they expect their business to grow as companies expand their corporate Web sites. "If we know how to search the Web really well, we can search your company site very well," says Mr. Page. If a company wants search technology on its own Web site, it can pay Google to manage that." The article also mentions Yahoo's licensing of Google content when its directory is unable to produce a hit. These hits are listed as "web page matches". It is important to remember that this service DOES NOT search the same index searched at Google.Com. The Yahoo/Google index is smaller. Additionally, Yahoo/Google doesn't offer the cached version of material accessible at Google.Com See also: Official Google Press Release Updated: Schmidt Says Google is Profitable (Reuters) Web Search--Lycos Source: ZDNet UK "Lycos Bug Lets Malicious Web Pages Crash PCs" From the article, "Lycos has a bug in its search engine that could allow malicious Web pages to crash users' computers, according to bug hunters. It emerged last week that the way Lycos renders HTML in its search results could allow JavaScript to be launched from the results page without the knowledge of Lycos or the end user. This could be used to merely launch spam pop-up windows or, using documented malicious JavaScript tricks, to crash the user's computer." See Also: Lycos Open to Malicious Attacks (Silicon.Com) See Also: Search Engines HTML Parsing Vulnerability (SecuriTeam.Com) E-Books Source: Los Angeles Times "E-Book Saga Is Full of Woe--and a Bit of Intrigue" From the article, The publishing world's attempts to turn electronic fiction and nonfiction into a lucrative revenue stream has yielded only a trickle of customers. Flaccid sales aside, publishers face even bigger challenges. Digitizing the printed page has put the very nature of books up for grabs, unleashing heated battles among writers, readers, librarians and technologists over who should control electronic books. "There's only one place e-books are popular: the courtroom," said publishing consultant Lorraine Shanley.While no industrywide statistics are being kept on e-book sales, consultant Jim Lichtenberg says the market is practically nonexistent. "There's no standardization in technology," he said. "It's all a big mess. This is like having a car in 1905. It breaks down instantly, which means you have to travel with your own mechanic--and since there are no roads, there's nowhere to go anyway." Full-Text Document and Resource Shelf (4 Items) Census Bureau Releases Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Data Source: U.S. Census This site includes a link to a summary news release and links to the following charts and tables: Educational Attainment by State of the Population 25 Years and Over Language Spoke at Home by State for the Population 5 Years and Over Median Value by State of Specified Owner-Occupied Housing Units Median Household Income, by State (in 2000 inflation-adjusted dollars) Percent of People Below the Poverty Level, by State --- Software Industry--Lists and Rankings Source: Software Magazine Software Magazine - 2001 Software 500 "The 19th Annual Ranking of the World's Largest Software and Services Suppliers". A list of the Top 25 companies is available without registration. To access the complete list (searchable) you'll need to complete the free registration form. ---- Energy--Statistics Source: Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Review 2000 From the site, "This report is EIA's comprehensive statistical, historical overview of energy. Where possible, data are provided for 1949-2000 in data tables and graphs for production, consumption, trade, storage, pricing, and reserves of all major forms of energy...Also included this year is an all-new introductory section Energy Perspectives that employs 67 selected graphs and accompanying captions to summarize key energy trends and milestones from 1949-2000." Also available: Annual Energy Review Interactive Data Query System ---- Online Investing Source: GAO On-Line Trading: Investor Protections Have Improved But Continued Attention Is Needed 42 pages .pdf file. Numerous charts, graphs, & tables. Sunday, August 05, 2001
Web Search--Google Google Search Tidbits 1) The & (ampersand) is searchable. Treat it like a stop word. Place a + in front of the symbol. For example, "Dun +& Bradstreet" 2) As you know the OR operator can be used with Google. If you prefer, the | (pipe) symbol will also provide an "or" search. Web Search--Paid-Placement Source: National Public Radio More on Paid-Placement Search Tools (RealAudio) A four minute segment from Weekend All Things Considered. See Also: "The Search Engines' Little Secret" from Business Week Saturday, August 04, 2001
Web Search--LII Source: LJ Digital (Free Registration Required) Carole Leita To Leave as Coordinator of Librarians' Index to the Internet Our friend, web innovator, and one of the essential people to know in the library/information world, Carole Leita, is leaving her position as coordinator of the Librarians' Index to the Internet. Carole founded the LII in 1990. She will stay busy travelling and working as a trainer for the Infopeople Project. Karen Schneider, another well-known and highly respected librarian will become the next coordinator the essential web directory. From the article, "It's an exciting and exhilarating opportunity," said Schneider, who was assistant director of technology, Shenendehowa Public Library, Clifton Park, NY, until July 6; she begins at LII August 27. " My first priority is to continue delivering the same quality of services that people have been used to getting from LII, under [Leita's] leadership." See Also: Read An Interview with Carole from Searcher Web Directories--Business.Com Business.Com Moves To a Paid Entry Format The Business.Com site is moving to a paid entry format for listing in the their directory. According to the site $199 is the cost to have your site reviewed for inclusion. This fee does not guarantee an entry. The current directory will not be purged but an update to the entry will require payment. Also, the site mentions that free submission is no longer possible. However, a program for free submission by "qualified nonprofit organizations" will be available in the next couple of months. The Business.Com directory currently has about 400,000 entries. Let's hope that the Business.Com will remain a quality research for web researchers. UPDATE: 8/8/01 More about Business.Com (from Business 2.0) "One scheme that did stick was to charge companies for preferential positioning in Business.com directories and searches. [Peter] Gumbel, the editor-in-chief, felt the move destroyed the journalistic integrity of the site and quit on the spot." Friday, August 03, 2001
Image Search--picsearch A New Image Search Tool: Hello to picsearch We've been awaiting the arrival of this s new image search engine. It's now live and ready for testing. A basic search is limited to images larger than 200 pixels. Make sure to note the advanced interface to search ALL images. It also allows the ability to limit to color and animations/non-animations. The +(plus) and (-) minus signs can be used. Regarding filtering the site states, "offensive content is easily eliminated by our specially designed filters before it can even enter our database. Unfortunately no filtering process is flawless." More later. Resource Discovery--RDN (Resource Discovery Network) Web Directories The RDN Website Recieves an Overhaul This U.K based site with a wonderful and searchable directory of web resources has undergone a redesign. In addition to the directory, the site contains the "Virtual Training Suite" of forty subject-specific tutorials. From the site, "The RDN is a collaboration of over sixty educational and research organisations, including the Natural History Museum and the British Library. In contrast to search engines, the RDN gathers resources which are carefully selected, indexed and described by specialists in our partner institutions." Virtual Collections--Smithsonian Institution American History Access to 450 Items "Not Usually on Public Display" From the Smithsonian/National Museum of American History From the site, "HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things is a virtual tour of selected objects from the vast collections of the National Museum of American History. Here you'll have an opportunity to look at hundreds of museum artifacts, most of which are not currently on exhibit." The site is navigated via a map interface which is constantly reshaped by user input. Full-Text Resource Shelf Labor--Layoffs--United States Source: BLS Extended Mass Layoffs in 2000, Report 951 27 pages .pdf Thursday, August 02, 2001
Current Awareness Tools Online News—Aggregators Resource of the Week: NewsNow Those of you who like Moreover as an aggregator of breaking news links will want to visit and bookmark NewsNow, another U.K. based resource. NewsNow compiles information from hundreds of well-know news sources from around the world. Here are a few of my favorite features: *Home page updates automatically with new material every 5 minutes. *Home page divided into 6 categories (Business & Finance, Info Tech, Current Affairs, Sport, Entertainment, U.K. Politics) *Right side of page contains links to many subject oriented “newswire” compilations. These links also aggregate news from many providers. *Keyword search engine finds links to articles from the past month (left side of page) *Each news entry throughout the entire site is labeled with an image of the flag of the country where the news source is based. *The LiveFeed link (left side of page) opens open a separate window with a virtual ticker that automatically refreshes itself every 5 minutes. The LiveFeed is a great way to quickly identify each news story, for all sections of the site, as they come in. In addition to the flag icon, each entry is color-coded by subject. *The LiveFeed is also available at: http://www.newsnow.co.uk/-LiveFeed.htm The only thing this free resource seems to lack is a complete list of the sites where news is culled from. However, a quick tour will result in you identifying many top-level news sources. Kudos to NewsNow! Research To Know About Preservation of Authentic Records InterPARES (International Research on Authentic Permanent Records in Electronic Systems) From the site, "The goal of the InterPARES Project is to develop the theoretical and methodological knowledge essential to the permanent preservation of electronically generated records and, on the basis of this knowledge, to formulate model strategies, policies and standards capable of ensuring their preservation." The project is based at the the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia. Available is 14 page .pdf glossary containing definitiond of terms about information organization, preservation, and the program itself. Web Search Source: Internet.Com "Is The Internet Becoming A Commercial Directory?" From the article, "GoTo.com's growth and continuing development has seen the majority of its search counterparts follow suit and implement paid inclusion programmes. For instance, Inktomi - one of the web's original crawlers - is increasingly relying on its paid inclusion products to grow its revenue base. Similarly, Looksmart's quarterly earning calls last week re-iterated that the future of the company was in paid listings." Training users to understand the differences between the types of results and the different types of engines is more important now than ever before. Document Resource Shelf --- Online Retail--Canada--Statistics Source: RetailInteractiva.Ca Canadian Online Buying Activity Legal Industry--United States Source: GAO Hourly Fees Paid by Various Federal Agencies to Private Attorneys for Legal Services 5 pages .pdf Education New Material From ERIC Clearinghouses Community College Abstracts "...from the ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges (ERIC/JC) provides an opportunity for users to view new abstracts that have been processed by ERIC/JC but don't appear in the ERIC Database yet. Abstracts are accessible through this system until they are available in the ERIC Database." ---- Child Care FAQs Child Care FAQ's From the National Child Care Information Center This adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse, has added new content to the FAQ section of the site. New FAQ's include: Average Number of Children in Child Care and Child Care Workforce Salaries. --- From the NCES Home Schooling in the United States: 1999 30 pages .pdf --- The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2000 National Mathematics Assessment Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text World Population Source: Population Reference Bureau World Population Gap Widens Includes the chart, "World Population Clock" See Also: World Population Data Sheet-2001 "The 2001 World Population Data Sheet contains the latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for all geographic entities with populations of 150,000 or more and all members of the United Nations." Wednesday, August 01, 2001
Public Libraries--Canada "Public Libraries Connect Canadians to the Web" From the article, "In 1999, Canada became the first country in the world to have all its public libraries and schools connected to the Internet . Public libraries have always been leaders at providing information to Canadians. To librarians the Internet is just another form of information and culture, along with books, videos, CDs, microfilm and magazines. So it's natural that they wanted to make the Internet available to Canadians." U.S. Congress--FY 2002 Appropriations A Handy Compilation from THOMAS A "scoreboard" with links to the appropriate documents as they move through the U.S. Congress. CUSIP Numbers Business Research--Invisible Web New: CUSIP Lookup Database A free service that requires registration. However, the registration is fast and simple. See Also: What is a CUSIP Web Search Comparisons Source: LLRX "Search Engines Comparison 2001" Librarian and instructor, Diana Botluk, has written an article comparing several features of the major search engines. From the article, "General search engines come packed with features that are often underutilized, but can be helpful in increasing search precision. The features differ from engine to engine, and skilled researchers will adjust their search strategy to take advantage of these differences depending on the type of results sought." Info Industry--Encyclopaedia Britannica Info Industry--Merriam-Webster Source: MSNBC/WSJ Words of the Day from Merriam-Webster: We're For Sale From the article, "Encyclopaedia Britannica Holding SA, after stumbling in ambitious online efforts, has put its storied Merriam-Webster Inc. dictionary business on the block...The Merriam-Webster unit could fetch between $20 million and $40 million, they say...Industry executives say Encyclopaedia Britannica wants to sell the dictionary division it has owned since the early 1960s to raise fresh capital." Legal Research--United Kingdom Source: LLRX.Com "A Guide to the UK Legal System" Sarah Carter, a Law Librarian at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, has just updated this comprehsensive guide to web-based legal and legislative resources. Info Industry--OCLC Now Available To FirstSearch Subscribers: Pay-Per-Article Purchases From OCLC Electronic Collections Online From the announcement, "Over 1,100 journals from 22 publishers are now available, and the full complement of approximately 3,500 journals from 42 participating publishers will be available for purchase on an individual basis in the coming weeks...The per-article purchase of electronic journal articles will be available from databases throughout the FirstSearch service which link to Electronic Collections Online content. This means that searches in databases such as ERIC, MEDLINE or PsycINFO may retrieve citations that include links to available full-image articles from Electronic Collections Online journals." Census 2000--United States Demographics--United States Additional Summary File 1 (Detailed Demographic Info, by State) Now Available This Week: Idaho Michigan Minnesota Rhode Island Wyoming Next Week: California, Puerto Rico, South Dakota Full-Text Document Shelf R&D Several New Statistical Reports From the National Science Foundation Federal Funds for Research and Development: Detailed Historical Tables: Fiscal Years 1951-2001 (NSF 01-334) Federal R&D Support to Nonprofit Institutions Exceeds $3 Billion (NSF 01-335) ++Federal Funds for Research and Development, Fiscal Years 1970-2001, Federal Obligations for Research by Agency and Detailed Field of Science and Engineering +++Federal Funds for Research and Development: Federal Obligations for Research to Universities and Colleges by Agency and Detailed Field of Science and Engineering: Fiscal Years 1973-2001 x |
