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“The Cornell Law Library is pleased to announce its new Legal Research Engine This specialized search engine helps users easily find authoritative online legal research guides on every subject. It searches approximately 20 different web sites that either prolifically publish guides, or index and link to guides.” [Julie M. Jones]
“The IPCC Working Group I Fourth Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers (SPM) is now available for download in PDF format. Note: Text, tables and figures given in the SPM are final but subject to checking and copy-editing and editorial adjustments to figures…The full underlying report will be published in English by Cambridge University Press.” WSJ …
“The survey, published on 1 February, reports on press freedom in 98 countries and includes the main violations of journalists’ rights in 2006 and regional aspects of media and Internet freedom…The report lists the worst violations in repressive countries, including major culprits North Korea, Eritrea, Cuba and Turkmenistan, but also looks at democracies, where progress …
Press release: “Today, marking the most comprehensive global effort to date, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) released its Guidelines for the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. The Guidelines call for special scrutiny of human embryonic stem cell research and specify rigorous ethical standards for scientists working with human embryonic stem …
Climate Risk Disclosure by the S&P 500, January 2007 (80 pages, PDF: “This report assesses how S&P 500 corporations from 11 key industries disclose the risks and opportunities they face from climate change. The report finds that over half of the nation’s largest companies are providing inadequate disclosure to investors, despite growing financial losses in …
Press release, The British Library and the Public Sector Spending Review: “Readers may have read in the newspapers that the British Library may have to start charging for access to the reading rooms. We are currently working with DCMS to assist them in making the best case for the British Library in the current public …
Via Spencer L. Simons, Director of the Law Library and Assistant Professor of Law University of Houston Law Center: “The Quinn Law Library at the University of Houston Law Center is proud to announce the inauguration of the extraordinary new website, the Anglo-American Legal Tradition (AALT). The AALT is the result of over fifteen years …
Pew Internet & American Life Project press release: “A December 2006 survey has found that 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. On a typical day online, 7% of internet users say they tag or categorize online content.”
Federal Citizen Information Center: 2007 Consumer Action Handbook (178 pages, PDF): “This everyday guide to being a smart shopper is chocked full of helpful tips about buying a car or home, preventing identity theft, understanding credit, resolving problems after a purchase, and much more. Consumer Topics: This .pdf includes all of the Consumer Topics (63 …
New Media Consortium: “The 2007 Horizon Report, just as has been the case with previous editions of the report, highlights six technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to higher education over the next one to five years. A central focus of the discussion of each technology is its relevance for teaching, …
Press release: “Along with the Web site’s newest features, many of the most popular attractions from the Newseum’s original site make a redesigned return. Today’s Front Pages — the electronic exhibit featuring more than 450 U.S. and international newspaper front pages – – will feature larger front-page images, new sorting options that allow visitors to …
Inside Higher Education: A Stand Against Wikipedia: “As Wikipedia has become more and more popular with students, some professors have become increasingly concerned about the online, reader-produced encyclopedia. While plenty of professors have complained about the lack of accuracy or completeness of entries, and some have from using it, the history department at Middlebury College …
