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Inside Google Books Search blog: “…we’ve just launched a bunch of new features and a whole new interface to make your online book experience better. First, we made it easier to find books you may be interested in by improving the “About this book” page. If you’re a bookworm looking for your next book to …
The complete November 2006 issue is available at www.llrx.com There are 15 new articles in total, so please visit the homepage for links to and abstracts of all this month’s content. Many thanks to all the authors, and have a safe and happy holiday. Leveraging Blogs, RSS, News Alerts and Different Search Engines to Expand …
Press release: A “national survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the Exploratorium benchmarks how the internet fits into people’s habits for gathering news and information about science…Fully 40 million Americans use the internet as their primary source of news and information about science and 87% of online users …
LookAhead at EDGAR – the fast SEC-Edgar (2004-2006) Form Finding tool. [Tips] LookAhead into NCBI – Search All Databases for rapid searching across all NCBI Databases. [Tips] WikiWax – Wikipedia Search
Via CyberJournalist.net, news that Washingtonpost.com’s advanced news search engine has been expanded, and now offers free article archive access within the last 60 days. The archive search page, from 1877 – present, is here.
Developments in Legal Outsourcing and Offshoring, by Ron Friedmann and Joy London CongressLine: New Congressional Leadership, by Paul Jenks Using RSS to Create and Enhance Current Awareness Services, by Jason Eiseman Deal or No Deal Licensing & Acquiring Digital Resources: License Negotiations, by Kara Phillips Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys – Do Something …
Washington Post (re. req’d): “Gannett Co., the nation’s largest newspaper chain, is radically changing the way its papers gather and present news by incorporating elements of reader-created “citizen journalism,” mining online community discussions for stories and creating Internet databases of calendar listings and other non-news utilities.”
From the Official Google Blog, November 3, 2006: “The world’s libraries are a tremendous source of knowledge, much of which has never been available online. One of our goals for Google Print is to change that, and today we’ve taken an exciting step toward meeting it: making available a number of public domain books that …
“A new study of the skills and characterisitics important to online newsrooms has been released by Medill Schol of Journalism and the cooperation of the Online News Association.” The Roles of Journalists in Online Newsrooms, by C. Max Magee, released November 1, 2006: “The survey findings depict an online journalism that is tethered to traditional …
U.S. News reports on a range of new programs sponsored by DHS that leverage innovative technology applications (wikis and blogs) and educational programs to expand and improve the effectiveness of homeland security goals and objectives. Reuters: Gov’t unveils a Wikipedia for spies – Analysts can add and edit content on government’s classified Web site
Press release, Pew Internet & American Life Project: “Eighty percent of American internet users, or some 113 million adults, have searched for information on at least one of seventeen health topics. Most internet users start at a general search engine when researching health and medical advice online. Just 15% of health seekers say they always …
The Nonprofit Sector in Brief – Facts and Figures from the Nonprofit Almanac 2007: “This brief highlights key findings from the Nonprofit Almanac 2007, prepared by the National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute (Urban Institute Press, forthcoming). The Almanac is the latest in the Urban Institute’s series of statistical profiles of the …
