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“HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth! As of 12/01/04, we are assisting in the online publication of 785,108 free full-text articles…and 1,972,541 total articles.” [Link] For background and comments from the site’s publisher, see this article from ManagingInformation.com
For those interested in the FOIA, this National Security Archive resource, Veto Battle 30 Years Ago Set Freedom of Information Norms, provides access to previously classified information, as well as documenting the political hurdles to, and historical milestones and government references about this pivotal legislation. Related reference: please see this Washington Post obituary on Ronald …
When you visit the website AnnualCreditReport.com, there is a graphic on the main page, right hand side, that indicates the time frame, from December 1, 2004 through September 1, 2005, when residents of states, grouped into four regions across the U.S., are eligible by law, to obtain a free annual credit report from each of …
An useful addition to a compendium of competitive intelligence resources, the The Web Globalization Report Card 2005 ($$) “…identifies those companies that have developed Web sites that combine global reach with local usability. In all, this report rates the Web sites of 200 companies across 16 industries.” [Link to press release and website]. “The top …
From the Financial Times, differing perspectives on open source access to scientific data, from the co-founder of BioMed Central (providers of “over 100 Open Access journals covering all areas of Biology and Medicine”) and the VP of the Royal Society (“the independent scientific academy of the UK dedicated to promoting excellence in science”).
Librarian Trevor Rosen has launched a blog on Maryland Law. Trevor states he “decided to create this blog as a resource for those of us interested in staying up to date on newsworthy Maryland legal developments and new online tools useful to the Maryland legal coummunity. I intend this to be a collaborative project–one that …
Announcement on upcoming release of new design for THOMAS: An Updated THOMAS – The 109th Congress convenes at noon on January 4, 2005. In preparation for that, we have been working to improve the appearance and the usefulness of THOMAS, the Library of Congress’ public legislative information system. We expect the updated site to be …
PubSub’s press release indicates the company is tracking “over 6.5 million blogs every day as well as other content streams including 50,000 USENET newsgroups, all SEC/EDGAR filings, press releases from major wire services and FAA airport delay alerts.” [via ResearchBuzz]
From the FAQ About Google Scholar: “Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly …
Dow Jones to buy MarketWatch for $520M: “MarketWatch Inc., which owns the CBS.MarketWatch.com Web site, agreed to be bought by Dow Jones & Co. for $520 million on Sunday, ending a month-long bidding war for the online financial news and information provider.”
This evening, John Doyle, Washington & Lee Law Library, announced the launch of his Legal Periodicals blog, which supplements and expands upon his Most-Cited Legal Periodicals U.S. and selected non-U.S database.
Press release: “The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announces the availability of electronic forms for submitting Madrid Protocol related documents. Now a U.S. trademark owner may file a single online application with the USPTO in English, based on an existing U.S. trademark application or registration, pay the fees in U.S. …
