Week 7: Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk, Reminder and Update

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The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk Update Week 7
New and Useful Web Sites, Industry News, Full-Text Docs of Interest to the
Info Professional.

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4/17/01

Hello from Washington!

A bit early this week with the update. Wednesday, I will be traveling to New
Orleans for an opportunity to speak (with Chris Sherman)at the
AIIP (Association of Independent Information Professionals)conference.

Now, to the content!

The weekly highlight/reminder list containing just a few of the entries begins
a few lines down the page.  This e-mail is an abridged version of what you
will find on the weblog. Please stop by throughout the week for new resources
and news of interest to the information professional.


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Cheers,
gary


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Weekly Highlights #7
The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk
http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com

Tuesday, April 17, 2001

U.S. Courts--State & Federal--Summary Tools
InstaCase.Com
Genie Tyburski of The Virtual Chase alerts us to an excellent current
awareness tool for court opinions in 11 state and federal jurisdictions.

Airline Industry--Financial Statistics--United States
Air Traffic--Statistics--United States
Air Traffic and Airline Financial Statistics: Updated with New Data
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics


Archives--Moving Images
The Internet Moving Images Archive is Now Online

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Monday, April 16, 2001
Pulitzer Prizes--2001
Links to Pulitzer Prize 2001 Winning Material

Agriculture--Images--United States
History--Images--United States
USDA Historical Photos
>From the Site, "Most of the photographs on display in this section were taken
between 1937 and 1943 during the Farm Security Administration (FSA) era.

Employment--Scientists--United States
Employment--Engineers--United States
Doubling Up: A Profile of U.S. Scientists and Engineers Who Hold Second Jobs
(NSF 01-322)

Health--Statistics--Database
Health--Invisible Web
Ambulatory Care Drug Database System
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Sunday, April 15, 2001
Book Reviews--Nicholson Baker's 'Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on
Paper'
>From the New York Times
Reviewed by David Gates
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>From the Washington Post
Reviewed by Michael Dirda

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Saturday April 14, 2001
Business--CEO's--Lecture Series
Streaming Media Content
Captain's Of Industry Lecture Series
"A series of talks [12 lectures] at the 92nd Street Y in New York sponsored by
Business Week and moderated by Stephen Shepard, Business Week's
editor-in-chief." All lectures can be viewed via Real Player.

Information Quality--Health
Medical Information--Internet Access
New Term of the Day: 'Cyberchondria'
Source: BBC Online

Business--Rankings--United States
The 2001 ed. of the Fortune 500 is Now Online (Link to Complete Package)


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Friday, April 13, 2001
Automotive Safety--Safety Rankings
Web Site Update
"New Rollover Ratings and New Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's World
Wide Web Site" (Summary)

Investing--Database--Invisible Web
Brokerages--Performance--Database
Marketperform.Com
>From a News.Com article, "Marketperform.com tracked the stock recommendations
made by the top 48 brokerages back to February 1999.

Thursday, April 12, 2001
Full-Text Document Shelf
Transportation--Canada
History--Canada
Immigration-Canada
Source: Citizen and Immigration Canada
The Role of Transportation in Canadian Immigration 1900-2000
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Wednesday, April 11, 2001
Full-Text Document Shelf
Copyright--United States--Tasini Case
U.S. Supreme Court Places
New York Times Co. v. Tasini Oral Argument Transcript Online

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End Week #7 Update

Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
George Washington University
Virginia Campus Library
Gelman Library
Ashburn, VA and Washington, D.C.
gprice at gwu.edu

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