(Update Week 20) The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk

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The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk Update Week 20
New and Useful Web Sites, Industry News,
Full-Text Docs of Interest to the Info Professional.

7/19/01
Hello from Washington D.C.

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Weekly Highlights #20
The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk
http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com


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Thursday, July 19, 2001
Professional Reading
Vendors
Databases--Full-Text
Source: Digital Libraries
The New Digital Divide: Dissecting Aggregator Exclusivity Deals by Steven J.
Bell--See Also: Larry Krumenaker's article, "A Tempest in a Librarian's
Teapot: EBSCO, ProQuest, Gale Exclusive, and Unique Titles" from the
July/August issue of Searcher.

Maps--Europe
MultiMap Adds Street-Level Maps for 12 European Countries
>From the news release, "Visitors to the site (www.multimap.com) can now access
street-level maps across Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland,
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden and Denmark."

Public Company Filings
Source: LLRX.Com
Guides to SEC Filings' Contents
A comprehensive webliography.
Need to understand what a 10-K is? How about an F-4?

Full-Text Document Shelf
Wireless Industry--United States
Source: FCC
State of Competition in the Wireless Industry (6th Report)
News Release/Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text
144 pages .pdf

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Wednesday, July 18, 2001
Reference Tools--Encyclopaedia Britannica/Britannica.Com
New Premium Service On the Way from Britannica.Com

Professional Research--Collection Development
Internet Resources
Source: Council on Library and Information Resources
Building Sustainable Collections of Free Third-Party Web Resources
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Full-Text Document Shelf
Medical Research--Stem Cell Research
Source: NIH
Stem Cells: Scientific Research and Future Research Directions
222 pages .pdf
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College Students--Credit Cards--United States
Source: GAO
Consumer Finance: College Students and Credit Cards
78 pages .pdf
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Education--Science and Engineering--United States--Statistics
Research and Design--United States--Statistics
Source:NSF
Three New Reports from the National Science Foundation
Science and Engineering Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity of Recipients: 1990-98
Academic Employment of Recent Science and Engineering Doctorate Holders
Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1999, 2000, and 2001
Volume 49

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Tuesday, July 17, 2001
OCLC--Lists and Rankings
Interlibrary Loan--Statistics
Top 200 Books and Top 200 Journals Requested via OCLC in 2000

Canada
Online Resources--Industry Canada
New Web Compilation of Industry Canada's Online Services

Health--Clinical Trials--United States
Clinical Trials Information Now Accessible Via Yahoo

Full-Text Document Shelf
Internet Usage--United States
Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project
Time Online: Why Some People Use the Internet More Than Before and Why Some
Use it Less
6 page .pdf

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Monday, July 16, 2001
Information Access
The Tasini Decision
Source: InfoToday.Com
"Stop the Trash Trucks: A Tasini Case Damage-Control Proposal" by Searcher
editor Barbara Quint

Web Search--FAST
FAST (AllTheWeb.Com) Extends Relationship With Lycos

Business--Global--Lists and Rankings
Source: Fortune
Fortune Global 500

Education
85 ERIC Digests Added to Database
2,419 digests are now available. The full-text of all of these reports is
available free on the web.

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Sunday, July 15, 2001
Search Engines--Google
New From Google: Limiting By Page Update Date Range

Hospitals--United States--Lists and Rankings
2001 Best Hospital Rankings from U.S. News Available

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Saturday, July 14, 2001
Conferences--Internet Librarian 2001
Preliminary Program for Internet Librarian 2001 is Now Available

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Friday, July 13, 2001
Some Very Sad News
Susan Calcari, 1954-2001
Susan was the Founder and Executive Director of The Scout Report.
An Internet information visionary who will be missed by all of us.

Current Events--Compilations
Events in the News
U.S. News & World Report Launches "News Briefings"
These subject specific web compilations, compiled by the staff of the U.S.
News & World Report Library, bring together background info, basic facts, bios
on key players, and links to important documents (available on the web) for
topics in the news. New "Briefings" will be added at least once a week. Added
this week: Stem-Cell Research, U.S. Missile Defense, and the Mideast Peace
Process. A must have bookmark.

Education--International--Statistics
Updated Resource: International Comparisons in Education Web Site
Source: NCES

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Thursday, July 12, 2001
Web Search--U.S. Government
New "Limit" Search Tool From GPO Access
>From an email message received today, "A new GPO Access finding aid has been
added to provide greater accessiblity to Federal Government information.
Designed to replace the Pathway Indexer, the agency search engine feature, and
the discontinued GovBot, users may now search the Federal Government using the
FirstGov search index." Put in different terms, this engine limits FirstGov to
only U.S. Federal Government and/or GPO Access materials.

Health and Safety Statisitics--United Kingdom
Source: Health and Safety Commission
Health and Safety Statistics 1999/2000
230 pages .pdf


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Weekly Highlights #20
The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk
http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com

Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Information Consultant, George Washington University
gprice at gwu.edu