(Update Week 31) The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk

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The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk Update Week 31
New and Useful Web Sites, Industry News, Full-Text Docs of Interest to the
Info Professional.

10/4/01
Hello from DC.
Here is your weekly weblog reminder and highlights posting. The blog has
plenty of quality material this week. You’ll want to stop by to see the
complete set of entries.

Btw, if you haven’t signed-up for our new mailing list the October 18, 2001
issue will be the final one we plan on mass mailing to listservs. You can
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Thanks for your support.

Cheers,
Gary

Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gprice at gwu.edu
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Thursday, October 4, 2001
Professional Reading--Taxonomies
Source: Free Pint
"Taxonomies are What?"

Info Industry--Gale Group
September 11, 2001--Resources
Complimentary Access to Three Gale Databases Through October 31

Full-Text Document Shelf
Terrorism
Source: House of Commons Library, UK
"11 September 2001: The Response"
A 120 page .pdf report. VERY comprehesive.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2001
Library Statistics
Source: ARL (Association of Research Libraries)
ARL Statistics 1999-2000
129 pages (.pdf) of statistics from the 122 members of the ARL.

Environment--United States--Video
New Web Site: "American Field Guide", Searchable Video From PBS
>From the site, "Tap into the sights and sounds from a wide variety of
environments throughout America. We've collected over 1200 video clips that
enable you to experience America's wilderness firsthand."

Web Resources--Reviews
Péter Jacsó Reviews the Cultural Profiles Project and Profusion
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Web Tools--Clocks and Calendars
Cool Site of the Day: timeanddate.com

Web Search--Scirus
Elsevier's Scirus Science Engine Adds U.S. Patent Office Content
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Monday, October 1, 2001
Web Search Industry--FAST (AllTheWeb)
FAST Realigns Management Team

Intranet Search
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Direct From Australia: P at noptic
P at noptic is a search tool designed for intranets.
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Sunday, September 30, 2001
Information Industry--Contentville
So Long Contentville
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Saturday, September 29, 2001
Source: Forbes
The 2001 Forbes 400 List is Now Online

Health Statistics--Tutorials
Source: National Library of Medicine
Finding and Using Health Statistics: A Self-Study Course

Full-Text Document Shelf
Children
Source: UNICEF
New Edition Online: UNICEF's, The State of the World's Children, 2002
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Friday, September 28, 2001
Non-Profits--Technology
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Philanthropy News Digest Publishes Technology Issue
The September 10th issue is devoted to technology resources for non-profits.
See Also: Top 25 Technology Funders (List)

Voting--United States
Source: GAO
Elections: Voting Assistance to Military and Overseas Citizens Should Be
Improved
100 pages .pdf
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Thursday, September 27, 2001
Museums--Canada
Canada's Museum of Civilization Website Relaunched

News--United States
Public Policy--United States
Makeover and New Tools Planned For An Already Great Site For State News and
Info, StateLine.Org

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