(Update Week 32) The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk

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The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk Update Week 32
New and Useful Web Sites, Industry News, Full-Text Docs of Interest to the
Info Professional.

10/11/01
Hello from DC.

Here is your weekly weblog reminder and highlights posting.

If all goes smoothly, next week will be the final mass posting to the various
listservs. After that, the subscription list so many of you have signed-up for
(THANK YOU) will commence. At the same time, the blog itself will move to the
Free Pint site. http://www.freepint.com/resourceshelf/

In terms of content and news, this has been and continues to be a very busy
week. Make sure to stop by to find all the links and news stories.

Questions, comments, etc.? You know where to find me.

Thanks for your support. If you know of others who would find the site of
value, please feel free to forward his post and/or the site url.

Cheers,
Gary

Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gprice at gwu.edu
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Thursday, October 11, 2001
Internet Training--Tutorials
Updated Site: Word From the UK, The TONIC Netskills Tutorial Has Been Updated
If your looking for a basic introduction to the Internet and Web to share with
patrons or other new web users, TONIC (The Online Netskills Interactive
Course), might just be what you're looking for.

Professional Reading--Market Intelligence
Source: EContent
"Trust: Mining the Community Mind"
Sylvia Lacock Marino has written a very interesting article about how message
board, Usenet, chat room, and other postings on the web are being used as
real-time market research.

New, Updated, & Newly Discovered Resources
Full-Text
Race--United States
Demographics--United States
Source: U.S. Census
General Demographic Characteristics by Race for the United States: 2000
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Wednesday, October 10, 2001
New, Updated, & Newly Discovered Resources
Venture Capital
IPO's
Source: New York Times
NYT Introduces a New E-Mail Alert, DealBook

Canada--Encyclopedias
A Web Version of the The Canadian Encyclopedia Debuts Today

Colleges and Universities--United States--Lists and Rankings
Source: YIL
The Yahoo Internet Life 100 Most Wired Colleges--2001 Is Now Online


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Tuesday, October 9, 2001
Information Retrieval
Source: PC World
Talk To The Database: Ask A Question, Get An Answer

New, Updated, & Newly Discovered Resources
Automotive Safety--Rollovers--Ratings
Source: NHTSA
Updated: NHTSA Places A New Set of Rollover Ratings, Crash Results Online

Health
Biological Terrorism--Anthrax
Source: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Anthrax: Chapter from Textbook of Military Medicine
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Monday, October 8, 2001
Web Search--Google
Source: Forbes
Forbes Features Article About Google's Director of Research, Monika Henzinger
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Sunday, October 7, 2001
More Compilations on Various Topics From MEDLINEplus
Here are the sites added this week:
MEDLINEplus: Alcohol Consumption
MEDLINEplus: Biological and Chemical Weapons
MEDLINEplus: Botulism
MEDLINEplus: Child Day Care
MEDLINEplus: Choking
MEDLINEplus: Cough
MEDLINEplus: Diabetic Kidney Problems
MEDLINEplus: Infant and Newborn Care
MEDLINEplus: Infant and Toddler Development
MEDLINEplus: Infant and Toddler Health

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Saturday, October 6, 2001
Hispanics--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Hispanic Business
100 Most Influential Hispanics
Executive Business Programs--Lists & Rankings
Source: Business Week
EMBA and Other Excutive Education Rankings (2001) Are Now Online
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Friday, October 5, 2001
Professional Reading--Virtual Reference
The September Issue of Information Technology and Libraries is Now Online
The entire issue focuses on virtual reference. Most of the articles are
available via the web site.

Web Statistics
Source: OCLC
OCLC Releases New Web Size Numbers
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Thursday, October 4, 2001
Web Search--Sympatico-Lycos--Canada
Info Industry--Thomson
Sympatico-Lycos, A Canadian Search Tool, Adds Multimedia Engine From
SingingFish.Com

Full-Text Document Shelf
Energy--United States
Source: EIA
Energy in the United States: 1635-2000

Electronic Publishing--Canada
Electronic Publishing--Best Practices
Source: National Library of Canada
Guide to Best Practices for Canadian Publishers

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Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gprice at gwu.edu