Peter's Digital Reference Shelf- October 2001

[Lois Kiehl]

Subject: Peter's Digital Reference Shelf- October 2001

The October 2001 edition of Peter's Digital Reference Shelf is now
available on the Gale Group website. This month Peter reviews the
_Cultural Profiles Project_ by Citizenship and Immigration Canada which
complements the dry country profiles from other agencies with warm, fuzzy
and interesting facts and information about the lifestyle, culture and
customs of people in many countries. Peter also reviews _Profusion_, the
metasearch engine that includes among its many primary engines and sources
several high quality ready reference databases.

These in-depth reviews are illustrated with dozens of screenshots and
provide a multi-linked virtual walk-through of the databases. They are
written by Peter Jacso, the 1998 recipient of the Louis Shores - Oryx
Press Award of the Reference and User Services Association for his
discerning database reviews. His column is available free of charge to all
users at:
        http://www.galegroup.com/reference/reference.htm

See the Archives for databases previously reviewed:

	Columbia World of Quotations
	Yahoo! Reference
	Atomica 2.1
	DealTime.com
        Expedia
	Travelocity
        CyberAtlas
        Penguin New English Dictionary
        ADAM Medical Encyclopedia
        Comparative Religions on File
        Adflip
        Canadian Encyclopedia Online
        Awesome Library
        Librarian's Index to the Internet
        TechEncyclopedia
        Webster's Third New International Unabridged Dictionary
        Artcylopedia
        Sports Rules on File
        Nolo Law Dictionary
        Nolo Legal Encyclopedia
        CIA World Factbook 2000
        GuruNet reference suite
        InteliHealth version of the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
        Columbia Dictionary of Quotations
        Nobel Prize List
        Zagat Survey
        Encyclopaedia of the Orient
        Bowker's Complete Video Directory
        Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
        Online Columbia Encyclopedia 2000 (6th edition)
        Cambridge Dictionary of American English
        Choice Reviews Online.
        Oxford English Dictionary Online.
        New Millennium Encyclopedia on CD-ROM
        Funk & Wagnalls Knowledge Center
        Biography Resource Center
        Biography.com
        Biographical Dictionary
        Amazon
        Barnes & Noble
        Borders
        Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2000 (CD-ROM)
        Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Deluxe 2000 (CD-ROM)
        Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 2000 (CD-ROM)
        American Heritage Dictionary Deluxe
        Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
        WWWebster Dictionary
        Encarta World English Dictionary
        Encarta Africana 2000
        Britannica.com
        Grolier Multimedia Online Encyclopedia version 2
        Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
        InfoNation
        Encarta Interactive World Atlas 2000

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