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http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk Update Week 30 New and Useful Web Sites, Industry News, Full-Text Docs of Interest to the Info Professional. 9/27/01 Hello from DC. Here is your weekly weblog reminder and highlights message. Btw, I’m continuing to develop the 9/11/01 resources compilation and the Speech and Transcript Center. http://www.freepint.com/gary/91101.html http://gwu.edu/~gprice/speech.htm Now, to weblog highlights. Cheers, Gary Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting [log in to unmask] ---- ---- Thursday, September 27, 2001 Resource of the Week--Business Reference--Business Resources The Entire Doing Business In Series From Ernst & Young Available on The Web Professional Reading--Web Search Learn About Info Retrieval from Google's Director of Research ---- Wednesday, September 26, 2001 Business-United States Investing--United States Source: SEC New Database: Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) ---- Tuesday, September 25, 2001 Web Search--Ask Jeeves Source: Computerworld License the Ask Jeeves Software for Your Enterprise, Hello to Jeeves One Population--Canada Source: Statistics Canada Canada's Population Tops 31 Million Summary and tables. Full-Text Document Shelf Poverty--United States Income--United States Two New Reports From the U.S. Census Are Now Online Source: U.S. Census Money Income in the United States: 2000 Poverty in the United States: 2000 ---- http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com ---- Monday, September 24, 2001 Research and Development--Database New Database: IRIS (Industrial Research and Development Information System) English as A Second Language--Database New Searchable Database: Online Directory of ESL Resources National Security--United States Source: GPO New Web Site: U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century Professional Reading Electronic Resources: New Issues for Library Systems with New Solutions" ---- Saturday, September 22, 2001 Fast Facts Area Studies Source: CIA Update: 2001 Edition of CIA World Factbook Is Now Online ---- Friday, September 21, 2001 Digitization Projects--Music Libraries in the News Source: Chronicle of Higher Education "A University Library Creates a Virtual Walk Through Tin Pan Alley" From the article, The [Mississippi State] University's library is digitizing and conserving the collection, an archive of about 22,000 pieces of ragtime, blues, show-tune, and war-song folios from the 1890s to the Great Depression. Charles H. Templeton, a businessman from Starksville, Miss., bequeathed the sheet music to the university before his death last year. Info Industry--EBSCO Info Industry--ISI EBSCO and ISI Sign Linking Agreement ---- Thursday, September 20, 2001 Digital Archive--New Mexico Online Archive of New Mexico From the site, "The Online Archive of New Mexico is a single, integrated source for searching and navigating finding aids to archival collections. These finding aids, usually called guides or inventories, contain descriptive information about archives and manuscript collections housed at research institutions in New Mexico." Public Schools--Database--United States Higher Education--Database--United States Source: NCES Database Update #1: Public School and School District Locator Updated for 1999-2000 School Year Database Update #2: Students' College Search End ------- http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk Update Week 30 Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Information Consultant, George Washington University [log in to unmask]