August 30, 2003

Federal Government Titles

Public Printer, Bruce R. James, and Archivist of the United States, John W. Carlin, announced an agreement that will enable the Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to ensure free and permanent access to more than 250,000 federal government titles available through GPO Access at http://www.gpoaccess.gov. (from Information Today, Inc.)

Posted by sachauncey at 06:35 PM

August 26, 2003

Newseum

Newspaper front pages from around the world This site, from Newseum.org, collects front pages from 213 newspapers in 30 countries and displays them as webpages and PDF files.

Posted by sachauncey at 08:23 PM

Smarter Surfing Research Resources

Sree Tips Resource Links include: Just the Facts | Search Engines | Useful Sites | Phone, E-mail & Web Info | Grammar & Style | Business Stuff | Journalism Stuff I: Finding Sources | Journalism Stuff II: Reporting Guides | Journalism Stuff III: Reporting Tips | Journalism Stuff IV: Writing | Journalism Stuff V: Tracking News | Journalism Stuff VI: Misc | Consumer Info | Just for Fun | Downloads for Easier Surfing | Creative Interactives | Further Reading | Others

Posted by sachauncey at 06:36 PM

August 14, 2003

Tools That Help You Think...

Thinking Straight - U.S. businesses hold 15 million meetings per day. No wonder it's hard to reach a decision. But there are software tools that can help.

Posted by sachauncey at 01:38 PM

August 04, 2003

DSpace at MIT - Internal Digital Respository

"DSpace, a newly developed digital repository created to capture, distribute and preserve the intellectual output of MIT." DSpace Newsletter

Posted by sachauncey at 01:47 PM

August 02, 2003

Reference Resources...

- RefDesk

Directories, Encyclopedias, Historic Documents, Quotations, Statistics, and Thesauri.

- LibrarySpot

World Factbook has data on every country in the world, including maps, background, geography, people, government, economy, and military.

- World Factbook

Almanacs: History & Government, Biography, Sports, Arts, Entertainment, Business & Finance, Consumer Resources, Health, Science and Weather.

- Information Please Almanac

Posted by sachauncey at 08:04 PM

Newstracker & Google Alerts

NetNews Tracker personalized netnews delivery service What does this service do? It searches Usenet newsgroups daily for the phrases you choose, and sends e-mail notification when there are new hits. What's it cost? Up to three search phrases are free.

Google Alert lets you track anything on the Web that shows up in Google's search. Simply enter keywords or phrases you want to track on the site (after going through the simple, free Google Alert registration process).


Posted by sachauncey at 02:05 PM