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Sunday, 24th June 2001

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Health--HIV/AIDS
UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS Begins Today
Date: 6/25/01-6/27/01
Direct Links via Special Session Home Page
*Official Conference Site
*Key Documents
*LIVE Webcast Coverage
*Additional HIV/AIDS Resources via UN Dag Hammarskj�ld Library
See Also:
*Various Full-Text Reports/Statistics via World Bank "AIDS Economics" Resource
*Primary UN HIV/AIDS Web Site
*Epidemic Update (including Fact Sheets by Country)

Employment--Minorities--United States--Lists and Rankings
Source: Fortune
Best Companies for Minorities
Direct to Top 5 By Minority Group
Direct to Top 5 in Key Area

Scientific Information--Databases
Invisible Web

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
"Learning to Swim in the Rising Tide of Scientific Data"
From the article, "Using information stored in the databases has saved scientists a vast amount of time and effort, and what's more, it has allowed them to answer big-picture questions that seemed unapproachable just a few years ago."

Canada Resource Shelf (3 Items)
Searchable Database--Government Employees Directory (GED)
Invisible Web

GED Web Site Redesigned
Direct to Search Interface
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Historical Objects--Database
Artefacts Canada
More than 2300 new images have been added to the database. From the site, "Artefacts Canada, previously known as the National Inventories, provides access to information on millions of museum objects, natural history specimens and archaeological sites. These records, contributed by museums and heritage organizations across Canada, have been assembled into three groups."
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Copyright--Reform--Canada
Source: Newsbytes
"Canada Tackles Copyright Laws For Digital Age"
See Also: Copyright Reform Process (Links to Several Full-Text Documents)

Education--Directories
Searchable Directories
Gateway to Educational Materials--Beta
From the Access ERIC Update, "The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) is previewing their redesigned Web site. New capabilities include an option on the search screen to select a subject from the GEM-controlled vocabulary and to limit a search to resources that are free of charge. The new site is still undergoing testing and is not fully operational; before getting started, please read more about it." Read more about the preview.

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