Public Libraries--Canada "Public Libraries Connect Canadians to the Web"
From the article, "In 1999, Canada became the first country in the world to have all its public libraries and schools connected to the Internet . Public libraries have always been leaders at providing information to Canadians. To librarians the Internet is just another form of information and culture, along with books, videos, CDs, microfilm and magazines. So it's natural that they wanted to make the Internet available to Canadians."
U.S. Congress--FY 2002 Appropriations A Handy Compilation from THOMAS
A "scoreboard" with links to the appropriate documents as they move through the U.S. Congress.
Web Search Comparisons
Source: LLRX "Search Engines Comparison 2001"
Librarian and instructor, Diana Botluk, has written an article comparing several features of the major search engines. From the article, "General search engines come packed with features that are often underutilized, but can be helpful in increasing search precision. The features differ from engine to engine, and skilled researchers will adjust their search strategy to take advantage of these differences depending on the type of results sought."
Info Industry--Encyclopaedia Britannica
Info Industry--Merriam-Webster
Source: MSNBC/WSJ Words of the Day from Merriam-Webster: We're For Sale
From the article, "Encyclopaedia Britannica Holding SA, after stumbling in ambitious online efforts, has put its storied Merriam-Webster Inc. dictionary business on the block...The Merriam-Webster unit could fetch between $20 million and $40 million, they say...Industry executives say Encyclopaedia Britannica wants to sell the dictionary division it has owned since the early 1960s to raise fresh capital."
Legal Research--United Kingdom
Source: LLRX.Com "A Guide to the UK Legal System"
Sarah Carter, a Law Librarian at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, has just updated this comprehsensive guide to web-based legal and legislative resources.
Info Industry--OCLC Now Available To FirstSearch Subscribers: Pay-Per-Article Purchases From OCLC Electronic Collections Online
From the announcement, "Over 1,100 journals from 22 publishers are now available, and the full complement of approximately 3,500 journals from 42 participating publishers will be available for purchase on an individual basis in the coming weeks...The per-article purchase of electronic journal articles will be available from databases throughout the FirstSearch service which link to Electronic Collections Online content. This means that searches in databases such as ERIC, MEDLINE or PsycINFO may retrieve citations that include links to available full-image articles from Electronic Collections Online journals."
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