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Two Articles from Technology Review
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"Digital Preservation"
The article discusses a Council on Library and Information Resources project. From the article, "Increasingly, the record of our civilization is becoming digital, from census data to family photos. The Library of Congress alone has 35 terabytes of files. Yet rapid changes in computers and software could render this data unreadable."
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"A Smarter Web"
Another good primer about the Semantic Web

Web Search--Streaming Content
Source: AP
Learn about SingingFish and Friskit
From the article, "In a sunny San Francisco loft, a tiny company called Friskit Inc. has spent the last two years honing a search engine that scans the Internet for songs and music videos available to Web surfers for free but often difficult to locate."
Direct to Friskit
Direct to SingingFish.Com

New, Updated, & Newly Discovered Resources (2 Items)
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New and Updated Congressional Research Material On the Web
These reports can't be accessed directly. To access:
1) Go To Cong. Chris Shay's CRS Page or Cong. Mark Green's CRS Page
2) Once on the Page, Note the Four Types of Reports. Then Locate the Following Reports By Clicking on The Appropriate Section
Issue Briefs
Egypt-United States Relations
17 pages
Updated 10/1
Iraq-U.S. Confrontation
19 pages
Updated 10/15
Israeli-U.S. Relations
17 pages
Updated 10/1
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Short Reports
War Bonds in the Second World War: A Model for a New War Bond?
6 pages
10/12
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Long Reports
Internet Tax Bills in the 107th Congress: A Brief Comparison
12 pages
Updated 10/15
Using Business Tax Cuts to Stimulate the Economy
15 pages
Updated 10/15
All Reports are .pdf files

Economic Statistics--United States
Census Brief: Hispanic-Owned Businesses: 1997
Census Brief: Asian- and Pacific Islander-Owned Businesses: 1997
1997 Economic Census ZIP Code Statistics

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