Sunday, 30th November 2003

Dialog Announces New API (Application Programming Interface) Service

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Proquest Announces New "Newsletters" (Free) for Info Pros
"...five new bimonthly e-newsletters for librarians and database users. The free subject-specific e-zines will hold case studies, research tips and tactics, content updates and more, designed to help librarians and researchers...Each e-newsletter will focus on a single research arena: Business, History, Social Sciences and Humanities, Science, Technology and Medicine, and General Reference...The forthcoming titles are scheduled to launch over the next two months, beginning with �Best Practices - Business� on December 3. History and SSH titles will follow in January 2004, with STM and Genera Reference e-newsletters scheduled to debut in February 2004. Subscription info and more info at: www.il.proquest.com/proquest/mailinglist/.
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INSPEC Completes Retrospective Coverage Project back to 1898 (via Information Today NewsBreaks)
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Dialog Announces New API (Application Programming Interface) Service
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The netLibrary Collection Continues to Grow: Over 62,500 Full Text Titles Now Available
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WilsonWeb Databases Now Include Direct Link to Google and "Other" Popular Web Engines
Notes:
1) The announcement does not indicate what the other popular web engines are.
2) The announcement also uses the example of a search for info about a painting, "The Progress of Love". Other than a direct link to the museum where the painting is on display the remaining nine links on the results page have nothing to do with the piece of art.

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