Reviews of LonelyPlanet.com and SideStep, Keeping Current With Copyright Literature, New Historical Info from U.S. Census
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Copyright--Current Awareness
Source: Jamail Center for Legal Research, Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law Current copyright literature
"The 'Current copyright literature' website is a resource for keeping informed of current articles related to U.S. copyright law. This service is edited by Tobe Liebert, the Assistant Director for Collection Development & Special Projects at the Tarlton Law Library. Here's the process: I review law journals and law reviews (and a great many other legal periodicals) as they are received in the library. I examine the table of contents of all of these publications and identify any article concerning U.S. copyright law. I then input the basic bibliographic information about each article into this database, and scan the first page of the article. The availability of the first page of the article should better enable readers to know if they are interested in reading the whole article. I anticipate that this website will be updated a couple of times a week, depending on the volume of cites." Cool!
-- Reference--Reviews The July 2005 Edition of Peter's Digital Reference Shelf is Now Online
This month Dr. Jacso reviews:
Lonely Planet Online
The Web counterpart of the legendary series nicely complements its books with current information and additional materials about destinations by this relatively low key, but well-organized and content-rich site, which recently won a Webby Award. The only weak point is the lodging and flightfinder service for travels to and from Australia and Asia provided by Zuji, which is not on par with Lonely Planet.
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SideStep
"SideStep provides a very good metasearch tool for comprehensive one-stop shopping. It often makes travel much less expensive, and provides peace of mind that you explored a reasonable number of alternatives. But, just as you should check with your trusted librarian when you need the best answer for some critical reference information, you should not forget your traditional, flesh-and-blood travel agent for the best deals."
See Also: Want to Compare SideStep with Other Metasearch Travel Tools?
Take a look at:
+ Kayak
+ Mobissimo
+ Yahoo/FareChase
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Population--United States--Statistics
Source: US Census
Just Released, Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals by Race, 1790 to 1990, and by Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, for Large Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States
"This working paper illustrates how the composition by race and Hispanic origin has changed over the years in 306 cities. Data are provided for 224 places that have had a census population of 100,000 or more at some point during the 1790 to 1990 period, as well as another 82 places that historically were among the largest in their state." Summary ||| Direct to Full Text HTML ||| PDF
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Topics in the News--Timelines
Source: San Francisco Chronicle Time line in leak of CIA operative's identity
Compiled by Johnny Miller, a librarian at the SF Chronicle.
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