(Update Week 31) The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk

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The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk Update Week 31
New and Useful Web Sites, Industry News, Full-Text Docs of Interest to the
Info Professional.

10/4/01
Hello from DC.
Here is your weekly weblog reminder and highlights posting. The blog has
plenty of quality material this week. You=92ll want to stop by to see the
complete set of entries.

Btw, if you haven=92t signed-up for our new mailing list the October 18, 2001
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Thanks for your support.

Cheers,
Gary

Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gprice@gwu.edu
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Thursday, October 4, 2001
Professional Reading--Taxonomies
Source: Free Pint
"Taxonomies are What?"

Info Industry--Gale Group
September 11, 2001--Resources
Complimentary Access to Three Gale Databases Through October 31

Full-Text Document Shelf
Terrorism
Source: House of Commons Library, UK
"11 September 2001: The Response"
A 120 page .pdf report. VERY comprehesive.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2001
Library Statistics
Source: ARL (Association of Research Libraries)
ARL Statistics 1999-2000
129 pages (.pdf) of statistics from the 122 members of the ARL.

Environment--United States--Video
New Web Site: "American Field Guide", Searchable Video From PBS
From the site, "Tap into the sights and sounds from a wide variety of
environments throughout America. We've collected over 1200 video clips that
enable you to experience America's wilderness firsthand."

Web Resources--Reviews
P=E9ter Jacs=F3 Reviews the Cultural Profiles Project and Profusion
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Web Tools--Clocks and Calendars
Cool Site of the Day: timeanddate.com

Web Search--Scirus
Elsevier's Scirus Science Engine Adds U.S. Patent Office Content
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Monday, October 1, 2001
Web Search Industry--FAST (AllTheWeb)
FAST Realigns Management Team

Intranet Search
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Direct From Australia: P@noptic
P@noptic is a search tool designed for intranets.
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Sunday, September 30, 2001
Information Industry--Contentville
So Long Contentville
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Saturday, September 29, 2001
Source: Forbes
The 2001 Forbes 400 List is Now Online

Health Statistics--Tutorials
Source: National Library of Medicine
Finding and Using Health Statistics: A Self-Study Course

Full-Text Document Shelf
Children
Source: UNICEF
New Edition Online: UNICEF's, The State of the World's Children, 2002
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Friday, September 28, 2001
Non-Profits--Technology
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Philanthropy News Digest Publishes Technology Issue
The September 10th issue is devoted to technology resources for non-profits.
See Also: Top 25 Technology Funders (List)

Voting--United States
Source: GAO
Elections: Voting Assistance to Military and Overseas Citizens Should Be
Improved
100 pages .pdf
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Thursday, September 27, 2001
Museums--Canada
Canada's Museum of Civilization Website Relaunched

News--United States
Public Policy--United States
Makeover and New Tools Planned For An Already Great Site For State News and
Info, StateLine.Org

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Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Information Consultant, George Washington University
gprice@gwu.edu

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