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Hello from DC! Here's a brief update with some of the most recent posts on ResourceShelf. The web site is updated daily at: http://www.resourceshelf.com cheers, gary =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 1) ERIC More than 105,000 Full-Text Documents Added To ERIC Database Today http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/10/more-than-105000-full-text-documents.ht= ml 2) Metadata Dublin Core Source: European Digital Library Conferences/Andy Powell ECDL 2004: Dublin Core tutorial material available From the site, "At ECDL 2004 in Bath, Andy Powell gave a half-day tutorial about how to encode DC metadata in XHTML, XML and RDF/XML. The PowerPoint slides and other materials (examples and screen-cams) used in the tutorial are now available." 3) Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Transportation--Statistics Source: Transport Canada New Database, New Canada-Us-Mexico Online Transportation Database Launched http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/10/new-canada-us-mexico-online.html 4) Resources of the Week Two different items for you this week. Maps--International Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ReliefWeb Map Centre And Studs Terkel: Conversations with America Online audio. 5) Professional Reading Shelf Digital Preservation Source: The New York Times Grants Will Preserve Paperless Bits of History http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/09/towards-topic-driven-access-to-full.htm= l 6) United States--History Russia--History Source: Library of Congress Expanded Content, "Meeting of Frontiers" Web Site http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/09/selected-presidential-debate-resources.= html 7) What's a DocuTicker? http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/09/have-you-visited-docuticker-lately.html Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents 8) Gubernatorial Elections Source: Governing.com 2004 Governor's Election Guide + Full coverage of the 11 Governor's elections- includes profiles, news, and poll data. -- Congressional Research Service Source: CRS (via Federation of American Scientists) New/Recently Updated Congressional Research Service Reports + Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of Threats and Responses + Requirements for Linguists in Government Agencies, September + Lawfulness of Interrogation Techniques under the Geneva Conventions -- Internet Filtering Source: Open Net Initiative Just Released, Full Text Paper, A Starting Point: Legal Implications of Internet Filtering "In this paper, the Open Net Initiative (ONI) considers some of the legal implications of controlling access to Internet content through filtering. ONI -- a research partnership of the Berkman Center, University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, and the University of Cambridge -- documents Internet filtering by collecting empirical data about the parties who censor web traffic and the types of sites blocked in different countries. This paper considers the legal ramifications of this data." http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/09/2004-governors-election-guide.html 9) Web Browsers--Opera Create Presentations with New Online Tool From Opera http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/09/create-presentations-with-new-online.ht= ml 10) Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Canada--Academic Resources Source: St. Francis Xavier University Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources "This bibliographic essay originally appeared as 'Canadian Studies: A Core Collection,' CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 35 (September 1997): 71-84, and since June 1999 has been regularly updated for the International Council for Canadian Studies World Wide Web Service." http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/09/canadian-studies-guide-to-sources.html 11) Search Briefs New Beta, A Cow That Watches Amazon Prices http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/09/cow-that-watches-amazon-prices.html 12) Economics--United States=97Databases Source: Federal Reserve, St. Louis Say Hello to Fraser First there was ERIC. Then EDGAR came along. And FRED. Now there's FRASER, the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research, which provides access to scanned image PDFs of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents. http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/09/say-hello-to-fraser-database.html -- Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting Visit ResourceShelf http://www.resourceshelf.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. 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