Online articles from November 2005

Online archives from November 2005

Natural disasters and their online implications.(the home page)(online information about disasters, rescue operations)(Column)
November 1, 2005... I had my editorial for this issue almost finished when Katrina blew it away. I don't mean literally--I was not in New Orleans or other affected Gulf Coast locales where the hurricane did major damage. The storm, however, triggered some memories...

Factiva enhances its reputation: (monitoring, that is).(INDUSTRY NEWS)(introduced Factiva Insight )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Factiva announced the availability of Factiva Insight: Reputation Intelligence, a new tool that uses text mining to monitor issues, discover emerging opportunities and threats, and learn what people are saying about a company, brand, or people....

Northern light in analysis: (acquisition, that is).(Northern Light Technology L.L.C. bought products from Tech-Target )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Northern Light acquired the Analyst Direct and Analyst Views product lines from Tech-Target in August 2005. Analyst Direct provides market research portals that index licensed subscription market research from information technology research...

Swets announced a partnership with Taylor & Francis to launch the new Social Science and Humanities eCollections, providing libraries access to a large number of e-books, sourced from highly regarded publishing imprints such as Routledge, RoutledgeFalmers, and Taylor & Francis.((Social Sciences & Humanities))(Swets Subscription Service)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Swets announced a partnership with Taylor & Francis to launch the new Social Science and Humanities eCollections, providing libraries access to a large number of e-books, sourced from highly regarded publishing imprints such as Routledge,...

H.W. Wilson announced the latest addition to the Wilson Retrospective Collection of periodicals databases, Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983.(Social Sciences & Humanities)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... H.W. Wilson announced the latest addition to the Wilson Retrospective Collection of periodicals databases, Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983. This is the online equivalent to 33 Education Index print annuals, with records for more than...

SciFinder 2006.(Sci-Tech)(desktop accessory tool)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The new SciFinder 2006 offers the ability to retrieve "similar substances" when searching the CAS Registry of 26 million organic and inorganic chemical substances. Other enhancements include Structure Query Tools, Reaction Searching, and...

IEEE Electron Devices Society.(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)(providing information on electron devices)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) announced the addition to its digital collection of more than 15,000 articles from IEEE Electron Devices Society publications dating as far back as 1954. This new addition documents...

Carswell, a division of Thomson Canada, Ltd., launched the Carswell eReference Library, which incorporates all features of the supplemented print subscription services into a single electronic research tool.(Legal)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Carswell, a division of Thomson Canada, Ltd., launched the Carswell eReference Library, which incorporates all features of the supplemented print subscription services into a single electronic research tool. The eReference Library includes...

Thomson Gale and U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. announced an agreement whereby state-specific legal forms will be available at public libraries across the country, enabling broad popular access to thousands of professionally created and continually updated documents.(Legal)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Thomson Gale and U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. announced an agreement whereby state-specific legal forms will be available at public libraries across the country, enabling broad popular access to thousands of professionally created and continually...

Thomson Dialog added TRADEMARKSCAN-Mexico (File 668) to its portfolio of intellectual property databases.(Dialog Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Thomson Dialog added TRADEMARKSCAN-Mexico (File 668) to its portfolio of intellectual property databases. TRADEMARKSCAN-Mexico includes approximately 500,000 trademark registrations filed with Mexican authorities from 1976 to the present with...

Alacra, Inc. announced the launch of Alacra Store, The Premium Business Information Source.(Business & Finance)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Alacra, Inc. announced the launch of Alacra Store, The Premium Business Information Source. The Alacra Store is an e-commerce Web site offering business professionals access to reports from many of Alacra's premier database providers, exposing...

Hoover's, Inc., a D&B company, has enhanced its Family Tree Viewer to 500,000 Family Trees.(Business & Finance)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Hoover's, Inc., a D&B company, has enhanced its Family Tree Viewer to 500,000 Family Trees, representing 3.9 million corporate entities worldwide (accessible by Pro Premium subscribers) with information from both Hoover's and D&B's in-depth...

ProQuest information and learning.(Current Awareness)(newspaper digitization program to preserve historical nrewspapers)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... ProQuest Information and Learning has expanded its newspaper digitization program to include small town and community newspaper archives. The first paper to be digitized is the Zeeland Record, from Western Michigan. The new expand ed program...

Innovative Interfaces completed a project to link OCLC's Open World-Cat with over 700 Innovative public and academic library systems in North America.(Current Awareness)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Innovative Interfaces completed a project to link OCLC's Open World-Cat with over 700 Innovative public and academic library systems in North America. The project will increase Web searchers' ability to find books on their topics in their local...

Google.(Vinton Cerf appointed as chief Internet evangelist)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Vinton Cerf joined Google as its "chief Internet evangelist," moving over from MCI, where he was senior vice president for technology.

OCLC.(Robert S. Martin joined in Online Computer Library Center Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Robert S. Martin, who recently completed his 4-year term as director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), joined OCLC as special advisor to the president for Cultural Heritage Institutions.

The Thomson Corp. has named Scott Kinney vice president and general manager for Thomson FindLaw.(Debbie Monroe will retire)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The Thomson Corp. has named Scott Kinney vice president and general manager for Thomson FindLaw. Kinney replaces Debbie Monroe, who announced her retirement in June.

Swets Information Services.(Ezra T. Ernst is chief executive officer)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Swets Information Services appointed Ezra T. Ernst as its new CEO in North America. He joins Swets from Wolters Kluwer Health, Medical Research Division.

Feedster, Inc.(Scott Rafer resigned to join in Wireless Ink.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Scott Rafer left his post as chairman of Feedster, Inc. to become chairman of Wireless Ink.

The Jordan, Edmiston Group.(appointed David Clark )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... David Clark joined The Jordan, Edmiston Group, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm for the media and information industries, as managing director, Marketing Services.

Bowker released a variety of new resources to assist library professionals with the operational changes necessary to transition to the new global ISBN-13 standard that takes effect in 2007.(Online Services)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Bowker released a variety of new resources to assist library professionals with the operational changes necessary to transition to the new global ISBN-13 standard that takes effect in 2007. Bowker's new Web site features a series of free...

CrossRef.(Online Services)(introduced Open-URL resolver)(www.crossref.org/openurl)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... CrossRef, the reference-linking service for scholarly and professional content, announced the launch of a freely available Open-URL resolver to facilitate navigation to the 17 million plus items now registered in CrossRef. The resolver allows...

InfoTrac OneFile.(Online Services)(more academic journals are added )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... In 2005, InfoTrac OneFile added over 300 full-text periodical titles. More than 40 percent of these titles are academic journals, increasing the number of peer-reviewed journals added to InfoTrac to more than 900 in the past year [248/699-4253;...

PAIS Archive, a retrospective database supplementing PAIS International, is now available through the CSA Illumina platform.(On Line Services)(Public Affairs Information Service Databases )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... PAIS Archive, a retrospective database supplementing PAIS International, is now available through the CSA Illumina platform. The initial release contains more than 850,000 records covering the years 1937-1976 [www....

Inxight Software.(Enterprise Search)(offers unified Extraction Bundle software package)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Inxight Software now offers its government customers a unified Extraction Bundle software package that includes Inxight SmartDiscovery ThingFinder with ThingFinder Advanced; English and English MTF processing modules; Counterterrorism Entity...

Access Innovations, Inc.(Enterprise Search)(received patent for database design and maintenance technology )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Access Innovations, Inc. was awarded a U.S. patent for the underlying database design and maintenance technology that drives its Data Harmony line of software. The new patent covers key elements of the software's machine-aided indexing and...

Expanding on an existing alliance initiated in 2004, LexisNexis entered into a preferred relationship with Biz360 to provide enterprises with a one-stop approach for a real-time solution that aggregates, analyzes, and measures global news and business information across print, broadcast, radio, and online sources.(LexisNexis Group entered into partnership with Biz360 Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Expanding on an existing alliance initiated in 2004, LexisNexis entered into a preferred relationship with Biz360 to provide enterprises with a one-stop approach for a real-time solution that aggregates, analyzes, and measures global news and...

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has made an investment of an undisclosed amount in Feedster, Inc.(Mitsui and Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has made an investment of an undisclosed amount in Feedster, Inc., a search engine and advertising network for 13 million (and growing) syndicated RSS feeds and blogs [www.feedster.com; www.mitsur.com].

Questel*Orbit acquired DigiPat, a U.S. company based in Alexandria, Va., specializing in the delivery of U.S. and international patent and trademark documents, as well as offline research services.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Questel*Orbit acquired DigiPat, a U.S. company based in Alexandria, Va., specializing in the delivery of U.S. and international patent and trademark documents, as well as offline research services. Its close proximity to the USPTO allows...

ProQuest Information and Learning will add more than 50 of Nature Publishing Group (NPG)'s biological, medical, and physical science periodicals, including Gene Therapy, British Journal of Cancer, Nature Reviews, and its flagship title Nature, to a variety of ProQuest's science and medical databases, including its popular ProQuest Health and Medical Complete.(Biomedical)
November 1, 2005... ProQuest Information and Learning will add more than 50 of Nature Publishing Group (NPG)'s biological, medical, and physical science periodicals, including Gene Therapy, British Journal of Cancer, Nature Re views, and its flagship title Nature,...

Corporate library copyright exception?(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... To the Editor: It is disconcerting that there is so much confusion surrounding interpretation of the copyright law's library exception, 17 U.S.C. [section] 108. Does it or does it not apply to corporate libraries? In a recent article...

Section 108 study group.(select committee of copyright experts, convened by the Library of Congress)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
November 1, 2005... To Jeffrey H. Buckley and readers of ONLINE: Thanks for your comments on the copyright article by K. Matthew Dames and for bringing the Section 108 Study Group to our attention. According to its Web site [www.loc.gov/sectionl08], the study...

A9.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(introduced its map sites)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... A9 launched its own map site [maps.a9.com] to showcase its unique combination of yellow page local search information partnered with block view street level images. The number of U.S. cities included with block view is up to 24.

Ask Jeeves.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(improved by adding extra features to its MyJeeves)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Ask Jeeves has added more features to its MyJeeves personalized search capabilities. Still in beta but now at version 1.2, MyJeeves includes a thumbnail screen shot of a saved page when on the modify screen. Pages can be added by URL or with a...

Gigablast.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(introduced toolbar for Internet Explorer users)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Gigablast has joined the other major search engines by supplying a toolbar for Internet Explorer users. Two rather unique features are the ability to limit the search to all sites in your favorites list and the ability to limit the search to...

Google.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(email alerts)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Google has expanded its alerts beyond just its Web search and news section to Google Groups. Unfortunately, the e-mailed alert does not tell which database was searched. In addition to the e-mail alerts, Google News now has RSS and Atom feeds...

Google Maps.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(Hybrid view of the map)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Google Maps has added a new Hybrid view to the older Map and Satellite options, which overlays the street map view on the satellite imagery. Each map has all three view options in the upper-right-hand corner. The default view is a map view.

Google Print.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(Google Library digitization program)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Google Print will allow publishers to exclude specific works from the Google Library digitization program. Publishers need to tell Google which books to exclude.

Google Desktop Search.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(upgraded to version 2)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Google Desktop Search was upgraded to version 2. It integrates with Microsoft Outlook by means of an Outlook toolbar that also allows the display of search results directly within Outlook. The type of content indexed and searchable has been...

Google Talk.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(instant messaging client )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Google Talk, an instant messaging (IM) client, shows Google continuing to move beyond its search roots with the introduction of its own IM program. Like several other IM clients, it can be used with a microphone and speakers for telephone-link...

MSN Search.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(Microsoft Network L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... MSN Search has added some RSS feed operators and modified its site prefix. The feed: operator searches for RSS and Atom feeds. Unlike other prefix operators, no search term needs to come after the colon; just add the feed: somewhere in the...

Yahoo!(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(Y!Q Contextual Search capabilities)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Yahoo! added Y!Q Contextual Search capabilities to its Internet Explorer toolbar and to Yahoo! Messenger with Voice (within the LiveWords feature). The Yahoo! toolbar for Firefox is now officially out of beta. The 1.0 release has added a...

Yahoo! Audio Search.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(online music services)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Yahoo! Audio Search finally launched in beta [http://audio.search.yahoo.com]. Audio search has been available at the Yahoo!-owned AltaVista and AlltheWeb for years, but Yahoo! itself only added the feature in August 2005. However, it differs...

Yahoo! Local.(Internet SEARCH ENGINE: Update)(user recommendations)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Yahoo! Local has been upgraded and expanded to include user recommendations and to focus more on cities and neighborhoods. Locality pages now highlight upcoming events along with top user recommendations for restaurants and favorite local...

Libraries at the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the internet.(Ambient Findability)(library architecture)(Cover Story)
November 1, 2005... Have you heard of Delicious Library? If not, it's worth checking it out. Delicious Library is a social software solution that transforms an iMac and FireWire digital video camera into a multimedia cataloging system. You can simply scan the...

Congressional research: service reports revealed.(Congressional Research Service provides access to public policies)
November 1, 2005... Have you ever been asked to research any of the following topics: AIDS, digital TV, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security, budget reconciliations, stem cell research, the PATRIOT Act, gasoline prices, political developments in...

The art of the deal: introducing mergers & acquisitions: mergers happen when two companies pool their interests to become one company. An acquisition is when one company takes over another.(files regarding mergers and acquisitions)
November 1, 2005... IN the business world, mergers and acquisitions are a common occurrence. Some make major headlines. Just think of the AOL-Time Warner deal or the proposed merger of America West and US Airways. Others are of interest to a relatively small group...

The riches of niche databases for merger & acquisition transactions: date range, search flexibility, nations of parties involved, and deal value all come in to play in making a database decision.
November 1, 2005... Mergers and acquisitions transaction research often forces information professionals to operate in a world of extremes. If you need basic data, there are a myriad of options available for obtaining party names, announcement and effective dates,...

Looking inside mergers & acquisitions databases: all of the full-service databases claim full coverage, have dozens or even hundreds of searching and reporting fields, and offer complex screening and reporting functionality.
November 1, 2005... Researchers in the M&A Advisory business need the best M&A transaction data possible. All of the full-service databases claim full coverage, have dozens or even hundreds of searching and reporting fields, and offer complex screening and...

Copyright clearances: the high stakes of fair use.(Section 107)(copyright law)
November 1, 2005... "Why does this still seem like gambling to you? It's a skill game" --Matt Damon as Mike McDermott in Rounders (199B, Miramax Films) Throughout my analysis of the copyright limitations available to librarians and other information...

Casting the Net: podcasting and screencasting.(in screencasting video files have audio commentary)
November 1, 2005... The twin advantages of information and communication helped fuel the Internet s rise in popularity. While most librarians focus on Web searching and the information resources available on the Net, it is the communication side that has made the...

When business meets science.(the dollar sign)(searching methods for scientific information)(Column)
November 1, 2005... When I think business research, I think companies, industries, markets, economic conditions, and the like. I use standard business databases from Dialog, EBSCO, Factiva, LexisNexis, and ProQuest. I search the Web for business-related topics....

Web development over the past 10 years.(intranet librarian)(library web site design)
November 1, 2005... The ubiquity of the Internet has profoundly changed the way that most of the world's citizens publish, look for, and access information. It's hard to imagine that just over 10 years ago, information professionals were explaining what the...

Socializing your web site with wikis, twikis, and blogs.(web site management methods using webcasting)
November 1, 2005... Collaboration, working jointly with others, can take many forms. It is rapidly becoming the preferred method of working in many organizations. However, some tools are better suited than others to facilitate online collaboration. Blogs and wikis...

Aardvark, JCR on the Web, EuroFactor.(peters picks & pans)(Web portal and Journal Citation Reports)
November 1, 2005... My picks include the Aardvark Web portal, focusing on library and information technology in Asia, and the new Web edition of ITI's Journal Citation Reports. The former provides current information about projects, conferences, exhibits and other...

P is for personal, C is for computer.(pc monitor)
November 1, 2005... We're at the quarter-century mark for PCs: Not a bad time to consider that name and its implications. P is for personal; C is for computer. Together, those two words formed a surprisingly political statement on the part of IBM when it...

Recommended reading on web writing, Firefox, networking, and Yahoo!.(Content is King: Writing and Editing Online)(Don't Click on the Blue El: Switching to Firefox)(Home Networking Simplified)(Yahoo! to the Max)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... This month I look at writing for the Web, switching browsers, networking (the computer kind), and the world of Yahoo!. ***1/2 Content is King: Writing and Editing Online by David Mill ISBN: 0-7506-6317-0 Published: 2005 Pages: 211...

eSnips.(online spotlight)(Net Snippets introduced new site)(www.esnips.com)
November 1, 2005... Net Snippets, the company that developed a tremendous product for post-search information management, has rolled out a new site for collecting and sharing information, eSnips [www.esnips.com] is a really cool tool--a little hard to describe,...