Online articles from November 2007

Online archives from November 2007

Everything old is new (and online) again.(homepage)
November 1, 2007... Information professionals first encountering the Web a decade ago scoffed at its usability as a research tool for historical data. At that time, it looked like the Internet would provide only the newest (and possibly only technical)...

4,000 eBooks added to ScienceDirect.(industry news)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... In September, ScienceDirect began offering more than 4,000 ebooks. The selected titles, published between 1995 and the present, represent 18 subject areas, predominantly in the STM disciplines. The eBooks on ScienceDirect program make nearly...

Rupert Murdoch gets Dow Jones.(industry news )(Dow Jones & Company Inc. and The News Corporation Ltd. merge)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... In August, Dow Jones & Co. and News Corp. announced a merger agreement under which News Corp. will acquire Dow Jones in a transaction valued at $5.6 billion. The deal is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. Although this is a...

Thomson Learning becomes Cengage.(industry news)(Cengage Learning)(Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners mergers)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Following its acquisition by Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners, Thomson Learning changed its name to Cengage Learning. According to CEO Ron Dunn, the new name suggests that the brands now called Cengage are at the "center of engagement"...

ProQuest signed an agreement with Nelson Mandela to digitize No Easy Walk to Freedom, a collection of articles, speeches, letters, and trial transcripts documenting Mandela's Mandela's life and imprisonment.(Social Sciences & Humanities)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... ProQuest signed an agreement with Nelson Mandela to digitize No Easy Walk to Freedom, a collection of articles, speeches, letters, and trial transcripts documenting Mandela's Mandela's life and imprisonment. This historic volume is available in...

SearchInform Technologies released a new version of PlagiatInform, a professional plagiarism-detection system.(Social Sciences & Humanities)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... SearchInform Technologies released a new version of PlagiatInform, a professional plagiarism-detection system. PlagiatInform is equipped with a patented search technology for similar-content documents, and it can detect plagiarism even if the...

CrossRef.(Social Sciences & Humanities)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... CrossRef is lowering its fee for registration of backfile content through 2008, charging only 12 cents per backfile record, as opposed to the 17-cent fee charged for the past several years. The move comes as part of a push for CrossRef to...

Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanisticas (PRISMA), from ProQuest, now has more than 100 full-text journals available.(Social Sciences & Humanities)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanisticas (PRISMA), from ProQuest, now has more than 100 full-text journals available. PRISMA is a comprehensive, full-text journal collection that provides scholarly articles for the interdisciplinary...

A new resource for analysis of the regulatory, legislative, and legal issues affecting commodities and derivatives, the CCH Commodities & Derivatives Law Integrated Library combines the expert resources of Aspen Publishers and CCH.(Legal)(Aspen Publishers and CCH are integrated to provide services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... A new resource for analysis of the regulatory, legislative, and legal issues affecting commodities and derivatives, the CCH Commodities & Derivatives Law Integrated Library combines the expert resources of Aspen Publishers and CCH. This enables...

Thomson FindLaw announced the availability of its Webcasts on West LegalEdcenter.(Legal)(Thomson Corp. Thomson FindLaw)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Thomson FindLaw announced the availability of its Webcasts on West LegalEdcenter, which features a collection of online CLE programs as well as on-demand video and audio programs (www.westlegaledcenter.com). SEND ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ONLINE...

Thomson West announced the availability of Case Evaluator on Westlaw.(Legal)(Thomson Corp. Thomson West)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Thomson West announced the availability of Case Evaluator on Westlaw. This will allow litigators to build a fact base that represents the outcomes of comparable cases--including verdicts, awards, relevant medical and expert witness data, and...

The Public Library of Science (PLoS), in partnership with the National Science Foundation and the San Diego Supercomputer Center, has introduced SciVee, a "YouTube for Science.".(Open Access)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... The Public Library of Science (PLoS), in partnership with the National Science Foundation and the San Diego Supercomputer Center, has introduced SciVee, a "YouTube for Science." SciVee features multimedia presentations from scientists that...

Thomson West announced an integration of knowledge management and search and categorization technologies using West km and Recommind's MindServer Legal platforms.(Enterprise Search)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Thomson West announced an integration of knowledge management and search and categorization technologies using West km and Recommind's MindServer Legal platforms. West km is a knowledge management solution that combines a firm's work...

Northern Light introduced Analyst Direct, a search engine for IT-analyst research.(Business & Finance)(Northern Light Technology L.L.C.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Northern Light introduced Analyst Direct, a search engine for IT-analyst research. It helps technology marketers, product planners, analyst-relations specialists, and other professionals search reports from multiple research firms...

SequenceBase Corp. and FIZ Karlsruhe announced the launch of USGENE (USPTO Genetic Sequence Database) on STN.(Sci-Tech)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... SequenceBase Corp. and FIZ Karlsruhe announced the launch of USGENE (USPTO Genetic Sequence Database) on STN. USGENE is a new resource for freedom-to-operate, prior-art, validity, and patent-infringement searches and thus complements STN's...

NRC-CISTI, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, introduced a Pay Per Article feature that allows full access to its database of more than 11 million articles.(Sci-Tech)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... NRC-CISTI, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, introduced a Pay Per Article feature that allows full access to its database of more than 11 million articles. Users can pay by credit card to view and print selections,...

Dialog announced several enhancements to the INPADOC/Family and Legal Status (File 345) database.(Sci-Tech)(Dialog Corp.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Dialog announced several enhancements to the INPADOC/Family and Legal Status (File 345) database. The reloaded database offers an extended content set, additional search capabilities, and more comprehensive results. Previews are available in...

The H.W. Wilson Co. added Science Full Text Select to the list of WilsonWeb databases that are free to eligible library schools.(Sci-Tech)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... The H.W. Wilson Co. added Science Full Text Select to the list of WilsonWeb databases that are free to eligible library schools. Science Full Text Select delivers the full text of articles from 360 diverse science periodicals, providing a wide...

Knovel announced its partnership with the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA) to provide new content to subscribers of Knovel's online technical reference collection.(Sci-Tech)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Knovel announced its partnership with the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA) to provide new content to subscribers of Knovel's online technical reference collection. The agreement with the ISA is one of several publishing...

BioMed Central and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced a membership agreement in which HHMI will pay the article-processing charges for all research published by HHMI investigators in BioMed Central journals.(Biomedical)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... BioMed Central and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced a membership agreement in which HHMI will pay the article-processing charges for all research published by HHMI investigators in BioMed Central journals. Articles published...

Groxis, Inc.(Peopleware)(appointed Randy Marcinko CEO of Groxis, Inc)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Randy Marcinkohas been named CEO of Groxis, Inc., a leader in exploratory search and visualization. He will remain CEO of Marcinko Enterprises (MEI). SEND ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ONLINE AND INTERNET PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO Suzanne Sabroski,...

Apex CoVantage.(Peopleware)(appointed Peter Taylor as senior vice president of sales)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Apex CoVantage announced the appointment of Peter Taylor as senior vice president of sales. SEND ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ONLINE AND INTERNET PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO Suzanne Sabroski, ssabroski@hughes.net

Collexis.(Peopleware)(Collexis hired Darrell W.Gunter as executive VP/chief marketing officer)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Collexis hired Darrell W.Gunter as executive VP/chief marketing officer. He was previously with Elsevier as senior vice president of Sales and Marketing for the North American market. SEND ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ONLINE AND INTERNET PRODUCTS AND...

SirsiDynix.(Peopleware)(Matthew J. Hawkins appointed as chief operating officer)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... SirsiDynix announced the appointment of Matthew J.Hawkins as chief operating officer. Hawkins is responsible for the company's Client Care, Implementation and Consulting & Education organizations. SEND ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ONLINE AND INTERNET...

American Chemical Society.(Peopleware)(appointed Brian D. Crawford as president)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... The American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Division (U.S.) named Brian D. Crawford as president. He succeeds Robert D. Bovenschulte, who is retiring after 10 years in the role. Crawford was recently senior vice president of the ACS...

OCLC.(Peopleware)(Rick Schwieterman was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer, Chip Nilges was promoted to vice president, business development and Bruce Crocco was promoted to vice president)(Online Computer Library Center)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... OCLC announced three executive appointments. Rick Schwietermanwas promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer. Chip Nilges was promoted to vice president, business development; he will oversee NetLibrary, OCLC FirstSearch,...

Safari Books Online.(Peopleware)(appointed CJ Rayhill as senior vice president, product management and technology and Chip Pettibone as vice president, research and development)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Safari Books Online announced two executive appointments. CJ Rayhill is the company's new senior vice president, product management and technology, and Chip Pettibone has been named vice president, research and development. SEND...

Factiva SalesWorks.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Factiva SalesWorks, a compilation of company, industry, and executive news and information, can now be configured to portals, intranets, or CRM platforms. Because sales professionals spend more than 25 percent of their week searching for...

LexisNexis announced the launch of ExecRelate, a subscription-based service that provides intelligence on directors, executives, and their relationships.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... LexisNexis announced the launch of ExecRelate, a subscription-based service that provides intelligence on directors, executives, and their relationships. Business development professionals, executive recruiters, and competitive intelligence...

In July, EBSCO added Elsevier content to its ebook repertoire.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... In July, EBSCO added Elsevier content to its ebook repertoire. In addition, EBSCO added a new Customize Reports feature that allows users to view only relevant fields such as Title Name, ISSN, Registration, URL, or those related to a particular...

Thomson Scientific announced the launch of a redesigned ISI Web of Knowledge platform, providing the ability to search content across international journals, open access resources, books, patents, proceedings, and Web sites.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Thomson Scientific announced the launch of a redesigned ISI Web of Knowledge platform, providing the ability to search content across international journals, open access resources, books, patents, proceedings, and Web sites. It supports all...

EndNote XI for Mac OS X.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Thomson Scientific also announced the availability of EndNote XI for Mac OS X, its bibliographic management software. EndNote XI introduces custom groups to view and manage subsets of references, AppleScript compatibility for key EndNote tasks,...

The New York Times announced it would cease its Times Select product and open up 23 of its news and opinion columnists and some of its archives for free, rather than fee-based, access.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... The New York Times announced it would cease its Times Select product and open up 23 of its news and opinion columnists and some of its archives for free, rather than fee-based, access. Launched in 2005, Times Select garnered $10 million per...

NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced the availability of NewsFriends, a social news application for the Facebook platform, where you can locate and share blogs, news, videos, and podcasts.(Current Awareness)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced the availability of NewsFriends, a social news application for the Facebook platform, where you can locate and share blogs, news, videos, and podcasts. Leveraging the social power of Facebook, NewsFriends...

Congoo.(Current Awareness)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Congoo, a free, premium news and information network, announced the launch of several free social networking features for professionals. Congoo members can now decide the importance and order of news stories within each of Congoo's industry...

Correction.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2007... On page 19 of Svetla Baykoucheva's article ("A New Era in Chemical Information: PubChem, DiscoveryGate, and Chemistry Central," September/ October 2007, pp. 16-20), Brian Vickery should be listed as the editorial director of Chemistry Central....

AOL.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... AOL acquired Tacoda, a provider of adtargeting software. Using Tacoda's technology, AOL will be able to extend its targeting capabilities to advertisers and publishers and extend the reach of its third-party display network, which is currently...

EBSCO Publishing acquired 10 indexes from SAGE, bringing print indexes in their respective fields to users electronically through the EBSCOhost scholarly research platform.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... EBSCO Publishing acquired 10 indexes from SAGE, bringing print indexes in their respective fields to users electronically through the EBSCOhost scholarly research platform. The following indexes were included in the deal: Abstracts in Social...

Royal Swets & Zeitlinger.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Royal Swets & Zeitlinger announced its sale to Dutch-based investment firm Gilde, with continued participation from Swets' executive management planned. The sale is part of a growth strategy that involves geographic expansion, sales-force...

The Haworth Press, Inc., publisher of about 200 scholarly/academic journals and approximately 150 books/monographs per year, was acquired by Taylor & Francis.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... The Haworth Press, Inc., publisher of about 200 scholarly/academic journals and approximately 150 books/monographs per year, was acquired by Taylor & Francis. Haworth Press was founded in 1979, and was one of the first publishers to utilize...

Vivisimo announced an OEM and resell agreement with Interwoven, a content management company.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Vivisimo announced an OEM and resell agreement with Interwoven, a content management company. Vivisimo will power Interwoven's Universal Search--Professional Services Edition, which will be delivered and supported by Interwoven's sales channels...

EBSCO Information Services' publisher representation group, EMpact Sales(EMpact), has joined Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. in a partnership to promote the Liebert Online Journal Collection to organizations in South and Central America, Mexico, Malaysia, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Poland, Taiwan/Hong Kong, and Korea.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... EBSCO Information Services' publisher representation group, EMpact Sales(EMpact), has joined Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. in a partnership to promote the Liebert Online Journal Collection to organizations in South and Central America, Mexico,...

YBP Library Services and ebrary announced the availability of ebrary titles through YBP's GOBI database.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... YBP Library Services and ebrary announced the availability of ebrary titles through YBP's GOBI database. The two companies have integrated ebrary's platform and its growing selection of ebooks with the GOBI system, allowing libraries to...

Wikia, Inc. acquired Grub, the distributed Web crawler, from LookSmart and released it under an open source license.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Wikia, Inc. acquired Grub, the distributed Web crawler, from LookSmart and released it under an open source license. Grub adds a significant component to Search Wikia, which seeks to create a search engine based on open source search protocols...

Swets and MyiLibrary Ltd., a provider of digital content and part of Ingram Digital Group, announced an agreement that enables customers to access eBooks and electronic journals from one point of access.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Swets and MyiLibrary Ltd., a provider of digital content and part of Ingram Digital Group, announced an agreement that enables customers to access eBooks and electronic journals from one point of access. MyiLibrary allows access to more than...

Ask.(Search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Ask will be introducing a new privacy-protection product called AskEraser. According to the announcement, it will offer searchers the ability to change their privacy preferences at any time; it will also include the option of requesting that...

CrossEngine.(Search engine update)(CrossEngine, has changed its name to Intelways)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... CrossEngine, previously known as MrSapo, the multi-engine search tool for making quick search switches among search engines, has changed its name again. Now known as Intelways, it has updated the number of search engines covered to more than...

Exalead.(Search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Exalead joins Google, Yahoo!, Live, and Ask in supporting the Sitemaps protocol (a Web site owner-created XML file that includes descriptive information for each page on a site). The home page now gives two choices for its appearance. The old...

Gigablast.(search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Gigablast, because it's a much less frequently visited search engine, can do some things that the more popular engines have ceased doing for some time now. Its home page now claims to be searching more than 10 billion pages. Greg R. Notess...

Google.(search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Google is dropping the supplemental index tag on its results. The supplemental index had been a large database of infrequently indexed pages that would only show up if a Google search had less than several hundred hits. Such results had the...

Google Book Search.(search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Google Book Search has added personalization in its beta My Library section (visible to those who log in with a Google account). Users can create a customized library from their own selections and add notes, labels, ratings, and reviews. All of...

Google News.(search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Google News has added some video news content from sources like CBS and Reuters. It also has begun hosting its own versions of stories from four news wires: The Associated Press, AFP (Agence France-Presse), The Press Association (U.K.), and The...

Google Reader.(search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Google Reader has added search capabilities. Users of Google Reader (for reading RSS feeds) can now search from within Reader. As opposed to Google's blog search, which searches the much larger database of all indexed blogs, the Reader search...

Google Scholar.(search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Google Scholar has finally gotten permission to include content from Elsevier's Science Direct, although Elsevier's Scirus finds the full text of some Elsevier articles not included yet in Scholar. The Google Scholar display now highlights the...

Live Search Images.(search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Live Search Images has added three new commands to limit results to faces, portraits, or black and white images. The commands are entered with the query words and are filter:face, filter: portrait, or filter:bw. The announcement mentioned the...

Yahoo!(search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Yahoo! has expanded access to its search suggestions. These are now available via the Yahoo! Toolbar for Internet Explorer and on Yahoo! UK & Ireland. Greg R. Notess (greg@notess.com; www.notess.com) is reference team leader at Montana...

Yahoo! Audio Search.(search engine update)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Yahoo! Audio Search has added quick, embedded access to brief samples of the tunes. Rather than spawning a separate audio player program, Yahoo!'s simple embedded samples start playing once clicked. They are not available for all the audio...

Music to researchers' ears: ten top sites for researching music.(Website list)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Information professionals involved in music research understand the subject's broad scope. From opera, classical, jazz, blues, hip-hop, soul, pop, and world music, the genres evolve and merge, creating fusions that...

Checking in on the tortoise: developments on the U.S. federal Web.(FINISH LINE)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IN our fast-forward information age, new tools and information resources pop up online every day, and the technology hype never stops. Against this blur of activity, official government Web sites can appear to be...

Internal wikis for procedures and training: from tacit knowledge to self-guided learning.
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "LEARN as much by writing as by reading," said Lord Acton in his inaugural lecture (The Study of History, 1906). That was my maxim last year when I started a wiki on DrugScope's procedures. We were in the middle of a...

Research 2.0: useful Web applications for researchers.(SOCIAL BOOKMARKS)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WEB 2.0 has myriad resources to discover, search, store, and collaborate on the Internet. But how many of these new-technology applications are truly useful? While social networking technologies may be personally...

New-business research for A/E/C rainmakers.
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BUSINESS development specialists, the designated "rainmakers" at professional services firms, are hired to promote and sell a firm's services. As part of a growing trend to formalize the business development process,...

How much is that Gizmo in the window? Online technology transfer and commercialization resources.
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] COMMERCIAL, nonprofit, and government organizations are all in the business of using innovative technologies in products and services that are designed to benefit citizens, soldiers, customers, shareholders, and...

The small world of international business research.(the dollar sign)
November 1, 2007... It's clear that today's business environment is a global one. Just look around you at the goods you wear and use. You'll no doubt find them manufactured in many different countries. Mergers and acquisitions span the globe. Miller beer is owned...

Training plagiarism detectives: the law and order approach.(infolit land)
November 1, 2007... Following on from my previous column, this one looks at plagiarism catching. It's a mixed-emotion activity, combining the thrill of the chase and the horror of revealing sin. This might seem like a nasty topic. Plagiarists, after all, are...

Open J-Gate, DOAJ, the serials directory.(peter's picks & pans)(Directory of Open Access Journals)
November 1, 2007... MY first pick is Open J-Gate, an important contribution by Informatics India, Ltd., that promotes awareness of and access to open access papers from more than 4,000 English-language journals published anywhere in the world. The other pick is...

Saying it visually.(intranet librarian)
November 1, 2007... Does the design of most library Web sites keep pace with how users learn and how they expect to see information presented? Traditional media outlets--newspapers and television--are adding more infographics, color illustrations, and animations...

Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online.(Book review)
November 1, 2007... **** Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online by Meredith G. Farkas ISBN: 978-1-57387-275-1 Published: 2007 Pages: 320 pp.; softcover Price: $39.50 Available from: Information Today,...

Consider the Source: A Critical Guide to 100 Prominent News and Information Sites on the Web.(Book review)
November 1, 2007... *** Consider the Source: A Critical Guide to 100 Prominent News and Information Sites on the Web by James F. Broderick and Darren W.Miller ISBN: 978-0-910965-77-4 Published: 2007 Pages: 457 pp.; softcover Price: $24.95 Available from:...

Coolhunting: Chasing Down the Next Big Thing.(Book review)
November 1, 2007... *** Coolhunting: Chasing Down the Next Big Thing by Peter Gloor and Scott Cooper ISBN: 978-0-8144-7386-3 Published: 2007 Pages: 236 pp.; hardcover Price: $24.95 Available from: AMACOM, American Management Association, 1601 Broadway,...

Making Search Work: Implementing Web, Intranet and Enterprise Search.(Book review)
November 1, 2007... ** Making Search Work: Implementing Web, Intranet and Enterprise Search by Martin White ISBN: 978-1-57387-305-5 Published: 2007 Pages: 172 pp.; hardcover Price: $69.50 Available from: Information Today, Inc., 143 Old Marlton Pike,...

Intelways.(online spotlight)(Product/service evaluation)
November 1, 2007... I have never been a fan of metasearch engines. I find that unless I am looking for a truly unusual word or concept, I get less-relevant results than if I had searched several search engines sequentially. However, I recently developed a...