Searcher articles from May 2002

Searcher archives from May 2002

Light a candle. (Searcher's Voice).(Editorial)
May 1, 2002... "'Tis better to light a candle than to curse the darkness," so they say. How much wattage do you think all we information professionals could generate if we really tried? How much dark could we enlighten if we searchers got those honeybees...

Correspondence.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2002... LexisNexis Bends to the Customer LexisNexis' highest priority is listening to knowledge searchers, understanding their information needs, and partnering with them to deliver world-class information solutions. Your editorial...

This DragStrip's not for drag racing. (Tools of the Trade).(Evaluation)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... Let's have a show of hands. How many people are tired of being in the middle of working on something and having to go back to the computer desktop to click on an icon to open another program? How many are tired of the alternative: clicking...

From free to fee: The next trend in Web site development?
May 1, 2002... Several readers have questioned what goes into the decision-making process as a Web site begins charging a fee for what formerly was free, including how site owners set pricing schedules. In the case of some search engines and other popular...

Biotechnology resources: a beginner's kit.
May 1, 2002... Biotechnology. The mere word conjures up the image of scientists, dressed in white lab coats and goggles, huddled together in a pristine lab environment, eyeing the contents of a large beaker as one slowly adds a mysterious, deep colored...

Images of history on the Web.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... In the years since photography's sesquicentennial anniversary (1839-1989), the growth of the Internet and the application of digital technology to the history of this one-time analog medium has given researchers an unprecedented glimpse into...

LinkOut is in.
May 1, 2002... The linking of scholarly material is one of the hottest topics in the information industry. Users have made it clear; they want painless access to full text, whether they access that full text through database x, y, or z. But the desire of...

Meeting the New Challenges at West and LexisNexis: Post-SIIA Summit interviews with Michael Wilens and Lisa Mitnick.(Software and Information Industry Association )
May 1, 2002... On January 29,2002, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) sponsored a 1-day Information Industry Summit in New York City. Some 200 executives from all types of firms in the information industry attended the program designed...

Need a fix? Home repair and improvement on the Web. (Internet Express).(Directory)
May 1, 2002... It's Sunday evening. Three loads of wash are finished and the dishwasher is running. My son is in the bathtub. Somebody flushes and... blub, blub. Noxious effluent starts burping back up the drains. Oh sh -- shoot. What am I supposed...

Contacts.(Buyers Guide)
May 1, 2002... Aladdin Systems, Inc. (DragStrip) 165 Westridge Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076 (831) 761-6200, (800) 732-8881, (831) 761-6206 (fax) Internet: info@aladdinsys.com URL: http://www.aladdinsys.com Art Libraries Society of North...