Searcher articles from May 2007

Searcher archives from May 2007

Experience: the teacher.(Searcher's VOICE)(search engines)
May 1, 2007... Back in the day--many years ago, now--when I worked the desk as a reference librarian, I recall there was always one type of question that used to drive us to drink. (Alright, alright, I remember the Groucho Marx line too--"That's not a drive....

Clinical trial resources: three of the best.(ClinicalTrials.gov, Clinical Trials Listing Service and Adis Clinical Trials Insight)
May 1, 2007... Healthcare has become more expensive and sophisticated, way beyond Hippocrates' wildest dreams. The healthcare industry is booming due to several factors, including an aging population, widespread obesity with its concomitant morbidities, and...

Escaping ugly: graphic design aids for untrained librarians.(INTERNET EXPRESS)
May 1, 2007... My colleague Tara Smith, youth services librarian extraordinaire at the San Marino Public Library, recently asked me: "Do you know of a Web site that can teach me something about layout and graphic design?" An excellent question. After all,...

The DialogClassic Web redesign: a hit! Dialog announced the official launch of the new, improved version of DialogClassic.com in a press release on Valentine's Day. On March 30, 2007, it discontinued the old DialogClassic and began redirecting all users to the new version. Good move Dialog and congratulations!
May 1, 2007... I [love] most everything about the new version. What's different compared to the old version? Almost everything. Searchers in some circles are already talking about the new DialogClassic. In her Librarian of Fortune blog, renowned super...

Social networking and video Web sites: MySpace and YouTube meet the copyright cops.(Cover story)
May 1, 2007... Since the dawn of the Internet, many of us have marveled at the groundbreaking novelty of Internet sites that seem to appear from nowhere, gain rapid popularity, and become staples on everyone's set of bookmarks. The founders of these sites do...

Back to the future: librarians become archivists.(WHAT'S NEXT)
May 1, 2007... From the very beginning, the potential of computers lured me into the library world. For more than a quarter of a century, I have made a career of building online retrieval systems and databases. I have always viewed myself as a harbinger of...

CSA Illustrata: is a picture really worth a thousand words?(THE BETTER MOUSETRAP)(ProQuest CSA's database of natural sciences)
May 1, 2007... What do you do when you need to find relevant information that may not be contained in text? Many technical and scientific articles and papers rely heavily on tables, figures, and graphs to convey information. Often, full-text services drop...

The big picture: time for a new set?(TOOLS OF THE TRADE)(how to purchase computer monitors)
May 1, 2007... Writing this type of column follows a fairly standard path. It starts with me looking through a stack of new and updated software offerings on my desk. Some will prove worthwhile; most will only have marginal interest. In this era of...

Electronic health records: new tasks ahead for health info pros: the move is on to make your health records electronic, that is, to store them in digital format on a secure networked environment where medical professionals involved in your care can access them.
May 1, 2007... Good news? In a word: yes. Although there are real security and privacy concerns. Your personal medical information could end up someplace you didn't intend, and, unfortunately, there have been recent unsettling examples of this. (1)...

Site search analytics: let the tail wag the dog.
May 1, 2007... Search analytics had officially become a buzzword--a strange occurrence given the general "buzzless" dullness of looking at log files. However, book publishers, bloggers, research companies, search engine optimization (SEO) mavens, newsgroups,...

Contacts.(business)(Directory)(Website list)
May 1, 2007... Stephanie C. Ardito Ardito Information & Research, Inc. 1019 Sedwick Drive, Suite G Wilmington, DE 19803 (302) 479-5373 (302) 479-5375 (fax) Internet: sardito@ardito.com Erik Arnold 3105 North Ashland...