Searcher articles from November 2002

Searcher archives from November 2002

Unpleasantness. (Searcher's Voice).
November 1, 2002... We modest souls here at Searcher magazine don't like to brag -- (didn't your mothers ever teach you it's not polite to snicker?) -- but, in case you haven't noticed, you've been getting your issues earlier in the month than in the past. In...

Word versus WordPerfect--how much do you want to Reveal? (Tools of the Trade).
November 1, 2002... They say the first step to overcoming a vice is to recognize the problem and admit it to yourself. I'm not convinced this always works, but I'm willing to give it a try: I prefer Corel's WordPerfect over Microsoft's Word. There; I said it and I...

Biographies of scientists: a search exercise in futility?
November 1, 2002... Over the years, while wearing several hats--chemist, information specialist, member of the American Chemical Society--I had come to depend on the reference source, American Men and Women of Science (henceforth AMWS), when I needed biographical...

Saving the information profession, Google, and the world: the 15th Annual SCOUG retreat.
November 1, 2002... Friday Night--Let the Event Begin The traffic was terrible. Awful. It was hot, hot, hot in L.A. Everyone arrived with a story of cars flipped on their sides, crashes, construction, and other traffic stoppers. The 15th annual Southern...

Armchair antiquing: collectibles for Christmas. (Internet Express).
November 1, 2002... They lurk just around the corner once more: the holidays. If you haven't bought gifts for your friends and relations already you had better get started right away! We all know that we can use the Web to help us get gifts. We can order...

Value-added deliverables: rungs on the Info Pro's ladder to success.(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2002... The need to add value to the deliverables from online searching continues to grow. During recent years, increasingly, information brokers prepare value-added deliverables for corporate information managers and librarians on a contractual or ad...

Our Environment: part 2, goverments, laws, and organizations.
November 1, 2002... [This article continues the cover story article that appeared in the September 2002, issue of Searcher magazine-"Our Environment: Part 1, General Sources." The Prolific Ms. Keiser will have more to say about the research side of environmental...

Just can't hardly give it away: generosity versus copyright. (The Sidebar).(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2002... It used to be so easy, back in the days of paper. If you wanted to give something away, you gave it away. You could even write a little note saying something like, "Maybe copied with attribution." In the age of digital versions of...

Telecommunication resources for the professional. (Resources).
November 1, 2002... The Question I was switching the monitor on when disaster struck in the form of our cheery Aussie transplant. C.K. is a wonderful bloke, a cheery mate who rarely troubles our esteemed Information Center. But when he does, the requests are...

Best Buys.(Buyers Guide)
November 1, 2002... Hardware Best Macintosh Computers: Apple Computer's iMac G4/800 ($1,799), PowerMac G4/933 ($2,299), and PowerMac G4/1GHz DP ($2,999) Source: Jason Snell, "The Fast Crowd," Mac World, May 2002, pp. 50-8. Fastest PC: Dell Computer's...