Searcher articles from November 2003

Searcher archives from November 2003

Focus, focus, focus.(Searcher's Voice)
November 1, 2003... "How does she do it? Month after month, year after year, such breezily profound thought couched in such superbly readable terminology. Amazing!" Ah, yes, it's a wonder alright. But, like the late, great Will Rogers, all I have to do is...

Library grant money on the Web: a resource primer.
November 1, 2003... What if a library--a public, academic, school, government, special, private/corporate, or research library--seeks corporate, foundation, individual, or government grants? How can a professional searcher help? What if the library in which...

International ocean science Web resources: part 2.(Information on the Seven Seas)
November 1, 2003... In general, the news about the state of the world's oceans continues to be gloomy, with occasional glimmers of brightness. From the Global Conference on Oceans and Coasts at Rio+ 10 (World Summit on Sustainable Development, August 26 to...

All I want for Christmas is a dog.(Internet Express)
November 1, 2003... Last spring, my son Pete wanted a dog in the worst way. He was 7-1/2, the perfect age for wanting a dog. Still, he's the kind of kid who throws his dirty underpants on the floor 6 inches away from the centrally located clothes hamper. He might...

Stocking stuffers for scientists: properties databases.(The Better Mousetrap)
November 1, 2003... What is more appropriate for the November/December Searcher issue than a review of two novel holiday gifts for your end users? Everyone loves presents this time of year, even information junkies. But who has time to find a gift for that special...

What Google teaches us that has nothing to do with searching.(Webmastery)
November 1, 2003... This column has not only gone through several different drafts on my word-processing program but even morn versions in my mind. It's been said that good writing is often personal writing. So, here goes. A little more than a decade ago, I...

Searchers training searchers.
November 1, 2003... The online industry has always been dynamic, but recent changes seem more dramatic than ever. Three particular changes bear important influences on training the next generation of professional searchers: the "democratization" of searching,...

New libraries for a new millennium: challenges and opportunities.(Leading Libraries)
November 1, 2003... R. Bruce Miller and Paul Adalian are men who clearly enjoy challenges and, even more, the opportunities provided in starting new academic libraries. Mr. Miller is the founding university librarian at the University of California (UC), Merced,...

Blowing in global M&A data.(ZEPHYR)
November 1, 2003... The term "global economy" is almost a cliche, but business searchers know that we must stay on top of what's going on in the rest of the world when doing business research. In terms of merger and acquisition (M&A) research, here's a case in...

Weapon of mass disruption.(Spam)
November 1, 2003... As I walk my German shepherd through our neighborhood, it seems that people can't resist commenting "Are you walking him? Or is he walking you?" I'm always tempted to point out that first, he is a she, and secondly, I'm not the one with the...

Factiva and Wall Street Journal: online.
November 1, 2003... Last year, Dow Jones Interactive began to migrate its clients to the new Factiva service offered in collaboration with Reuters. That process was completed in June 2003, albeit resulting in only partial satisfaction for many subscribers. Some...

Goggling at google.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... After reading Nisa Asokan's all-too-brief article ["Reference Gymnast: A Sampler of Creative Search Methods for Librarians on Tight Deadlines," May 2003]--it left me wanting more!--on creative Internet search tips for reference work, I took a...

Pioneer stock.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... I read your paper "Online Before The Internet: Early Pioneers Tell Their Stories" [June 2003; http://www.infotoday.com/ searcher/jun03/ardito_bjorner.shtml] that describes one kind of precursor to Internet, the information retrieval services....

Eternal diligence.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... In her article "Due Diligence on Key Vendors," Marsha L. Fulton's list of sample tools for monitoring, while obviously not intended to be comprehensive, does contain an omission that could prove confusing. She includes news release wire service...

Criminology correction.(Correspondence)(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2003... In the September article "Criminology Web Sites: An Annotated "Webliography," by Kenneth Fink, there was an incorrect URL and other information about COPLINK. Below is the corrected information. Our apologies to WhiteOak Communications, which...

10 Best buys.
November 1, 2003... Hardware Best Firewall Device: Toshiba America Information System's Magnia SG20 ($2,295) Source: Oliver Rist and Wayne Rash, "Firewall Free-For-All," InfoWorld, August 11, 2003, pp. 36-43, 45. Best Web Application Server: BEA...