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| FEATURES  | 
| 
 The
Elements of Advanced Search 
 
 By Ran Hock 
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Page 14 | 
| 
   
Researching the Current
Banking and Lending Crises  
 By Amy Affelt 
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Page 20 | 
| 
  Applying
Google Mini Search Appliance for Document Discoverability  
 By Edwin
Burgess and Edward Metz 
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Page 24 | 
| 
 Scitopia: Worthy
Effort; Worth Your Effort?  
 By Susan Fingerman 
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Page 28 | 
| 
 
 Bringing
the Past to the Present 
 
 By John Herbert and Karen
Estlund 
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Page 32 | 
| 
 Investigating Outsourcing
and Offshoring Research   
 By Carol Ginsburg and
Willem Noorlander 
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Page 38 | 
| COLUMNS  | 
| 
 On the Net 
Searching the Twitter Realm  
Greg R. Notess 
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  Page 43  
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The
Dollar Sign 
Winning the Commodities
Research Game  
Marydee Ojala 
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Page 46 | 
| 
 InfoLit Land
 
Information Literacy Meets
Adult Learners  
 William Badke 
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Page 48 | 
| 
    Péter’s
Picks & Pans 
OECD.Stat, Astrophysics
Data System, Wiley-Blackwell  
Péter Jacsó 
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  Page 51  
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| 
 Intranet Librarian 
 Microformats
and the Search for Meaning  
Darlene Fichter with Jeff
Wisniewski 
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Page 55 | 
| 
 Crawford at Large 
 Open
Access: It’s Never Simple  
Walt Crawford 
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Page 58 | 
| 
  Hardcopy 
- The
Accidental Technology Trainer: A Guide for Libraries 
 
- Teaching
Information Literacy: A Conceptual Approach 
 
- Virtual
Reference Service: From Competencies to Assessment 
 
- Visual
Design for the Modern Web 
 
 
Deborah Lynne Wiley 
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Page 61 | 
| 
 Online Spotlight 
 From Buggy
Whips to ‘Transportation Enhancement
Technology’  
Mary Ellen Bates 
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Page 64 | 
| DEPARTMENTS  | 
| 
 HomePage 
 Search
Is Not Static   
Marydee Ojala 
 | 
Page 5 | 
| 
 Industry News 
 Compiled by Suzanne Sabroski 
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Page 6 | 
| 
 Search
Engine Update 
 New Search Features,
Developments, and Content  
 Greg R. Notess 
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Page 13 | 
| Index
to Advertisers | 
Page 63 |