| FEATURES |
Power
Searching Strategies for Success
Amelia Kassel
provides pointers for those new to the profession on how to use the Web
and commercial databases to get the best information possible for clients.
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36 |
The
Dotcom Directory: A Work in Progress
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Cecilia Preston
reviews the Dotcom Directory portal, loosely based on Network Solutions'
database of registered domain names, to see if it's a boon or bust search
tool.
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Online
at London Online
A smoke-filled
exhibit hall can't dull the senses of Marydee Ojala, who critiques this
annual international conference with her usual wit and wisdom.
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59 |
Dot-Lib
for Libraries — Can It Happen? Ask ICANN
Wallace Koehler
looks at the possibility of the library community securing its own, exclusive
generic top-level domain (gTLD) name.
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| COLUMNS |
Searcher's
Voice
Think that the
increasing dot-com burnout doesn't affect searchers? Think again, says
bq.
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6 |
Internet
Express
Irene McDermott
says that keeping track of the ever-changing Internet can be easier when
utilizing the Web's abundance of current-awareness services.
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The
Sidebar
In
Searcher's
continuing series on "Dangerous Data," Carol Ebbinghouse suggests recourse
options available to searchers who have been burned by cyberspace misinformation.
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20
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Leading
Libraries
Doris Helfer tries
out Questia, which bills itself as the first online subscription-based
full-text text book service for undergraduate college students.
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31 |
The
Better Mousetrap
Nancy Lambert
shows searchers how to get the best of both worlds by combining command-driven
patent searching with the capabilities of Internet patent services such
as DialogWeb, QWEB, STNWeb, and STN Express with Discover.
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48 |
Tools
of the Trade
Dave Rensberger,
who knows way too much about collecting "stuff," gives his personal take
on PDAs.
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56 |
| DEPARTMENTS |
| Best Buys |
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68 |
| Contacts |
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| Index
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