| FEATURES
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Weather,
Climate, and Global Warming: A Web Review [Resource
Links]
Where to turn
for up-to-the minute, accurate forecasts about short-term and long-term
weather? Barbie Keiser tells you where the best weather sites are
on the Web, whether you're traveling to work, heading on vacation, or want
information about global issues such as climate control, El Niño,
and the greenhouse effect.
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28
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Digital
Government: Digital Tools for the Electronic Dissemination of Government
Information
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Laura Gordon-Murnane
reviews FirstGov.gov and American FactFinder, two tools designed to provide
access to a wide range of government information now available electronically.
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The
Third Wave of the Information Age:
Internet
Librarian Conference, November 2001
Didn't make it
to Pasadena this past November? Irene McDermott highlights a handful
of the speakers and topics from the fifth annual Internet Librarian conference,
including Roy Tennant's session on XML and Eric Shaffer's on Web page usability.
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| COLUMNS
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Searcher's
Voice
What bq has to
say this month truly "Googles" the mind.
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6
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The
Sidebar
Searcher's
legal eagle Carol Ebbinghouse tackles the sticky issue of private control
of public regulations, the crux of the pending
Veeck v. Southern Building
Code Congress International case.
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10
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Behind
the Screen
Richard Wiggins
compares two new apps that attempt to combine high efficiency with the
human touch: Quiver, Inc., designed for enterprise document organization,
and DolphinSearch, which takes on the task of intranet content management.
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Leading
Libraries
Doris Helfer explores
the strategy laid out by OCLC to transform its WorldCat bibliographic database
and online union catalog into a globally networked information resource.
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The
Better Mousetrap
Nancy Lambert
takes a look at Questel•Orbit's release of version 3 of QPAT, its Internet-based
patent search service, to see just how revamped it really is.
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Tools
of the Trade
Is Dave Rensberger
successful in finding an audio tool powerful enough to help him transcribe
his mounting collection of old time radio shows? Only The Shadow
knows....
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| DEPARTMENTS
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Correspondence
Another view about
"The Blame Game."
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| Contacts
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| Index
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