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When
Image Is Everything:
Finding
and Using Graphics from the Web
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Want to know where
to go for images, how to find and download them, and the copyright issues
involved? Then focus in on this descriptive article by Nick Tomaiuolo and
you'll get the picture!
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The
Scholars' Rebellion Against Scholarly Publishing Practices
Grab your light
sabre and join Myer Kutz as he ventures into the battle that has cast scholars
against publishers, looking at the "Dark Side" of each argument and predicting
who "The Force" will be with in the coming months.
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The
Perfect Storm: Seybold San Francisco 2001 Conference Report
Linnea Christiani
looks at how well the publishing, design, and media technology communities
converged into one conference at Seybold 2001.
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44
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Keep
Me Posted...But Not Too Much: Challenges and Opportunities for STM Current-Awareness
Providers
Ulla de Stricker
strives for a happy medium between current awareness overload and keeping
on top of the information you — and your clients — need to know in the
sci-tech fields.
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My
Rules of Information
Marylaine Block
shares her seven "codified" rules for information professionals to live
by.
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61
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The
Web as Safety Net: Weather-Related Catastrophes and Other Natural Disasters
Natural disasters,
which run the gamut from hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and tsunamis to
fires, earthquakes, avalanches, and volcanoes, can strike at any time and
at any place. Barbie Keiser shows that thanks to the range of sources on
the Web, help may only be a mouse-click away.
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| COLUMNS
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Searcher's
Voice
As 2002 begins,
bq challenges all searchers that it's "Now or Never" because the time has
come to make Web lemons into lemonade or suffer the consequences, which
aren't too appealing.
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Internet
Express
When all hell
broke loose on September 11, the Internet held its own, not only providing
up-to-the-minute news and information, but helping people connect to each
other when the phone systems were overloaded or shut down. In this month's
column, Irene McDermott reviews the kinds of information related to September
11th that can be accessed via the Web.
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| DEPARTMENTS
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Best
Buys
Before you make
that hardware, software, or Internet service purchase, check out Best Buys.
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90
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Correspondence
A suggestion for
MEDLINE certification.
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91
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| Contacts
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