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January 18, 2005HighBeam Goes Free For A WeekHighBeam Research has announced that their online research service will be free for a week -- from January 24 to January 28 -- to celebrate the first anniversary of the...Read the rest of entry "HighBeam Goes Free For A Week " here. January 05, 2005GuruNet Launches New Service, Answers.comGuruNet corporation, heretofore known for software that allowed one-click reference information from the desktop, is now offering Answers.com, which will provide instant reference information. Answers.com strangely enough is available at...Read the rest of entry "GuruNet Launches New Service, Answers.com" here. December 14, 2004Version 56 of Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography AvailableIt's up to version 56! It's the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography and it now contains information on over 2,275 articles, books, and other sources related to scholarly electronic publishing efforts...Read the rest of entry "Version 56 of Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Available " here. July 27, 2004Passing Notes Offers Weblog and Site DirectoryI'm seeing more of these hybrid sites. It used to be that I could review a directory OR search engine OR database OR whatever, but now they're more blending together...Read the rest of entry "Passing Notes Offers Weblog and Site Directory " here. July 15, 2004Version 54 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing BibliographyCharles Bailey has rolled out version 54 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, featuring over 2150 articles, books, and other items related to scholarly electronic publishing online. In lovely HTML...Read the rest of entry "Version 54 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography " here. July 13, 2004Updated Copyright ChartPeter Hirtle has a copyright chart available at http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm. Not only does it cover US copyright but also copyright information for the US about books published in other countries. Also...May 13, 2004The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Hits Version 53The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is up to version 53 and now features over 2100 articles, books, and other resources related to scholarly electronic publishing on the Internet. The HTML...Read the rest of entry "The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Hits Version 53" here. April 19, 2004Xrefer Offers Free Xreferplus Access During National Library Weekxrefer has announced that they're offering free access tot heir xreferplus ready reference service during National Library Week (April 18-24.) This is access for libraries only; you can get more...Read the rest of entry "Xrefer Offers Free Xreferplus Access During National Library Week " here. April 14, 2004Thomson Gale Offers Two Dozen Reference Databases for Free Next WeekNext week is National Library Week and Thomson Gale is ready to GET DOWN AND PARTY! Well, they're ready to get down and offer access to over two dozen reference...Read the rest of entry "Thomson Gale Offers Two Dozen Reference Databases for Free Next Week" here. December 29, 2003A Free ISBN DatabaseThis is still in development, but I think it's an awesome idea. The Free ISBN database has some information in it, though it's still in development. You can browse what's...November 21, 2003GIGA for Quotes and FolksIf you're looking for over 50,000 quotes, biographical information on over 8,000 people, and a reading list of over 3,000 books, than you're looking for GIGA at http://www.giga-usa.com/ . There's...November 20, 2003Bartleby Adds The New Dictionary of Cultural LiteracyBartleby.com has added "The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy," featuring over 6,900 entries, to its site at http://www.bartleby.com/59/ . You can search through the dictionary by category (from The Bible...Read the rest of entry "Bartleby Adds The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy" here. November 06, 2003Events ListingsGary Price, he of the awesome ResourceShelf, has a list of upcoming event lists available at his Web log: http://tinyurl.com/prvn . Categories of events include news planning, government and politics,...November 03, 2003Stored Data Doubles in Three YearsYou might have seen this story making its way around the Internet last week. On one hand, it's kind of hard to believe but on the other hand, considering the...Read the rest of entry "Stored Data Doubles in Three Years " here. March 05, 2003Etymology DictionaryOne of the interesting things I learned at http://www.etymonline.com/ is that when the word "access" first turned up in the 1300s it meant "an attack of fever." Seven centuries...February 03, 2003Resources for the Columbia DisasterI normally don't provide events-based information/coverage, but with Columbia I feel compelled to make an exception. Some places you can get information/background on the Columbia disaster: NASA Human Spaceflight...Read the rest of entry "Resources for the Columbia Disaster" here. January 07, 2003Net-Happenings Is Back! (Again!)SACK-MANN! Nananananananana SACK-MANN! Yup, Gleason Sackmann is back with Net-Happenings, the mailing list that keeps you up to date with new resources around the Web. This time the mailing...Read the rest of entry "Net-Happenings Is Back! (Again!)" here. November 13, 2002Who's Who And What's WhatThe Marquis Who's Who is now available online at http://search.marquiswhoswho.com . This database contains over a million profiles, with more added daily. It's a paid service. Once you've logged in,...August 14, 2002Who's Who Coming to CyberspaceMarquis Who's Who announced yesterday has announced its intention to make its database of over a million biographies available online at http://www.marquiswhoswho.com . (Currently that site contains information about the...Read the rest of entry "Who's Who Coming to Cyberspace" here. July 29, 2002NoodleBib 3.0 Launches in BetaNoodleBib 3.0 launched in Beta on July 22, and will be available free as a beta product until the end of August. NoodleBib is available at http://www.noodletools.com/members/noodlebib3 ; you'll need...Read the rest of entry "NoodleBib 3.0 Launches in Beta" here. July 22, 2002Newswise Offers Directory of ExpertsNewswise, an online clearinghouse for scientific, medical, liberal arts and business news, has created a searchable directory of experts at http://www.newswise.com/ncd/ . The site is searchable by several different variables,...Read the rest of entry "Newswise Offers Directory of Experts" here. June 27, 2002What's in a Name?The next time you are asked what's in a name, just refer the asker to this site at http://www.behindthename.com/ . It includes English, Spanish, African, Italian names and more. There...June 24, 2002New Version of The Scholarly Electronic Publishing BibliographyVersion 43 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography. This source includes information on over 1,600 articles, books, and other sources that deal with scholarly electronic publishing efforts online. It's available...Read the rest of entry "New Version of The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography" here. April 03, 2002iTools for Ready ReferenceIf you liked Research-It! you might want to check out its replacement, iTools, at http://www.itools.com/ . iTools is a ready-reference site with several search forms. The front page has several...March 19, 2002Merriam-Webster Launches Reference ServiceMerriam-Webster has announced a paid reference service at http://www.merriam-websterunabridged.com/ . The centerpiece of this service, as you might expect, is Webster's Third New International Dictionary with over 470,000 entries. Also...Read the rest of entry "Merriam-Webster Launches Reference Service" here. April 17, 2001ebrary Makes Agreement With YaleResearch/reference site ebrary ( http://www.ebrary.com/ ; it's not available yet) has announced an agreement with Yale University Press. Yale University Press will make its collections available through ebrary.com. ebrary's concept...Read the rest of entry "ebrary Makes Agreement With Yale" here. March 29, 2001Infonautics to Merge With TucowsInfonautics ( http://www.infonautics.com/ ), known to searchers for their Company Sleuth, Job Sleuth, and Entertainment Sleuth web sites, announced yesterday a merger with Tucows ( http://www.tucows.com/ ), best known (to...Read the rest of entry "Infonautics to Merge With Tucows" here. March 26, 2001Reference Book DatabaseThe Bloomsbury Research Centre (http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/ARC/Arc_home.asp ) is a free online database of reference books (that Bloomsbury publishes) with over 17,000 entries. Resources include the Dictionary of English Literature, Biographical Quotations,...March 12, 2001Carole Leita Educates ResearchBuzzAfter last week's ResearchBuzz came out, I got not-one-but-two e-mails from Carole Leita, maintainer of the most excellent and recommended Librarian's Index to the Internet: http://www.lii.org/ . She had a...Read the rest of entry "Carole Leita Educates ResearchBuzz" here. January 31, 2001Xrefer.com Gets Jazzy With ItReference engine xrefer.com has added The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz to its search resources at http://www.xrefer.com/ . The new resource has over 4,500 articles covering composers, bands, arrangers, instruments,...Read the rest of entry "Xrefer.com Gets Jazzy With It" here. December 18, 2000More Fun Than a Barrel of Boolean Expressions... okay, that wasn't a cliché. But you can get a huge pile of cliches at the Cliché Site ( http://www.clichesite.com/index.as p ). The site allows you to search and...Read the rest of entry "More Fun Than a Barrel of Boolean Expressions" here. Scout Report Launches New ArchivesThe Scout Report, long enjoyed as one of my favorite resources for Web sites (especially academically-oriented and scientific ones) has launched the Scout Report Archives. The archives are accessible at...Read the rest of entry "Scout Report Launches New Archives" here. December 11, 2000xrefer to add Houghton Mifflin Content in JanuaryReference engine xrefer ( http://www.xrefer.com ) has entered a content partnership with Houghton Mifflin. January will see several new items added to the xrefer engine, including the American Heritage Concise...Read the rest of entry "xrefer to add Houghton Mifflin Content in January" here. November 29, 2000FactMonster LaunchedThe Learning Network has launched FactMonster, a new reference engine for kids at http://www.factmonster.com . The service has a bright design and several cross-searchable resources, including an encyclopedia, almanac, and...November 16, 2000Britannica.com Cutting Staff, Developing New ResourceA story from CNET reports ( href="http://news.cn et.com/news/0-1005-200-3708457.html ) that Britannica.com is cutting its staff by 16 percent. The interesting part of this story, though, is the news that Britannica...Read the rest of entry "Britannica.com Cutting Staff, Developing New Resource" here. August 29, 2000New Spot Available for Homework HelpThe folks behind LibrarySpot have now launched HomeworkSpot ( http://homeworkspot.com/ ) for kids needing online help with their homework. There doesn't appear to be a search engine for this site,...Read the rest of entry "New Spot Available for Homework Help" here. June 02, 2000Spell Check Your Searches Before You Submit ThemSearchSpell ( http://www.searchspell.com/) will spell-check your queries before you submit them to an engine. Once checked, it'll provide you with possible spellings and also provide you with filled in...Read the rest of entry "Spell Check Your Searches Before You Submit Them" here. May 11, 2000Bartleby Gets Shakin'Bartleby ( http://www.bartleby.com) announced yesterday that they'd placed the 1350-page Oxford Shakespeare on their site. The searchable material, which you can find at http://www.bartleby.com/people/Shakespe.html, includes 37 plays, 154 sonnets and...March 21, 2000Bartleby Adds Reference WorksBartleby.com ( http://www.bartleby.com ) announced yesterday the addition of several online reference works to their Web site (which has brought to you the Fanny Farmer Cookbook among other things.)...Read the rest of entry "Bartleby Adds Reference Works" here. December 29, 1999shhhhhh, Cliff Notes Available OnlineOh boy. The English teachers who read ResearchBuzz may get a little mad at me for this. Cliffs Notes are now available online at http://www.cliffsnotes.com . Yup, you can now...Read the rest of entry "shhhhhh, Cliff Notes Available Online" here. December 05, 1999Bartleby Publishes Emily Post's "Etiquette"Bartleby.com has published the 627-page first edition of Emily Post's "Etiquette." It's at http://www.bartleby.com/95/ . This is the 1922 edition. I can't remember if this is the version that Dorothy...Read the rest of entry "Bartleby Publishes Emily Post's "Etiquette"" here. August 20, 1998Switchboard Introduces Neighborhood ServicesSwitchboard ( http://www.switchboard.com ) has announced its neighborhood service. When you look up a person in Switchboard, you're presented with their name and address (of course), but also with information...Read the rest of entry "Switchboard Introduces Neighborhood Services" here. August 19, 1998Web Site You Should Know AboutWeb Site You Should Know About: There's an excellent library-oriented ready reference Web page available at http://www.ithaca.edu/library/htmls/readyref.html ....Read the rest of entry "Web Site You Should Know About" here. |
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