MORE 'ONLINE-RESEARCH-REFERENCE' POSTS
From a UK Web Archive Blog Post: Search results are now grouped by domain, making it easier to immediately see which websites contain references to the search term(s) and easily identifying the context in which the search term appears. For domain results we group URLs by date. This eliminates duplicate entries in results but still […]
Controlled Vocabularies: 17 New Terms Added to ERIC Thesaurus
| Academic Libraries, Interviews, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Resources, School Libraries
17 new terms (descriptors) were added to the ERIC Thesaurus today. Here’s the list. From the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center): Ambiguity (Context) Ambiguity (Semantics) Capacity Building Comorbidity Computer Games Critical Literacy English Language Learners Information Security Knowledge Economy Leadership Role Mixed Methods Research Naming Neoliberalism School Turnaround Semi Structured Interviews Structured Interviews Web 2.0 […]
A presentation by Kyusik Chung from Goodreads at the Booknet Canada Technology Forum that took place in Toronto a little over a month ago From the Program: Kyusik Chung, VP of Business Development at Goodreads and co-founder of Discovereads, takes us behind the scenes and explains how book recommendation engines work. Learn about the different […]
Library of Congress Releases New Online Collection of Rare Garden Images
| Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Resources
From the Announcement: The Library of Congress today is releasing online the digital images of a rare collection of more than 1,000 hand-colored, glass-plate lantern slides of American gardens taken a century ago by one of the first professional female photographers to achieve international prominence, Frances Benjamin Johnston. A selection of 250 color images can […]
EBSCO (in Conjunction With ATLA) Adds New Database to Historic Digital Archive Collection
| Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, EBSCO, Libraries, Reports, Resources
From the Announcement: EBSCO has released the latest database in its Historic Digital Archive Collection, The African American Historical Serials Collection. Developed in conjunction with the American Theological Library Association (ATLA), this digital collection includes African American periodicals, annuals and reports published from 1829-1922 including materials from African American religious organizations and social service agencies. […]
From an LC Blog Post by Erin Allen: The Library’s main web search function has been improved. A new feature allows users to narrow their search results by language and location. In addition, the homepage and search-results pages have updated search boxes that allow users to refine their search by format, such as books, photos […]
Reference: New Interactive Resource: Financial Aid Comparison Shopper (Beta)
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Resources, School Libraries
New from the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (A U.S. Government Organization). From the CPFB Blog: We want to find a way to make it easier to compare different options when making decisions on student debt. There is a lot of data out there on schools and loans, and we thought we’d try to get the […]
From the U.S. Courts Web Site: Fiscal year 2011 was the busiest ever for the federal judiciary’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system, and this fiscal year continues that trend. In the first four months of FY 2012, the PACER Service Center responded to about 60,000 telephone calls and 15,000 emails. In addition, […]
The World Bank Announces Open Access Policy, CC Licensing, and Launches Open Knowledge Repository
| Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Journal Articles, Open Access, Publishing, Reports
From The World Bank: [Yesterday,] The World Bank announced that it will implement a new Open Access policy for its research outputs and knowledge products, effective July 1, 2012. The new policy builds on recent efforts to increase access to information at the World Bank and to make its research as widely available as possible. As […]
Here’s yet another example for your growing list of things you can do with Wolfram|Alpha, the superb and always expanding reference and ready reference tool. From a Wolfram|Alpha Blog Post: For hundreds of years, scholars have carefully studied the plays of Shakespeare, breaking down the language and carefully dissecting every act and scene. We thought […]
