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U.S. Government–Aid to States
U.S. Government–Funds
Source: U.S. Census
Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year 2000
Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2000
Summary and News Release

Energy–Outlook–International
Source: EIA
International Energy Outlook 2001
International energy projections through the year 2020

News Briefs–Canada
Health Policy–Canada
New Web Site: Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
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Virtual Libraries–Canada
“Government of Canada funds Web-based library information in a virtual environment”

The Web As A Business Intelligence Tool
“The Rise of Web Intelligence: How rumors, leaks, and news online have transformed the Internet’s impact on business.”
This article was written by Moreover CEO Nick Denton.

Info Industry–OneSource
OneSource Adds Euromonitor International and Standard & Poor’s Content

Federal Justice Statistics–Criminal–United States
Justice–Statistics–Databases–United States
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Two Items from the Federal Justice Statistics Center
District Statistics, 1994 – 1998
A new feature. “Annual Federal criminal case processing statistics for 94 judicial districts in the United States.”
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1999 Federal Justice Statistics
The data is now searchable via the database.

U.S. Courts–State & Federal–Summary Tools
InstaCase.Com
Genie Tyburski of The Virtual Chase alerts us to an excellent current awareness tool for court opinions in 11 state and federal jurisdictions. Summaries and links are provided for free. A fee-based alert tool is also available. InstaCase.Com covers:
US Supreme Court
Third Circuit
New Jersey Courts
Pennsylvania Courts
Virginia Courts
Maryland Courts
New York
California
Texas
Vermont
Delaware

Organ Donation–Statistics–United States
Organ Donation–Database
This is National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week in the U.S.
Key Resources for this Important Topic:
UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing)
UNOS Transplant Patient DataSource (Invisible Web Database with Statistics)
Addtional UNOS Statistical Data
From the Department of Health and Human Services
2000 Organ Donation Stats (Released Today) ||| OrganDonor.Gov Website

New From The Wall Street Journal
The WSJ recently launched a free site aimed at the entrepreneurial audience.
StartupJournal.Com

SLA Names European Special Librarian Of the Year
Congrats and Kudos to Our Friend and Colleague Annabel Colley.
Annabel works at the BBC in London.

Airline Industry–Financial Statistics–United States
Air Traffic–Statistics–United States
Air Traffic and Airline Financial Statistics: Updated with New Data
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Updated Air Traffic and Airline Financial Statistics site with new data for domestic, international, and overall system passenger service; ton miles; and operating finances.�Historical Data for 1954-1980 & 1981-2000 has also become available via the page.

Archives–Moving Images
The Internet Moving Images Archive is Now Online
From a recently received e-mail, “This noncommercial resource contains high-quality digitized versions of archival films available for free downloading and reuse. Never before available online, these “ephemeral” films document many aspects and events of 20th-century American culture and society, including media and media production, communication, technology, landscape, urban history, economics, political science, warfare, the New Deal, and many other areas. Most were originally released as advertising, educational, industrial, documentary, amateur or government films.
At present, over 800 out of a planned total of 1001 titles are available, all from Prelinger Archives. All may be downloaded and reused for free, with no restrictions other than that the films cannot be resold or licensed by anyone in their entirety or as stock footage. Our intention is that these titles should circulate freely as “open-source” content.
We encourage you to download this material for your own use and for the use of others. You may also wish to make videotape copies of these films for exhibition or reuse. We hope that easy access to these films will assist mediamakers, scholars, teachers, students, exhibitors and members of the general public in coming to terms with the complex and diverse audiovisual history of the 20th century. Further, we hope that easy access to a diverse collection of copyright- and restriction-free content will encourage more people to be moving image authors in their own right.”

Pulitzer Prizes–2001
Links to Pulitzer Prize 2001 Winning Material
I have created a simple page with links direct (1 to 2 clicks) to the material that was awarded Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism.

Manufacturing–Statistics–United States
“Keep Your Eye on the Factory Floor:
Why Manufacturing Data are So Closely Watched”
This Business Week article provides a good overview to manufacturing statistical data. The “Manufacturing Tip Sheets” table lists 4 reports and who compiles them.
Direct to These Reports:
Advance Report of Durable Goods Orders
Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
Purchasing Managers’ Index

Agriculture–Images–United States
History–Images–United States
USDA Historical Photos
From the Site, “Most of the photographs on display in this section were taken between 1937 and 1943 during the Farm Security Administration (FSA) era. The entire FSA collection of almost 300,000 pictures are housed at the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration. Included on these pages are other USDA photographs, some of which date back to the 1800s. Additional photos are planned to be added.”

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Employment–Scientists–United States
Employment–Engineers–United States
Doubling Up: A Profile of U.S. Scientists and Engineers Who Hold Second Jobs (NSF 01-322)
Source: National Science Foundation
From the site, “This issue brief presents employment and demographic characteristics of the 11.5% of the employed 1997 U.S. scientific and engineering labor force that held second jobs. The SESTAT database is used to examine the relationship between principal jobs and second jobs by occupational group, as well as several factors related to the decision to hold a second job.”
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High School–Statistics–United States
Higher Education–Statistics–United States
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
College Enrollment and Work Activity of High School Graduates
Several tables along with a full news release.

Health–Statistics–Database
Health–Invisible Web
Ambulatory Care Drug Database System
From the site, “This query system allows you to search for drugs mentioned in the NAMCS and NHAMCS by entry name, by generic name, and by ingredients. It can provide information on drug characteristics including therapeutic class, composition status, prescription status, and control status. It will also give data on frequencies of drug mentions in 1999.”

Database of the Day–Library Directory
Database of the Day–Invisible Web
Federal Depository Library Directory
From the site, “The Federal Depository Library Directory is the official GPO directory that includes information on all Federal depository libraries, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc. It is updated on this website on the first Friday of each month. It is possible to search the file for information about individual libraries, the number of depository libraries in a congressional district, types of libraries, and item selections.”

Online Research Tools
“E-Libraries Hoping to Profit From Term Paper Blues”
From the article, “With the development of electronic books, or e-books, still stymied by numerous roadblocks, a number of Internet companies are now starting to take a similar but different route. These firms are building digital collections of books, or e-libraries. But rather than offering fiction and other general works that users pay to download and read on pricey e-book devices, e-libraries are primarily collecting academic texts that readers can search and view via the Web on any PC.”
See Also: “ebrary Announces Strategic Content Agreement With Yale University Press“

Monday Morning News Briefs
Info Industry–Lexis-Nexis
Salon.Com Content Added to L-N News Files
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Info Industry–Bloomberg
All About Bloomberg and Michael Bloomberg in this Business Week cover story

Book Reviews–Nicholson Baker’s ‘Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper’
From the New York Times
Reviewed by David Gates
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From the Washington Post
Reviewed by Michael Dirda
From the 2nd Paragraph: “Not that libraries aren’t also the greatest cultural institutions of all time: They are — just as librarians are unsung heroes and saints.”
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See Also: “The Collector” an Interview with Nicholson Baker (New York Times, 4/15/01)

Business–CEO’s–Lecture Series
Streaming Media Content
Captain’s Of Industry Lecture Series
“A series of talks [12 lectures] at the 92nd Street Y in New York sponsored by Business Week and moderated by Stephen Shepard, Business Week’s editor-in-chief.” All lectures can be viewed via Real Player.
Participants:
Jeff Bezos–Founder & CEO of Amazon.com
Michael Dell–CEO of Dell Computer
Meg Whitman–CEO of eBay
Larry Ellison–CEO of Oracle
Gerald Levin–Chairman & CEO of Time Warner
Carly Fiorina–President & CEO of Hewlett Packard
Tim Koogle–Chairman, CEO & President of Yahoo!
Mel Karmazin–CEO, Board member and largest shareholder of CBS
Michael Bloomberg–Founder, Principal Owner, and CEO of Bloomberg LP
Edgar Bronfman Jr.–President and CEO of Seagram Co.
Steve Case–Chairman and CEO of America Online Inc.
John F. Welch Jr.–Chairman and CEO of General Electric Co.

Information Quality–Health
Medical Information–Internet Access
New Term of the Day: ‘Cyberchondria’
Source: BBC Online
“Doctors are being faced with a brand new condition – “cyberchondria” or “internet print out syndrome”. Patients are now using the internet to find out more about their illnesses, but often mis-diagnose symptoms or stumble across quack cures.”

Telephone Directories–White Pages–United States
WhitePages.Com “Enhances” Searchability
The usefulness and quality of each online phone directory varies greatly. WhitePages.Com obtains data from Acxiom.
What’s New?
Highlights from the announcement:
Enhanced Look-Up by Name Search — The new enhanced look-up by name search allows users to find contact information even if they do not know the correct or full spelling of the name of the individual they are looking for.
Enhanced Reverse Look-Up Search — The reverse look-up feature allows a user to obtain an address and name by either inputting an entire phone number or by simply inputting the first or last few digits. With the new enhanced reverse look-up search capabilities, searches can be narrowed down to apply to a certain area code and/or state, in order to avoid unnecessary and unwanted listings.
Look-up by Address — WhitePages.com is proud to announce that it is one of the first major online residential listings publishers to offer users the ability to find a name and/or phone number by allowing the user to input address`information only. Further, users can now search by street number range, which will provide contact information for residences located on a particular street or area.
Read The Complete Press Release.