Small Business–U.S.–Lists and Rankings
Source: Fortune Small Business
The FSB 100
From the article, “…America’s fastest-growing small public companies, based on revenue growth, earnings growth and stock return.”
Direct to the FSB 100 List

Archives–U.K.
Invisible Web
Archives Hub
From the site, “The Archives Hub provides a single point of access to descriptions of archives held in UK universities and colleges. At present these are primarily at collection-level, although where possible they are linked to complete catalogue descriptions.”

Librarians In the News
Tasini Case
Source: Wired News
“Post-Tasini: Pity the Librarians”
The deletion process begins and quality research becomes more difficult.

Web Search–Vivisimo
Meta-Search Tools
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
All About Vivisimo!
Read all about the Carnegie-Mellon research team that developed this search tool.

Web Search–Google
Source: Financial Review
Google Grows in Popularity with Australian Searchers

Full-Text Document Shelf (2 Items)
2 New Reports from the U.S. Census
America’s Families and Living Arrangements: March 2000.
Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text Document
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The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 2000
Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text Document

Canadian Resource Shelf
Source: Health Canada
New Edition: 2001 Seniors Guide to Federal Programs and Services

Ready Reference–Glossaries
Glossary Agent
From the site, “Glossary Agent� is an ever-expanding, unique compilation of links to online monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual glossaries of interest to professionals in insurance, reinsurance, risk management, employee benefits, healthcare, and related fields such as law and financial services.”

E-Reference
NPR Features Report on Cleveland Public Library’s KnowItNow Service
Listen to this Report (RealAudio)
The NPR synopsis reads, “David Barnett of member station WCPN reports from Cleveland, where the public library is offering a new online service featuring real-live librarians to answer questions — it’s an antidote to the often incorrect and poorly organized facts provided by automated Internet searches. The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week from the library’s Web page.”
Learn More About KnowItNow
Thanks to HT for the tip.

Science
Invisible Web
Source: Nature
Is the PubScience Database About To Disappear?
Lead of the Declan Butler article, “A powerful congressional committee has passed a budget bill which, if enacted, could close down PubScience, a free search service for the physical sciences literature, operated by the US Department of Energy (DoE).”
See Also: A Nature Editorial, “Defending Tax-Funded Navigation”

Criminal Justice–United States
Updated Resource: Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online The Sourcebook now includes spreadsheet versions (.xls) of most tables.
Direct to a List of Tables and Figures

Aviation–United States
NTSB Adds New Feature to Site
From the news release, “The National Transportation Safety Board has added a new feature to its web site that gives notice of pending releases of probable cause briefs of general aviation accidents. The new feature debuted this week.”

Canadian Resource Shelf
Wealth–Lists and Rankings
Source: National Post Business
40 Richest Canadians Under 40

Documents in the News
Traffic Safety–U.S.–Lists and Rankings
Traffic Safety–Canada–Lists and Rankings
Source: State Farm Insurance
Most Dangerous Intersections in the U.S. and Canada-2001
Top 10 Most Dangerous (U.S. Only)
||| Top 10 Dangerous by State/Province
See Also: Additional Material

Education–Academic Freedom
New Web Resource: NEAR (Network For Education and Academic Rights)
This organization was just launched. It is sponsored by UNESCO. The site features background on the organization, alerts about recent incidents, and links to related resources.

Professional Reading
Archives–Australia
Government Information
Learn About the PANDORA Archive at the National Library of Australia
From the paper, “The National Library of Australia maintains PANDORA, an archive of selected, significant Australian web sites and web-based online publications. The purpose of PANDORA is to ensure that Australians of the future will be able to access a significant component of today�s Australian web based information resources.”

Energy–Global–Statistics
Source: BP
New Edition Now Available: The Statistical Review of World Energy 2001
This is the 50th Edition of this publication.
NOTE: This year BP has also published The Statistical Review of US Energy 2001

Electronic Resources–Bibliography
Just Updated, 7/01:
Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
& Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography
Kudos once again to Marian Dworaczek for compiling and maintaining these important resources. From an email alert, “The page-specific “Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information” and the accompanying “Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography” (listing all indexed items) deal with all aspects of electronic publishing and include print and non-print materials,
periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected works. This edition includes approx. 1,400 titles. Both the Index and the Bibliography are continuously updated.”

Venture Capital–United States–Lists and Rankings
IPO’s–United States–Lists and Rankings
Investment Banking–United States–Lists and Rankings
Source: Red Herring
The Top 25 VC Firms of 2000
The Top 25 IPOs of 2000
The Top 25 Investment Banks of 2000

Web Search–AltaVista
AV Joins the Fee-Based Crawling Club
First Inktomi. Then Fast. Today, AltaVista (with Infospider) joins the fee-based crawling party. Say hello to Express Inclusion. From the press release, “…submit from one to 500 URLs in a single batch. Once these URLs are included in the AltaVista index, they will be refreshed weekly.” Pricing is determined the by amount of urls crawled. The first url is $39 for 6 months.
Direct to the AV Express Inclusion page.

Census 2000–U.S.
Demographics–U.S.
Additional Summary File 1 (Detailed Demographic Info, by State) Now Available
Reports for:
Alabama
Kansas
Missouri
New York
Ohio

Canadian Resource Shelf
E-Business
New Portal: E.biz Enable
From the site, “Industry Canada�s e-business portal. ebiz.enable consolidates the information you need to make key e-business decisions.”

Medical Schools–Global–Directories
Source: World Health Organization
Full-Text of World Directory of Medical Schools (7th ed.) Available on Web
Distributed in in several .pdf files. Schools are listed by country with basic directory info provided. Some additional info (ie. licensing, stats) are provided.

Copyright–Databases
“Supreme Court Rules for Freelance Writers in Tasini Appeal”
Marydee Ojala, the editor of Online and an Editor-at-Large at EContent has posted a commentary about yesterday’s Supreme Court decision. The article also contains comments from several publishers and attorneys. A must read!
See Also: ALA/ARL Statement on Decision

Web Search–Google
Google Debuts Beta of “Image Search”
According to the FAQ the database currently contains about 150,000,000 images. Access to Image Search is avaiable via a special interface box on the advanced search page or on the Google Image Search page. Images can be limited to type by using filetype: (an image filetype extension (.gif, jpeg, jpg, etc.)) This syntax can be combined with other Google syntax. From the FAQ, “Google analyzes the text on the page adjacent to the image, the image caption and dozens of other factors to determine the image content.” Direct to the FAQ
Additional Details via Search Day

Info Industry–Dialog
News Release: “Dialog Announces New Pricing Initiatives”
Analysis: Barbara Quint provides a Complete Analysis via an Information Today NewsBreak
The lead of the news release, “Dialog, a leading provider of online-based information services and a subsidiary of The Thomson Corporation (TSE:TOC), announced today the first in a series of new pricing initiatives to be rolled out during the next two years in which Dialog will develop and implement new pricing programs and options across all three product lines - Dialog�, Profound� and DataStar.”
Highlights:
*Revision in DialUnit Structure
*Connect Time Pricing
*Simplified Contracts

Web Search–FirstGov.Gov
FirstGov.Gov Adds State Pages to Database
Pages from individual States have been added to the FirstGov database. The main FirstGov page allows users to select either Federal, State, or both types of material. The advanced interface allows limiting to a particular State. Also, new to the advanced interface is the ability to limit by domain. Hopefully, this upgrade to FirstGov along with others (the advanced interface needs to be clearer) will make for a more effective tool for searching U.S. Federal and U.S. State material. More later.
Direct to the Advanced Interface of FirstGov.Gov
Updated 6/27 “FirstGov Expands to States” via Federal Computer Week

Web Search
Source: Wall Street Journal
“New Search Technology May Not be Able to Read Your Mind, but It’s Getting Closer”
Kudos to Craig Landy for making sharing this important message. From the article, “All that said, there are issues standing in the way of a perfect search engine that may never be resolved. Problems like relevancy have come a long way in the past six years, says Craig Landy, director of SearchEngines.com, a Chicago-based industry-watch group. But one thing that hasn’t improved, he says, is credibility of information. “It’s easy to know if a document is relevant,” he says. “But it’s hard to know if it is accurate, viable information.”

UK Document Shelf
Source: House of Commons Library
Research Report (01/56): Animal Experiments
(46 pages)

Full-Text Document Shelf/Docs in the News (5 Items)
Athletics–College
Source: Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education
27 page .pdf
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Economics–Global
Antidumping
Source: CBO
Antidumping Action in the United States and Around the World
144 page .pdf
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Stalking
Domestic Violence
Source: NCJRS
Stalking and Domestic Violence: Report to Congress
117 pages .pdf
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Community Safety
Source: NCJRS
Role of Local Government in Community Safety
65 pages .pdf
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Health Statistics
Source: National Center for Health Statistics
“Mortality Declines for Several Leading Causes of Death in 1999″
Summary ||| Full-Text Report

Copyright–Databases
Decision: NY Times v Tasini, Electronic Databases Not the Same As Print
From the article, “The court ruled 7-2 that compilation in an electronic database is different from other kinds of archival or library storage of material that once appeared in print. That means that copyright laws require big media companies such as The New York Times to get free-lancers’ permission before posting their work online.”
Read the Full-Text of the Opinions
See Also: “High Court to Publishers: Pay for Electronic Use”

Web Search–Google
Source: BBC
Google About To Go Public?
From the article, “Google, the internet search engine, is looking to brave the choppy equity markets with a flotation, according to the Sunday Business newspaper. Analysts estimate that a float would value the company at $250m. The Sunday Business reports that founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are considering taking the company public before the end of the year.” “The odds are that we will go public,” Mr Brin told the newspaper.”
Full Text of Sunday Business Story
UPDATE 6/25 9:25 PM
“Google Denies Press Report”
Source: Silicon.Com

Health–HIV/AIDS
UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS Begins Today
Date: 6/25/01-6/27/01
Direct Links via Special Session Home Page
*Official Conference Site
*Key Documents
*LIVE Webcast Coverage
*Additional HIV/AIDS Resources via UN Dag Hammarskj�ld Library
See Also:
*Various Full-Text Reports/Statistics via World Bank “AIDS Economics” Resource
*Primary UN HIV/AIDS Web Site
*Epidemic Update (including Fact Sheets by Country)

Employment–Minorities–United States–Lists and Rankings
Source: Fortune
Best Companies for Minorities
Direct to Top 5 By Minority Group
Direct to Top 5 in Key Area

Scientific Information–Databases
Invisible Web
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
“Learning to Swim in the Rising Tide of Scientific Data”
From the article, “Using information stored in the databases has saved scientists a vast amount of time and effort, and what’s more, it has allowed them to answer big-picture questions that seemed unapproachable just a few years ago.”

Canada Resource Shelf (3 Items)
Searchable Database–Government Employees Directory (GED)
Invisible Web
GED Web Site Redesigned
Direct to Search Interface
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Historical Objects–Database
Artefacts Canada
More than 2300 new images have been added to the database. From the site, “Artefacts Canada, previously known as the National Inventories, provides access to information on millions of museum objects, natural history specimens and archaeological sites. These records, contributed by museums and heritage organizations across Canada, have been assembled into three groups.”
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Copyright–Reform–Canada
Source: Newsbytes
“Canada Tackles Copyright Laws For Digital Age”
See Also: Copyright Reform Process (Links to Several Full-Text Documents)

Education–Directories
Searchable Directories
Gateway to Educational Materials–Beta
From the Access ERIC Update, “The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) is previewing their redesigned Web site. New capabilities include an option on the search screen to select a subject from the GEM-controlled vocabulary and to limit a search to resources that are free of charge. The new site is still undergoing testing and is not fully operational; before getting started, please read more about it.” Read more about the preview.

Full-Text Document Shelf
Selected New or Recently Updated
Congressional Research (CRS) Service Materials
via Federation of American Scientists
& National Council for Science and the Environment
Intelligence Issues for Congress (IB10012)
Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy (IB95112)
Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment (95-815)
Endangered Species: Difficult Choices
Environmental Protection Issues in the 107th Congress
Energy Policy: Setting the Stage for the Current Debate
Protecting Natural Resources and Managing Growth: Issues in the 107th Congress (IB10015)
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California Electricity Situation–Overview & Timeline
Source: Congressional Research Service
California Overview
California Timeline
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Crime–Victims
Source: BJS
Injuries from Violent Crime, 1992-98
Summary, Full-Text, and Spreadsheets

Business–Intelligence–Worldwide
ebusinessforum.com
This very impressive compilation (updated daily) is a source of, “global business intelligence for the digital age”. The site is compiled and features content from the respected Economist Intelligence Unit. The “doing business in…” section is an excellent guide to basic e-business statistics for many countries.

Election Results–U.K.
Source: House of Commons Library
General Election results, 7 June 2001
A 93 page .pdf document

Higher Education–U.K.–Lists and Rankings
Higher Education–U.S.–Lists and Rankings
Higher Education–Canada–Lists and Rankings
Higher Education–Germany–Lists and Rankings
Source: The Guardian
EducationGuardian’s University Guide
From the site, “EducationGuardian.co.uk’s interactive guide to universities and colleges covers some 60,000 vital statistics on 150 higher education institutions…exclusive international research rankings for universities and research centres in the UK,USA, Canada and Germany by viewing the university guide.”
Additional Resources: Direct to World University Research Tables
…”exclusive series of studies identifies the top research institutions worldwide in seven major fields of research in the natural and social sciences.”

Academic Libraries–Statistics–U.S.
Source: NCES
Academic Library Peer Comparison Tool
From the NCES site, “he NCES Library Statistics Program has just released its new Academic Library Peer Comparison Tool. Using fiscal year 1998 data, the Academic Library Peer Comparison Tool allows users to get information on any of the approximately 3,600 academic libraries in the U.S., or to customize a peer group by selecting variables so you can define them. The user can then view customized reports of the comparison between the library of interest and its peers, on a variety of variables as chosen by the user.

Professional Reading
The New Issue of Ariadne (Issue 28) is Online
Many interesting articles in this U.K. based e-journal. Here are the titles of a few articles in this issue:
“Personalization of Web Services: Opportunities and Challenges”
“The Management of Content: Universities and the Electronic Publishing Revolution”
“Supporting Material for Database Training � or �Here�s One I Prepared Earlier�

Encyclopedias–Encyclopaedia Britannica
Print Resources
Source: LJ
“Encyclopaedia Britannica Releasing Revision”From the article, “Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. has announced a full revision of its venerable 32-volume resource for release this fall.”

Full-Text Document Shelf/Documents in the News (1 Item)
Petroleum–Statistics
Source: EIA
Petroleum Supply Annual 2000
Volume 1 ||| Volume 2

Web Search–Pay for Placement
Source: eCompany Now
“Searching for Reliable Information”
From the article, “Web search engines are a critical business research tool. Too bad so many have sold out to advertisers.”
Thanks to S.K. for the suggestion.