Demographic Data–American FactFinder (U.S. Census)
Invisible Web
Massive Amounts of New Content Added to American FactFinder Database
Quite a busy period. Although some of this material may be available elsewhere on the Web, AFF puts everything in one searchable location and adds a wonderous amount of utility to it. For example, most of these data sets allow you to customize, while online, the sort and display of the data to fit your needs. Invisible Web? Absolutely! While the top-level pages in AFF can be found via a general search engine (Excite, AltaVista, Google) the data that resides below these pages cannot be accessed. You need to use AFF to get at this treasure chest of material. At this address, you can access and manipulate available Census 2000 information for any U.S. address.

Digitization Projects
Olive Software, British Library, Oxford and OCLC Cooperate to Put Printed Treasures Online
Although this news release is a few months old, I still think you will find it of interest. Make sure to give the demo a whirl. From the press release, “An international team including the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University, the Malibu Project (Oxford, King�s College, London, and Southampton University), the British Library Newspaper Library, OCLC Preservation Resources (the only organization in the U.S. devoted exclusively to providing high-quality preservation reformatting services to the library, archival, and preservation community), and Olive Software Inc., has been working together to produce an online facsimile library of historic newspapers and documents.”

Web Search Industry
Source: Online Journalism Review
Search Engines and Editorial Integrity
From the article, “Many of us in the new media industry have watched in despair during the past few months as several major search engines have abandoned all pretense at editorial integrity by adopting deceptive, misleading advertising practices at the expense of their users.”

Full-Text Document Shelf (3 Items)
Source: NHTSA
Replacement Tire Report
From the news release, “The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that it has completed its review of 11 different models/sizes of tires that were designated by Ford Motor Company as replacements for Firestone Wilderness AT tires on Ford vehicles.”
News Release ||| Sumary of Document (Full-Text Not Yet Available)
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Higher Education
R&D–United States–Statistics
Source: National Science Foundation
Academic Research and Development Expenditures: Fiscal Year 1999
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National Parks–Canada–Statistics
National Historic Sites–Canada–Statistics
Table of Visitor Statistics From Selected National Parks and National Historic Sites
6 pages .pdf

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