Fast Facts
Ready Reference
Factbox, Fast Fact Lists From Reuters
Reuters is the compiler of these wonderful lists. The only drawback is with some of the web news providers having formatting problems with them. However, it’s nothing that some quick reformatting can’t fix. Reuters is available from many news sources including Yahoo, CBS Marketwatch, and Northern Light, and many fee-based vendors.
Here are a few Factbox lists. Grab them while you can!
–A Timeline of Major Developments in PCs
–Recent Major Computer Bugs, Viruses, and Worms
–Recent Layoffs of 1000 or More
–Players in the Electronic Trading Systems (U.S. Fixed-Income) Space
–Major Players in the Japanese Handheld PC Space
–Top 10 Largest Point Increases in the NASDAQ (as of 4/5/01)
–Past Pepsi Advertising Campaigns

Web Compilations–California–Statistics
Counting California
From a news release, “In the first release of the service, researchers and the public can discover and interact with current and historical census data, almanac-style statistics, county business data, and a range of education, crime, election, and demographic information from nearly a dozen different sources. Searching can be done by topic, geography, title, and data provider. The University of California’s California Digital Library developed and hosts Counting California with support from state and federal research grants.”
Direct to the Counting California site

Full-Text Resource Shelf (4 Items)
Stem Cell Research
Source: Congressional Research Service
Stem Cell Research (RL31015)
Note: This Congressional Research Service report (14 pages .pdf) was updated on 8/10/2001
It’s accessible by following these 3 steps:
1) Go to http://www.house.gov/shays/CRS/CRSProducts.htm
2) Select CRS Long Reports
3) Scroll To The Document
See Also: U.S. News Library Briefing Book, “The Science, Politics, and Ethics of Stem-Cell Research”
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Labor–Women–United States–Statistics
Source:BLS
Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2000
37 pages .pdf
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Science and Engineering–United States–Statisitcs
Source: NSF
Scientific and Engineering Research Facilities: 1999 (NSF 01-330)
From the site, “These tables provide data on the status of research facilities needed to conduct science and engineering (S&E) research at U.S.colleges, universities and nonprofit biomedical research institutions. Data on the amount, quality, adequacy and condition of S&E research space are presented for the year 1999. Data on the construction and repair/renovation of S&E research facilities and their costs are presented for the years 1998-2001. The historical tables present data for the years 1988-99.”
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Internet–Australia
Digital Divide–Australia
Source: Parliamentary Library (Australia)
A Digital Divide in Rural and Regional Australia?
Numerous stats about use of Net in Australia

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