Drug Trials–United States–Database
Invisible Web
New Database: Drug Trials Info from Acurian
From the announcement, “Drug Knowledge Center (DKC), a set of comprehensive databases providing accurate, consumer-friendly information about drugs in all stages of development. This new resource complements Acurian’s existing clinical trial listings from both the government and private sectors, the most extensive trial listings currently available online, and the site’s quality editorial content from sources like Johns Hopkins, The FDC Reports and Engel Publishing. Visitors to Acurian’s Drug Knowledge Center can search for medications currently being evaluated in U.S. clinical trials, as well as for drugs already available in the U.S.”
See Also: Direct to the Database

Stamps–Database–Canada
Invisible Web
New Database: Philatis, Canadian Postage Stamps
From the site, “This search engine provides documentary information on nearly 2,300 stamps released by Canada and British North America and approximately 35,000 individual descriptions of documents. It also allows on-line consultation of more than 5,000 digitized documents. The number of these documents is expected to increase regularly.”
See Also: Canadian Postal Archives

Government Contractors–United States–Lists and Rankings
Source: Government Executive
Top U.S. Government Contractors
Numerous lists and rankings available. They include:
Top 100 Defense Contractors
Top 100 Civilian Agency Contractors
Top Information Technology Contractors
Top Travel Vendors
Top Government Purchasers
Top Contract Categories

Business–Books
The Full-Text of Business Books, Search/Browse/Read Online for Free
From Ebrary.Inc. You will need to download a small app. To print, you’ll be charged a small fee. Content from Random House, McGraw-Hill, Pearson plc, Taylor & Francis, Cambridge University Press, MIT Press, Yale University Press, and others.

Professional Reading–Web Search (2 Articles)
Source: First Monday
“What Next for Internet Journals? Implications of the Trend Towards Paid Placement in Search Engines”
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“Can Navigational Assistance Improve Search Experience? A User Study”

Conference Report–Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
Source: Information Today
ACM and IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
Peter Jacso reports on the conference held June 24-28th in Roanoke, Va.

Full-Text Document Shelf (5 Items)
Demographics–Global
Politics
Source: CIA
Long-Term Global Demographic Trends: Reshaping the Geopolitical Landscape
100 pages .pdf
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Eletricity Industry–United States
Source: EIA
Electric Power Annual 2000 Volume I
70 pages .pdf
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Criminal Justice–United States
Jails–United States
Source: BJS
Census of Jails 1999
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Labor–International
Manufacturing–International
Source: BLS
International Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost
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Global Health
Source: GAO
Global Health: Challenges in Improving Infectious Disease Surveillance Systems
74 pages .pdf

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