Web Search
Excite Results No Longer from Excite’s Own Database
After a few weeks of continuing to provide its own results, it appears that Excite.Com is now serving results from Overture’s paid-inclusion database (supplemented with Inktomi content). At the bottom the page is the option to try “Excite Metasearch” which provides Dopgpile results. The Excite directory now serves ODP (Open Directory Project) results. So, it looks as if the switchover has begun and time to say so long to the Excite crawled database. Results at other Excite sites may vary.
See Also: “Excite.com Spared from Extinction” (via SearchDay)
See Also: Excite UK to Shut Down

Archives–Canada
A New Project from the National Archives of Canada, “Accessible Archives”
From the site, “The National Archives of Canada has embarked on a new project�Accessible Archives�which looks ahead to the services we will be offering in the near future. Our objective is to serve Canadians better by making the holdings of the National Archives more accessible to them.”

New, Updated, & Newly Discovered Resources (4 Items)
Information–Credibility
Web Credibility Project @ Stanford
From the site, Our goal is to understand what leads people to believe what they find on the Web. We hope this knowledge will enhance Web site design and promote future research on Web credibility.” Makre sure to take a look at this paper/study, “What Makes A Web Site Credible?”. It’s available in full-text. Thanks to Tom Mighell, editor of the Internet Legal Research Weekly, for pointing this one out.
See Also: Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet
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Crime–United States
Source: FBI
Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report, January to June, 2001
Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text
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Government Benefits–Canada
New Web Site: Canada Benefits
“The new Canada Benefits Web site provides Canadians with access to government-wide information about financial assistance and entitlements programs for individuals.”
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International Migration
Foreign Born Population–United States
Source: U.S. Census
New Full-Text Working Paper: Evaluating Components of International Migration: Estimates of the Foreign-Born Population by Migrant Status in 2000

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