Legal Information–Worldwide
Legal Information–Hong Kong
New Prototype and Demo Now Available: World Legal Information Institute (Prototype)
and Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (Demo)
From the WLII site, “This is a prototype system that is intended to demonstrate the viability and functionality of a cooperative approach between the existing LIIs (Legal Information Institutes). The system currently combined access to all AustLII, BAILII, CanLII, PacLII and HKLII data as well as data provided by WITS in South Africa.”

Academic Libraries
Source: Business Week
A Tip o’ the Cap to Steven J. Bell of Philadelphia University
A letter to the editor by Steven J. Bell, Director of the Library at Philadelphia University appears in the 12/31/01 (domestic ed.) of Business Week. From the letter, “Librarians are tech-savvy, human search engines who are highly skilled at finding information on the Internet or teaching students how to use electronic databases effectively. Students who subscribe [to services like Questia] are probably paying for something they can get at their academic library as part of their tuition.” Bell was responding to a 12/10/01 article about Questia and other services.

New, Updated, & Newly Discovered Resources & Tools (7 Items)
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Business–Canada–Lists & Rankings
Source: Report on Business Magazine
50 Best Companies to Work For In Canada
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Climate–Global–Annual Review
Source: NCDC
Climate of 2001 – Annual Review, Significant U.S. and Global Events
See Also: Climate of 2001 – Annual Review, Preliminary Report
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Population–United States
Source: U.S. Census
Current U.S. Population Estimates
“The nation has grown by 3.4 million people since April 1, 2000, increasing from 281.4 million counted in Census 2000 to 284.8 million as of July 1, 2001, according to estimates released today by the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau.”
Summary ||| Direct to Population Estimates
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Internet Usage-United States
Religion–United States
Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project
Full-Text Report: CyberFaith: How Americans Pursue Religion Online
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Higher Education–Research–Statistics–United States
Source: NSF
Academic Research and Development Expenditures: [Early Release Tables] Fiscal Year 2000
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Higher Education–Science–Statistics–United States
Source: NSF
Data Brief: “Growth Continued in 2000 in Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Fields”
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Grants–National Science Foundation–Guides
Source: National Science Foundation
NSF FY 2002 Guide to Programs

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