Cross-Database Searching
Source: Biblio Tech Review
One Interface, Many Databases: ZPORTAL Lands Contract With Minnesota Library Information Network
A few months ago we highlighted Roy Tennant’s excellent article in LJ about cross-database searching. Word in the new issue of Biblio Tech Review that one of the companies mentioned in Roy’s article, ZPORTAL, has been chosen by MnLink, the Minnesota Library Information Network. From the article, “ZPORTAL will provide access to a multitude of different types of library resources including library catalogues and licensed commercial databases that have been made available to all Minnesota residents, including students, staff, and faculty at Minnesota educational institutions.”
See Also: Direct to the ZPORTAL Web Site and Product Overview

Professional Reading Shelf
The December/January Issue of Ariadne is Now Available Online
A few of the articles in the new issue of this U.K. based journal:
“Digitization: do we have a strategy?”
“Reference books on the Web”
“The Concept of the Portal”
“News from the Resource Discovery Network”

Information Industry–OCLC
“OCLC Closes on netLibrary Sale”
From the announcement, “The sale of netLibrary assets to OCLC was finalized at 5 p.m. Jan. 24 in Boulder, Colorado. The sale includes both the eBook Division, which will become a division of OCLC, and the MetaText eTextbook Division, which will become a for-profit subsidiary. Both operations will remain in Boulder.”

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (4 Items)
Public Libraries–United States–Databases
Source: NCES
UPDATED DATA: Public Library Locator
From the site, “The Public Library Locator will help you find information about a public library or libraries when you know some information about it. The information in this locator comes from the fiscal year 1999 NCES Public Library Survey. In addition to the locator tool the Public Library Peer Comparison Tool has also been updated with the most recently available data. Or try searching for a public library by using the popular NCES Students’ Classroom option.”
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In the News
Enron Collapse–Resources
C-SPAN, “Enron Investigation”
Providing Streaming Media (Live and Archived) Access to Congressional Hearings
Financial Times, “The Enron Crisis”
Profiles, “Who’s Investigating Whom”, “Companies With Exposure to Enron (chart)”
See Also: For Additional Enron Resources See the January 23, 2002 VAS&ND
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U.S. Congress–Web Sites
Source: Congress Online Project (Funded by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts)
Full-Text Report Online, Congress Online: Assessing and Improving Capitol Hill Web Sites
See Also: “Most Web Sites On Hill Unimpressive – Survey” (via Newsbytes/Washington Post)
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Virtual Exhibits
United States History–Civil War
Source: Smithsonian Institution
New Digital Exhibit: Civil War @ The Smithsonian
From the site, “Virtual exhibit produced by the National Portrait Gallery and dedicated to examining the Civil War through the Smithsonian Institution’s extensive and historic collections.”

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