-----Original Message----- From: Marylaine Block [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 7:26 AM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM Subject: Neat New Stuff NEAT NEW STUFF, SEPTEMBER 6, 2002 NOTE: There won't be an ExLibris this week because I'm in the last stages of completing my book manuscript, but I do have an article in the September issue of Searcher, "Doing It Right: How Some Universities Encourage the Creation of Prime Research Web Sites," which you can read online at http://infotoday.com/searcher/sep02/Block.htm If you work at any of the universities mentioned you might want to pass the article on to your campus public relations office. Anthropology in the News http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html Courtesy of Texas A&M University, news on discoveries about archaeology, human ancestors, endangered cultures, myths, social science topics in general. Archive is available. Book Hive http://www.bookhive.org/ "Your Guide to Children's Literature & Books", from the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Includes reading lists by grade level, reviews of adventure books, readalouds, humor, sports, mystery, fantasy, and more. Site visitors can add their own comments to the reviews. Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, IIT http://www.iit.edu/departments/csep/ You can search the Center's catalog here, read many of the articles in its publication Perspectives on the Professions, and view the codes of ethics online. CyberJournalist.net Great Work Gallery http://www.cyberjournalist.net/greatwork/ An archive of the best in online journalism, including articles on Hurricane Andrew 10 years after, the rebuilding of the Pentagon, an insiders' experience of the Church of the Nativity during the siege, an interactive balance-the-budget exercise from the Seattle Times, and lots more. Documenting the Tragedy http://www.nyshrab.org/WTC/document.html The New York State Historical Records Advisory Board points to archives, museums, libraries, organizations, and individuals who are creating digital repositories of September 11 documents, recordings and photographs. Graduate and Research Program Rankings http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankgrad.htm Links to different rankings, with words of caution about the limitations of the data and research methods used for them. The Green Guide: Informing Today's Choices, Shaping Tomorrow's World http://www.thegreenguide.com/ "Since 1994, The Green Guide has been the premiere consumer source for practical everyday actions benefiting environmental and personal health." You'll find product reports, label-reading advice, good ideas, news on community initiatives, etc. Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts Online http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi Find individual state profiles, or compare states on a number of measures: Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, women's health, minority health, managed care, the uninsured, etc. Particularly useful as a planning and measurement tool for legislators and government administrators. Leadership Directories, Inc.: 2002 Elections http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/elect.htm Who are these people running for Congress? This publishers offers biographical info on all candidates for free. For candidates' voting records, see State PIRG's Congressional Scorecard 2002 http://www.pirg.org/score2002/ Keeping Up with Current Technologies http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/library/libraryinfo/refguides/keepup.htm These librarian-certified strategies and online tools will be useful for any librarian or researcher. Lycos 50 - Third Anniversary http://50.lycos.com/083002.asp Tracking the most frequently searched topics and their movement up and down is a great way to understand the zeitgeist and see what's going to be the big new thing in movies, music, video games, and software. This 3 year summary of the hottest search topics makes for intriguing history. Murphy's Laws http://www.murphys-laws.com/ "All the laws of Murphy in one place" along with an explanation of the origin of Murphy's Law. Public Knowledge http://publicknowledge.org/ "a public-interest advocacy organization dedicated to fortifying and defending a vibrant "information commons" - the shared information resources and cultural assets that we own as a people." Search Engine Blog http://www.searchengineblog.com/ Links to news about the world of searching. A useful companion to Chris Sherman's more extensive daily columns on searching in Search Day http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/ Today's Front Pages http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ View the front pages of newspapers from all over the world. Click on a region and let your cursor slide over the newspaper names while each front page displays in miniature; click on newspaper name for readable size text. You're welcome to copy and distribute this listing for non-commercial purposes as long as you retain this copyright statement: Neat New Stuff I Found This Week http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2002. [Publishers may license the content at reasonable rates.] Six months worth of Neat New sites are available at the web site. *** SUBSCRIPTION INFO: The list is now being handled by the helpful folks at FreePint (http://www.freepint.com/bulk/ ). To subscribe, fill in the form at http://marylaine.com/subscrib.html and click on SUBSCRIBE. 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