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Topics in this digest:
1. ADMINISTRATIVE: Posts of Net-Gold and Other Yahoo Groups Delayed
From: David P. Dillard
2. LITERACY : ENGLISH LANGUAGE: WORDS AND VOCABULARY: DEFINITIONS:
From: David P. Dillard
3. MEDICAL: Folic Acid May Prevent Cleft Lip and Palate
From: David P. Dillard
4. REFERENCE: ENCYCLOPEDIAS : REFERENCE: TOOLS: ELECTRONIC ONLINE AND
From: David P. Dillard
5. MEDICAL: NURSING: RESOURCES: The National Institute of Nursing
From: David P. Dillard
6. PERIODICALS: INDEXING ABSTRACTING AGGREGATION FULL TEXT COVERAGE :
From: David P. Dillard
7. MUSIC: FOLK : COUNTRIES: BRAZIL : MUSIC: RECORDINGS: Mission for
From: David P. Dillard
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1. ADMINISTRATIVE: Posts of Net-Gold and Other Yahoo Groups Delayed
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:47 am ((PST))
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Posts of Net-Gold and Other Yahoo Groups Delayed Yesterday
Quoting Yahoo from any Group Home Page in Yahoo Groups:
"We are currently experiencing a Groups email backlog. Messages posted
yesterday or today may be delayed or delivered out of order. We apologize
for the inconvenience. Please check the Yahoo! Groups Team Blog for
updates."
For Net-Gold some messages did not come through at all. I captured and
reposted two messages from Yahoo Group Message Notifications and grabbed
three or four of my own posts from Net-Gold Google Group archives and
reposted them, so as far as I know the archives of Net-Gold on Yahoo
Groups are complete and up to date and new posts now seem to be going
through properly.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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2. LITERACY : ENGLISH LANGUAGE: WORDS AND VOCABULARY: DEFINITIONS:
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:30 am ((PST))
LITERACY :
ENGLISH LANGUAGE: WORDS AND VOCABULARY: DEFINITIONS :
COUNTRIES: CANADA:
Literacy Ain't Just Signing Your Name Instead of an X Anymore
Expanding Our Traditional Definition of Literacy
By Lauren Sara
Reporter
Question
Serving Whistler and Pemberton
<http://www.whistlerquestion.com/madison%5CWQuestion.nsf/0/
589B4FD68731AFEE8825726E0070FED3?OpenDocument>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/3agccr>
Literacy. What pops into your head when you read the word? If youre like
most people, just because you can read the word, you probably think of
yourself as literate. But in the 21st century, literacy means much more
than the ability to read and write.
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, literacy is the quality or
state of being literate; and the definition of literate is:
1 a: EDUCATED, CULTURED; b: able to read and write
2 a: versed in literature or creative writing: LITERARY; b: LUCID,
POLISHED ; c: having knowledge or competence .
This expanding definition requires that we let go of the stereotype of an
illiterate adult marking an X on a signature line. Computer literacy,
information literacy, and workplace literacy are concepts that are
replacing that outdated image. Literacy Now is a province-wide initiative
that aims to make British Columbia the most literate province in Canada
and a global leader in literacy learning by 2010.
Contact Information:
Nadine White at the library:
(604) 932-5564
or
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
Speaking of Literacy
State of Learning in Canada: No Time for Complacency Lack of literacy
skills endangering Canadians' health
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 26, 2007 /CNW Telbec/
<http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/January2007/26/c9729.html>
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 26 /CNW Telbec/ - More than half of Canadians lack
the literacy skills to understand medication and safety instructions, a
figure that approaches 90 per cent among seniors, according to a new
report by the Canadian Council on Learning.
State of Learning in Canada: No Time for Complacency is a
comprehensive overview of key areas of learning in Canada.
Using data collected by Statistics Canada, the report analyzed
questions related to the health literacy of Canadians - the ability to
understand, interpret, and apply health information.
"The findings are disturbing," said Dr. Paul Cappon, CCL's president
and CEO. "What concerns me most is that older Canadians, who are most
likely to have health issues, are least likely to have the skills to deal
with their own health."
In general, just over 40 per cent of Canadians lack the overall
reading and writing skills needed to cope with the demands of today's
society and economy. That number remained unchanged between two major
assessments done in 1994 and 2003. A new CCL analysis of the 2003 data
specific to health literacy, found that the number rose to 55 per cent of
adults aged 16-64 and 88 per cent of seniors.
The finding points to serious concerns for the daily life of most
Canadians, who are faced with health-related information every day. That
information ranges from nutritional information on food products, to
directions on medications or medical devices, and to safety instructions
at home or work.
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Updated: Saturday, January 27, 2007
Literacy Volunteers of Sussex County to hold Scrabble Scrimmage benefit
The West Milford Messenger
The Township Journal
Sparta Independent
The Advertiser News
Updated: Saturday, January 27, 2007
<http://www.strausnews.com/articles/
2007/01/27/new_jersey/arts_and_entertainment/17.txt>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/2qx6ex>
Newton The Literacy Volunteers of Sussex County will hold a Scrabble
benefit, Letters for Literacy, on Saturday, March 3, from 2 to 4 p.m., at
Christ Episcopal Church, in Upper Holly Hall, Church Street, Newton.
The cost is $25 per person. Seniors, LVSC Tutors and students will receive
a discount, paying $15 per person.
All proceeds will benefit Literacy Volunteers of Sussex County.
<snip>
For more information or reservations, call
973-300-9444
or e-mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Minister Solberg marks Family Literacy Day
Government of Canada
<http://www.news.gc.ca/cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=270859>
OTTAWA, January 26, 2007 The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human
Resources and Social Development, issued the following statement to mark
Family Literacy Day.
"Tomorrow, Canadians across the country will celebrate Family Literacy
Day. Parents and caregivers play a vital role in promoting literacy and
instilling the love of reading in children. On Family Literacy Day, it is
important to recognize the efforts of the people who do just that.
Canada's New Government is committed to working with groups that help
people learn how to read and write. Over the next two years, we will be
investing over $80 million towards programs to help adults improve their
reading and writing skills.
Literacy gives people the confidence to succeed in life and in the
workplace.
<snip>
For more information about the Workplace Skills Initiative visit
<http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/ws/initiatives/wsi/index.shtml>
For information on the Sector Council Program visit
<http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/nav/top_nav/program/spi.shtml>
For more information about Employment Insurance, visit
<http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/ei/menu/eihome.shtml>
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Conservative Cuts Undermine Family Literacy Day
January 26, 2007
Liberal Party of Canada
<http://www.liberal.ca/news_e.aspx?type=news&id=12198>
OTTAWA Canadians should be celebrating Family Literacy Day tomorrow, but
Conservative cuts to literacy programs mean that millions of illiterate
adults will have nowhere to turn because organizations that help them are
shutting down, said Liberal Human Resources and Skills Development Critic
Mike Savage.
Tomorrow should be a day of celebration for the literacy groups working to
address literacy needs in their communities, but those efforts have been
undermined by the governments decision to slash funding from all
provincial and territorial literacy organizations, despite posting a $13
billion surplus, said Mr. Savage.
The Conservatives probably believe Canadians and literacy groups have
forgotten September 25, 2006, the day when they gutted program funding for
literacy, but they havent, and we once again call upon the Conservative
government to put aside their right-wing ideology and restore funding in
the upcoming budget.
Last September, the Conservative government announced $1 billion dollars
in cuts to many programs that provided direct and indirect support to
Canadians most in need, including $17.7 million from the Adult Learning,
Literacy and Essential Skills Program.
Mr. Savage said the need to invest in literacy training is obvious when
you realize that, according to Statistics Canada, there are nine million
adult Canadians struggling with low literacy levels.
The cuts to adult literacy programs are going to make it harder for people
who want to learn how to read to access the resources and help that they
need. Without these literacy programs the 3.2 million adults who cant read
and millions more who struggle with basic instructions will be left to
fend for themselves, he added.
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Contest to celebrate Literacy Day
Jan. 26, 2007
Inside Toronto
<http://www.insidetoronto.ca/to/contests/
story/3858008p-4463832c.html?loc=york>
The complete article may be read at the URL above.
<http://tinyurl.com/3aqdcg>
To celebrate ABC Canada Family Literacy Day Saturday, Jan. 27, and to
encourage parents to read with their children, insidetoronto.com is giving
away five four-packs of books from Toronto's Maple Tree Press
<http://www.mapletreepress.com>
Kids ages eight to 12 may enjoy the book Nature Shockers, which highlights
amazing true stories as well as hoaxes that have tricked people the world
over. Kids may also like Crime Scene, which explores with children how
investigators use science to track down the bad guys. Little ones three to
eight may enjoy The Rumour, A Jataka Tale from India, while those four to
eight can pick up Folktails, Animal Legends from Around the World. The
entire package is presented in a Maple Tree Press bag. Each prize pack is
worth about $60.
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Parents encouraged to read with their kids on Family Literacy Day
Events organized across the province for Saturday to promote literacy
RON RYDER
The Guardian
<http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=6977&sc=98>
[The moisture content of this newspaper may be high as it covers Prince
Edward Island and The Dew]
Parents across the province are being encouraged to sit down with their
kids and a book this Saturday for Family Literacy Day.
Catherine OBryan, executive director of the P.E.I. Literacy Alliance, said
groups across the province are organizing events aimed at encouraging
families to make reading part of their weekend.
I think the Family Literacy Day is going to be an opportunity for us and
others interested in promoting literacy to talk to people about the
importance of early literacy, she said.
Parents are childrens first teachers and they are the ones that can often
have a big influence in how children feel about not just reading, but
learning.
OBryan said her group has been trying to spread the word about literacy
and about Family Literacy Day, distributing some 1,000 literacy resource
kits through schools, libraries and other local agencies.
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Province Puts $27 Million Into Literacy Program
By 250 News
Friday, January 26, 2007 09:15 AM
<http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/4731/3/
province+puts+$27+million+into+literacy+program>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/2qv6fw>
Premier Gordon Campbell and Deputy Premier/Prince George-Mount Robson MLA
Shirley Bond, have unveiled the first phase of ReadNow BC. That's the
action plan to help British Columbians improve their reading skills.
Recent studies show thatmore than one million adult British Columbians do
not have the skills necessary to read a newspaper or to fill out a job
application.
The $27 million dollar phase includes $12 million to be administered by
the B.C. School Trustees Association to enhance children's early learning,
including pre-literacy skills. Last year, nearly 9,000 children - or about
one in four - started school without the necessary developmental skills.
The funds will be used to support grants for learning resources like
library materials for parents and caregivers, culturally or linguistically
appropriate learning materials for early learning programs with emphasis
on Aboriginal cultural content, training for staff for early years
programs, and other pre-literacy initiatives.
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Literacy Comes Alive Elders inspiring story
Carihi student Alysha Ripplinger reads to Cedar student Ayden Regner from
a collection of stories written by the Carihi Communications 12 students
as part of a buddy reading program.
By Alistair Taylor
The Mirror
Jan 26 2007
Campbell River Mirror
British Columbia, Canada
<http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/
portals-code/list.cgi?paper=6&cat=46&id=819220&more=>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/2rk2l8>
Linda Webbs Grade 1/2 Cedar School students file into the Communications
12 classroom, just back from a buddy reading activity with their Carihi
Grade 12 buddies.
So, this being a program to increase literacy, where were they? Why,
watching biology students dissect rats, of course. Cool. But what has that
got to do with literacy?
Nothing except it was a fun thing to do and that seems to be a theme with
Trevor McMonagles Communications 12 class. The Cedar students spent the
morning with their Carihi buddies touring the biology lab, the highschools
media room and hanging out at the gym watching a basketball practice. Once
the elementary students and their buddies returned to the Communicaitons
12 class, they paired off and began reading from a special book.
Buddy Books; From us you, Carihi to Cedar is a bound collection of
photocopied stories written by the communications students read to their
buddies.
Reading buddies is a commonly-used concept in schools these days. Older
students are paired off with younger students, allowing both to learn
about interacting with other age groups, teaching reading skills to
younger students and teaching skills to the older students.
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Ottawa gives literacy group 18-month reprieve
Fri Jan 26 2007
By Lindsey Wiebe
Winnipeg Free Press
<http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/
local/story/3857005p-4462605c.html>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/3d25px>
THE province's top literacy advocacy group will stay open for another year
and a half, thanks to a concession from the federal government.
That will give Literacy Partners of Manitoba time to move ahead with a new
initiative for immigrants, but there's no guarantee the group can keep its
doors open past the summer of 2008, said executive director Lorri Apps.
Literacy Partners employs two full-time and four part-time staffers. Last
year the organization thought it would be forced to shut by mid-March,
after the federal government announced $17.7 million in literacy funding
cuts nationwide, including $280,000 for Literacy Partners.
<snip>
The group is moving ahead with programming in the meantime, including Home
Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), an international
literacy program that got its local debut yesterday.
Through the project, immigrants to Manitoba will be hired as "home
visitors," and trained to teach English and French. These visitors will go
into the homes of new immigrant families, helping parents and preschoolers
develop literacy skills together.
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The complete articles may be read at the URLs provided for each.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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3. MEDICAL: Folic Acid May Prevent Cleft Lip and Palate
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:31 am ((PST))
MEDICAL:
Folic Acid May Prevent Cleft Lip and Palate
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:31:44 -0500
From: "NIH OLIB (NIH/OD)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Folic Acid May Prevent Cleft Lip and Palate
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NIH News
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
<http://www.niehs.nih.gov/>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 26, 2007
CONTACT: Robin Mackar, 919-541-0073,
<e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
FOLIC ACID MAY PREVENT CLEFT LIP AND PALATE
A new study finds that women who take folic acid supplements early in
their pregnancy can substantially reduce their baby's chances of being
born with a facial cleft.
Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, found that 0.4
milligrams (mg) a day of folic acid reduced by one third the baby's risk
of isolated cleft lip (with or without cleft palate). Folic acid is a B
vitamin found in leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, beans, and whole grains.
It can also be taken as a vitamin supplement, and it is added to flour and
other fortified foods. The recommended daily dietary allowance for folate
for adults is 400 micrograms or 0.4 mg.
"These findings provide further evidence of the benefits of folic acid for
women," said Allen J. Wilcox, M.D., Ph.D., lead NIEHS author on the new
study published online in the "British Medical Journal." "We already know
that folic acid reduces the risk of neural tube defects, including spina
bifida. Our research suggests that folic acid also helps prevent facial
clefts, another common birth defect." In the United States, about one in
every 750 babies is born with cleft lip and/or palate.
"Folic acid deficiency causes facial clefts in laboratory animals, so we
had a good reason to focus on folic acid in our clefts study," said
Wilcox. "It was one of our main hypotheses."
The researchers examined the association between facial clefts and
mothers' intake of folic acid supplements, multivitamins, and folates in
diet. The researchers found that folic acid supplementation of 400
micrograms or more per day reduced the risk of isolated cleft lip with or
without cleft palate by one-third, but had no apparent effect on the risk
of cleft palate alone.
"A mother's nutrition during pregnancy is clearly an environmental factor
that can affect the health of her fetus," said NIEHS Director David A.
Schwartz, M.D. The NIEHS researchers are continuing to analyze their data
for evidence of other environmental exposures that increase the risk of
facial clefts.
This population-based study was conducted in Norway, which has one of the
highest rates of facial clefts in Europe and does not allow foods to be
fortified with folic acid. The investigators contacted all families of
newborn infants with clefts (either cleft lip with or without cleft palate
(CLP) or cleft palate only (CPO)) born between 1996 and 2001 in Norway.
The study included 377 babies with CLP and 196 with CLO; as well as 763
control babies randomly selected from all live births in Norway.
The researchers mailed two questionnaires to each of the mothers
participating in the study. The first questionnaire mailed soon after
delivery focused on general health information, including demographics,
reproductive history and information about environmental exposures
including smoking, alcohol and vitamins; whereas the second questionnaire
focused on nutrition and diet during the pregnancy. Mothers who reported
taking folic acid supplements and or multivitamins were asked to send in
their empty bottles or labels to confirm dosage.
The nutrition questionnaire included questions on mothers' fruit and
vegetable consumption during the first three months of pregnancy.
The researchers estimated that 22 percent of isolated CLP cases in Norway
could be averted if all pregnant women took 0.4 mg of folic acid per day.
In addition to funding from NIEHS, this research was supported by the
Johan Throne Holst Foundation for Nutrition Research, and the Thematic
Perinatal Nutrition at the Medical Facility of University of Oslo, Norway.
Researchers at the University of Bergen, the University of Oslo, and the
Departments of Plastic Surgery in Oslo and Bergen, Norway, also
contributed to this study.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a
component of the National Institutes of Health, supports research to
understand the effects of the environment on human health. For more
information on environmental health topics, please visit our website at
<http://www.niehs.nih.gov/>
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research
Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit
<http://www.nih.gov>
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REFERENCE: Wilcox AJ, Lie RT, Solvoll K, Taylor J, McConnaughey DR,
Abyholm F, Vindenes H, Vollset SE, Drevon CA. "Folic Acid Supplements and
the risk of facial clefts: A National population-based control study."
"British Medical Journal", 2007.
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This NIH News Release is available online at:
<http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2007/niehs-26.htm>
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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4. REFERENCE: ENCYCLOPEDIAS : REFERENCE: TOOLS: ELECTRONIC ONLINE AND
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:43 am ((PST))
REFERENCE: ENCYCLOPEDIAS :
REFERENCE: TOOLS: ELECTRONIC ONLINE AND INTERNET:
A Stand Against Wikipedia
A Stand Against Wikipedia
Inside Higher Ed
January 26, 2007
<http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/26/wiki>
As Wikipedia has become more and more popular with students, some
professors have become increasingly concerned about the online,
reader-produced encyclopedia.
While plenty of professors have complained about the lack of accuracy or
completeness of entries, and some have discouraged or tried to bar
students from using it, the history department at Middlebury College is
trying to take a stronger, collective stand. It voted this month to bar
students from citing the Web site as a source in papers or other academic
work. All faculty members will be telling students about the policy and
explaining why material on Wikipedia while convenient may not be
trustworthy.
"As educators, we are in the business of reducing the dissemination of
misinformation, said Don Wyatt, chair of the department. Even though
Wikipedia may have some value, particularly from the value of leading
students to citable sources, it is not itself an appropriate source for
citation, he said.
The department made what Wyatt termed a consensus decision on the issue
after discussing problems professors were seeing as students cited
incorrect information from Wikipedia in papers and on tests.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
Additional use and coverage of the Wikipedia may be found at this URL:
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wikipedia+and+%22net-gold%22&qt_s=Search+Groups>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/28rco7>
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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5. MEDICAL: NURSING: RESOURCES: The National Institute of Nursing
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:53 am ((PST))
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:38:37 -0500
From: "NIH OLIB (NIH/OD)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The National Institute of Nursing Research Launches Improved
Website
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NIH News
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
<http://www.ninr.nih.gov/>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 26, 2007
CONTACT:
Lanny Newman
National Institute of Nursing Research
301-496-0209,
e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ray Bingham
National Institute of Nursing Research
301-594-8011
e-mail:
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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH LAUNCHES IMPROVED WEBSITE
Need information about nursing research? Want to find out how nursing
research is working to improve the health of the nation? Access to
information about this vital area of science and the programs of the
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), one of 27 Institutes and
Centers at the National Institutes of Health, just got easier with the
recent launch of the Institute's improved website:
<http://www.ninr.nih.gov>
The American public holds the nursing profession in high esteem. In
national polls, nurses are consistently rated among the most trusted of
professionals, and respondents rank nurses high in prestige. Nursing
science offers a rich mix of research topic areas that can be viewed in
the context of diseases and disorders, phases of the lifespan, and
population groups. "We're excited about our revitalized website," said Dr.
Patricia A. Grady, NINR Director. "It should prove very helpful to all
constituents who visit the site, from the general public to nursing
professionals and the entire science community."
Improved design, graphics, and navigational tools will help visitors to
the website more easily find a wide array of information about NINR,
including the NINR history, mission, and budget; capsules of significant
research findings; and upcoming NINR events. A new feature added to the
website gives visitors access to NINR podcasts of pre-recorded audio and
video presentations, interviews, and meetings that can be viewed or
listened to from their computer or portable media player.
The site will also benefit scientists and nursing graduate students.
Scientists can read about research priorities, areas of science in the
NINR portfolio, and funding opportunities. They can find contact
information for NINR Program Directors to discuss their research ideas and
proposals. Students can learn about training grants, the NINR Research
Centers, career development awards, and educational opportunities such as
the Summer Genetics Institute and the online training program, "Developing
Nurse Scientists."
In addition, the site updates the activities of the National Advisory
Council for Nursing Research (NACNR), which helps direct NINR priorities
and review NINR grant applications. A schedule of upcoming meetings, which
include sessions open to the public, as well as minutes of past NACNR
meetings, are posted on the website.
Also new to the website is a section containing several recent NINR
publications available in PDF for viewing and downloading, including:
1. THE NINR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2006-2010.
Released in October 2006, this new Plan will serve as a
blueprint for continuing to elevate the contributions of
nursing science within health care research.
2. SUBTLE AND DANGEROUS: SYMPTOMS OF HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN.
This booklet summarizes several recent findings from NINR
investigators related to cardiac symptom recognition and
treatment in women.
3. CHANGING PRACTICE, CHANGING LIVES: 10 LANDMARK NURSING RESEARCH
STUDIES.
This booklet reviews 10 studies supported over the history of
NINR that represented significant landmarks in nursing science.
"NINR recognizes the importance of providing up-to-date information on
nursing science and scientific findings in an easily accessible and
comprehensive format," said Dr. Grady. "The broad range of research
programs supported by NINR impacts the health of millions of Americans
every day."
The primary mission of the NINR, one of 27 Institutes and Centers at the
National Institutes of Health, is to support clinical and basic research
and establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the
life span. For additional information, visit the NINR web site at
<http://www.ninr.nih.gov>
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research
Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit
<http://www.nih.gov>
###
This NIH News Release is available online at:
<http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2007/ninr-26.htm>
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6. PERIODICALS: INDEXING ABSTRACTING AGGREGATION FULL TEXT COVERAGE :
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:02 am ((PST))
PERIODICALS: INDEXING ABSTRACTING AGGREGATION FULL TEXT COVERAGE :
DATABASES: FULLTEXT : PERIODICALS: DIRECTORIES:
Moving From JAKE to CUFTS
What JAKE did, as this resource now appears to have disappeared, is amply
explained on this website quoted below and I have read notice that JAKE is
closed or is closing the end of this month (January 2007).
Search JAKE to Locate Periodicals
<http://www.tarleton.edu/~library/jakesearch_lh.html#SEARCH>
The free online database jake (an acronym for jointly administered
knowledge environment) was created at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
at Yale University. This database is used to find out which databases
index or contain full-text articles from specific periodicals and
expand journal abbreviations.
(for example, to find out that the abbreviation Engl Hist Rev stands for
English Historical Review).
Jake can be very useful when you have a citation and want to find out
which databases might offer the fulltext article. To help you use jake,
the following sections explain how to
search jake to locate information about periodicals,
interpret jake search results, and
determine if Tarleton libraries have the databases shown in jake search
results.
SEARCHING JAKE
The following instructions for searching jake are a modified version of
those appearing on the Jake help pages.
You can search jake by
periodical title,
title abbreviation,
ISSN, and
date (volume, issue, year).
=======================================
JAKE has had different web homes in the past
PERIODICALS: DIRECTORIES : DIRECTORIES: PUBLISHING PUBLICATIONPUBLISHER
BOOK PERIODICAL: Jake Directory of Databases and Periodicals:Website
Changed URL Address
To: LIBLICENCE DISCUSSION GROUP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PERIODICALS: DIRECTORIES : DIRECTORIES: PUBLISHING
PUBLICATIONPUBLISHER BOOK PERIODICAL: Jake Directory of Databases and
Periodicals:Website Changed URL Address
From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 13:55:33 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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But links to JAKE seem no longer to work and word on the information
science street is that JAKE is closing or closed.
What to do?
CUFTS.
CUFTS
<http://cufts.lib.sfu.ca/>
"CUFTS is an open source (GPL) OpenURL link resolver designed for use by
library consortia. It supports multiple sites from one server, online
management tools, usage statistics, and supports a knowledgebase of over
350 resources with 422,000 title records. Sites can individually activate
resources they have access to, as well as subserts of titles for packages
to which they only have partial subscriptions.
CUFTS2 includes a journal listing system which can incorporate print
record data to provide users with an integrated, comprehensive list of
journals they have access to. Integrating the link resolver and journals
lists means that subscription information only has to be maintained in
one place. Also included is basic resource level ERM information for
subscription information, license details, etc. These features are
currently being tested in our production version and a code release will
be available soon."
CUFTS Resources
<http://cufts.lib.sfu.ca/tools.shtml>
"The CUFTS knowledgebase is also usable for things other than link
resolving. Here you'll find a few other tools that have been developed
using the knowledgebase. These link to the main CUFTS database at Simon
Fraser University, but should be publicly usable."
Journal Search
<http://lib-cufts.lib.sfu.ca/CUFTS/sbt.cgi>
Journal Search allows you to quickly find journal titles in over 245
different electronic collections listed in CUFTS.
Search by journal title or ISSN to find out which collections include a
journal, and what coverage dates are available.
Resource Comparison
<http://lib-cufts.lib.sfu.ca/CUFTS/compare.cgi>
Resource Comparison provides rapid analysis of journal titles and coverage
dates in over 245 different electronic collections listed in CUFTS.
Pick two resources and find out what the overlap is and what titles are
unique to each resource"
"This version of the comparison tool is using data from CUFTS1 and is no
longer maintained. A development version of the comparison tool using
current data is available here."
<http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/MaintTool/public/compare>
Sample Search in CUFTS for the Journal Title Harvard Business Review
Information Provided for Journal Titles in this order in a table regarding
the databases that index and provide full text content for a periodical
title
issn
resource
citation start
citation end
fulltext start
fulltext end
Harvard Business Review 00178012 ABI/INFORM Global 1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 ABI/INFORM Research 1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 ABI/INFORM Select 1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Academic ASAP 1984-01-01 1997-01-01
2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Banking Information Source 1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Biography Resource Center 1977-01-01
1997-03-01 2000-06-30
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Book Review Index Online 2004-02-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Business & Company Profile ASAP
1980-01-01 1997-01-01 2000-05-31
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Business & Company Resource Center
1979-01-01 1997-01-01 2000-05-31
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Business ASAP 1980-01-01 1997-01-01
2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Business ASAP -- International 1980-01-01
1997-01-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Business Source Alumni Edition 1922-10-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Business Source Corporate 1922-10-01
1922-10-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Business Source Elite 1984-01-01
1985-01-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Business Source Premier 1925-07-01
1922-10-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Corporate ResourceNet 1985-01-01
1985-01-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 EBSCO Electronic Journal Service
Harvard Business Review 00178012 EBSCO MegaFILE 1922-10-01 1922-10-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 European Business ASAP 1998-05-01
1998-05-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Expanded Academic ASAP 1984-01-01
1997-01-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Expanded Academic ASAP (with Ingenta)
1984-01-01 1997-01-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Expanded Academic ASAP - PowerSearch Test
1984-01-01 1997-01-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 General Academic ASAP --International
2003-01-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 General Business File ASAP 1980-01-01
1997-01-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 General Reference Center 1980-01-01
1997-01-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 General Reference Center Gold 1980-01-01
1997-01-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 General Reference Center International
1980-01-01 1997-01-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Health Business FullTEXT 2001-03-01
2001-03-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Health Business FullTEXT Elite 1922-10-01
1922-10-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 InfoTrac OneFile 1980-01-01 2006-01-01
1997-01-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 InfoTrac OneFile (with Ingenta)
1980-01-01 2006-01-01 1997-01-01 2000-05-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 International Academic Research Library
1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 OCLC ABI/INFORM 1971-01-01 2006-12-31
Harvard Business Review 00178012 OCLC Business Management 1995-01-01
2006-12-31
Harvard Business Review 00178012 OCLC Periodical Abstracts 1986-01-01
2006-12-31
Harvard Business Review 00178012 OmniFile Full Text Mega 1981-07-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 OmniFile V Full Text 1981-07-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Platinum Database with Full Text
1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 ProQuest 5000 1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 ProQuest Discovery 1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 ProQuest ERIC
Harvard Business Review 00178012 ProQuest Research Library - Business
Module 1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 ProQuest Research Library - Complete
1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 ProQuest Research Library Core 1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Full Text 1992-08-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Resource/One 1971-09-01
Harvard Business Review 00178012 Wilson Business Full Text 1981-07-01
Please view this data in the table at this URL to make better sense of the
information provided at this URL:
<http://lib-cufts.lib.sfu.ca/CUFTS/sbt.cgi?
issn=&title=harvard+business+review&search=search>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/2urldj>
Databases cited above are fee based subscription services and these
databases are held at some public and many academic or college libraries.
Database holdings vary in both public and academic libraries, so only some
of the tools cited above as databases that index, abstract and in a few
cases have full text articles from the Harvard Business Review will not be
available at all libraries, and in some cases, possibly, not even at
most. For those with access to a public library with a subscription to
one or more of these databses, one usually can use these tools with their
library borrower number and a password or pin (personal identification
number) issued by the public library.
These recent Net-Gold posts may also be of interest.
The National Institute of Nursing Research Launches Improved
Website
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/16831>
REFERENCE: ENCYCLOPEDIAS :
REFERENCE: TOOLS: ELECTRONIC ONLINE AND INTERNET:
A Stand Against Wikipedia
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/16830> \
LITERACY :
ENGLISH LANGUAGE: WORDS AND VOCABULARY: DEFINITIONS :
COUNTRIES: CANADA:
Literacy Ain't Just Signing Your Name Instead of an X Anymore
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Fairfax Resists 'No Child' Provision; Immigrants'
Tests In English at Issue
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/16825>
TOBACCO CIGARETTES CIGARS AND SMOKING: HEALTH AND MEDICAL ISSUES :
MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: Damage to Specific Part of the Brain May Make Smokers
'Forget' to Smoke
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WEB SITE DESIGN AND PROMOTION: USABILITY:
Research Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/16808>
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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7. MUSIC: FOLK : COUNTRIES: BRAZIL : MUSIC: RECORDINGS: Mission for
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:09 am ((PST))
MUSIC: FOLK :
COUNTRIES: BRAZIL :
MUSIC: RECORDINGS:
Mission for Folklore Research:
Mrio de Andrade :
Compact Disk Sound Recordings
Mission for Folklore Research:
Mrio de Andrade :
Compact Disk Sound Recordings
<http://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc/hotsites/missao/eng/index.html>
"In 1938, when the Department of Culture sponsored the Mission for
Folklore Research, Mrio de Andrade was faced by the dilemma of Modernity:
in the same pace popular manifestations were under the risk of vanishing
due to growing urbanization in the country, the technology advance of the
time provided means to capture those manifestations in discs, photographs,
and films. "
Carlos Augusto Calil
Secretary of Culture of the city of So Paulo
"Now, the sound recording carried out by Mrio de Andrade and his Mission
gets out of the warehouse and is made available to the public in the
collection of CDs. Sixty years after the recording by the Mission, the
commitment is sealed for a new stage that of dispensing knowledge."
Danilo Santos de Miranda
Diretor regional do SESC So Paulo
A PERSONAL JOURNEY AND AN INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
<http://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc/hotsites/
missao/eng/apresenta_frameset.html>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/287z94>
"In 1938, when the Department of Culture sponsored the Mission for
Folklore Research, Mrio de Andrade was faced by the dilemma of Modernity:
in the same pace popular manifestations were under the risk of vanishing
due to growing urbanization in the country, the technology advance of the
time provided means to capture those manifestations in discs, photographs,
and films.
Against such ambiguous scenario, between endangered facts and the building
of references, the project was taken by urgency. His interest in national
culture led Mrio de Andrade to travel to Northern and Northeastern Brazil
in the 1920s. Having been registered in his posthumous book Turista
Aprendiz (Apprentice Tourist), the existential, intellectual adventure set
the milestone for his trajectory as a field researcher, and convinced him
of the need to travel to Brazils hinterlands, to those places where our
cultural traditions had not yet perished under the burden of
industrialization. Generally speaking, quoting the trajectory trod by the
writer in his ethnographic journeys, the Mission was under many of its
aspects the institutionalization of a personal experience. Put together
by Lus Saia, Martin Braunwieser, Benedicto Pacheco and Antnio Ladeira, the
caravan left So Paulo Capital District in February, 1938 to Cear,
Pernambuco, Paraba, Piau, Maranho and Par states.
A political drawback as a result of Estado Novo and a new mayor in
office (Prestes Maia), turned Mrio de Andrades stay at the Department of
Culture shorter. Still, the Mission succeeded in finishing its first
stage: based on field note pads, images, songs, and the innumerable
objects collected a fragmentary although significant panorama of
Brazilian folklore was revealed."
Read more at the URL immediately above.
AUDIO
TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST 1 2 3 4 5 6
<http://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc/hotsites/missao/eng/cd01_frameset.html>
Content Sample from this section:
CARREGADORES DE PIANO - Recife (PE) - 18/02/1938
Manoel Elizirio do Nascimento, Genaro Jos Barbosa (Papa m), Manuel Felix
da Silva (Risco), Jos Amaro da Silva, Artur Francisco da Silva, Andr
Henrique dos Santos, Aureliano Rezende de Maria (Galo Muiado), Francisco
Pinheiro de Lacerda.
02 01:34 Vamos nessa meus amigos
03 00:33 Esse negro Mutangi
04 01:05 Dona Maria me enganou
05 00:38 O coati t no pau
06 00:46 Fulo, a fulo do vapor
07 00:54 Limo doce
08 01:30 Toada ora viva BUMBA-MEU-BOI - Recife (PE) - 18/03/1938
Maria Augusta da Silva, Maria Magdalena Pereira (Maria Plcida)
MISSION FOR FOLKLORE RESEARCH: MUSICAL RECORDS
Marcos Branda Lacerda
<http://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc/hotsites/missao/eng/textos_frameset.html>
"The study of ethnic and popular music has gradually been
institutionalized at European centers as of early 20th century. Under
the title of Compared Musicology, a science branch is created to focus on
the investigation of musical elements that were inherent to life in
different societies. New repertoires overwhelmed newly founded sound
archives by the hands of ethnographers. Research on that sort of music
was until then spontaneous, within cultural domains, and confined to
independent observers: such attitude is associated to the foundation of
Romanticism, and driven by the interest of poets and men of letters,
especially in late 18th century Germany. At that point in time, the
poetical text was the major concern, while music would be the object of
private studies some decades later with the first publications of popular
melodies."
Read more at the URL immediately above.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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