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• Listen Online: BBC Radio Interview: Jimmy Wales Wants to Make Wikipedia More “Worldly”

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 652
  Note: The Radio Interview is in Two Parts. Part 1 ||| Part 2 From a BBC Summary of the Interview: Speaking on the BBC World Service’s Digital Planet programme, Mr Wales outlined the next step for the online encyclopaedia. [Snip] He says his challenge is to encourage thousands more to contribute in ...
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• An Impressive Selection of Free Financial Related Reference Resources from the QFINANCE Web Site

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 652
  The QFinance: The Ultimate Resource web site is part of the 2,000 page reference book from Bloomsbury in partnership with the Qatar Financial Centre Authority. Content on the web site is free. Included on the Web Site (Free) Are: + A Financial Dictionary + Financial Related Quotes + Financial Information ...
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• Google Launches Flu Shot Locator Lookup Database

  
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  Danny Sullivan on Search Engine Land reports and documents the new Flu Shot Locator from Google. The locator itself comes via Google Maps and shows both locations to get seasonal flu shots as well as the H1N1 shot in the U.S. Locations are marked with the icons that look like syringes and needed. Red shows ...
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• Reference Resources: The Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

  
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  An excellent use of multimedia. From the Glossary: The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) created the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms to help everyone understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research. In addition to definitions, specialists in the field of genetics share their ...
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• Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Sits Down for an Exclusive Interview with Silicon.com

  
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  Access the Complete Interview (via Silicon.com) The interview runs three pages. Here are a few points that we found to be most interesting. However, the entire interview is a “must read.” + “One of the things that’s important to know about Wikipedia is that the entries that are edited by hundreds of ...
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• The Age of Mega Content Sites-Answers.com and Demand Media

  
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  The ReadWriteWeb article (via The New York Times) provides an overview of Answers.com and their WikiAnswers service from a business angle. However, that doesn’t mean it’s not of value to the info pro. “Answers” has been around for years. Remember Atomica? Remember Gurnet? These companies became ...
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• Resource of the Week — Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States

  
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  Resource of the Week: Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States By Kirin K. Kalia, Editor, Migration Information Source, Migration Policy Institute Our just-published article, Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States , covers ...
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• Google Earth Download

  
  Most recent windows software from SWDB.net — Authority: 154
  If you have never done a Google Earth download, you have to try it. The other day, I invited over one of my friends to help me download Google Earth. I was amazed by how easy it was. I have never been able to download music without a lot of trouble.
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• Ready Reference: Online Meteorological Calculator from the National Weather Service

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 652
  Using the Calculator on this Page you can: + Convert Temperatures from Fahrenheit to Celsius and Celsius to Fahrenheit + Calculate Windchill See Also: Windchill Chart + Calculate Relative Humidity + Calculate Heat Index See Also: Heat Index Chart + Wind Speed Conversion (mph; knots; m/s; ft/s; km/h ...
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• Daylight Savings Time Ends This Weekend: Saving Time, Saving Energy

  
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  Saving Time, Saving Energy Spring forward…Fall back…. It’s ingrained in our consciousness almost as much as the A-B-Cs or our spelling reminder of “i before e….” And it’s a regular event, though perhaps a bit less regular than the swallows coming back to Capistrano. Yet in those four words is a ...
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• Database — Music — ACE Title Search

  
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  ACE Title Search From the FAQ : ACE is a database of song titles licensed by ASCAP in the United States. For each title, you can find the names of the songwriters and the names, contact persons, addresses and, in most cases, phone numbers of publishers to contact if you want to use the work. For most of the ...
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• Adobe offers free preview of collab script development tool

  
  Inkygirl: Daily Diversions For Writers — Authority: 477
  Thanks to Ryan Couldrey for letting me know about Adobe® Story, “a collaborative script development tool designed for creative professionals, producers, and writers working on or with scripts and screenplays.”You can try out a preview of Adobe Story at Adobe Labs.I’m going to check this out as a potential tool ...
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• Review: Write Or Die, Desktop Edition

  
  Inkygirl: Daily Diversions For Writers — Authority: 477
  Anyone looking for extra writing motivation should check out Write Or Die: Desktop Edition. I checked out an early online-only version of Write or Die and thought it was cute but not something I would use very often.This new desktop version, however, is definitely a tool I can see using regularly. Because it’s a ...
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• Ready Reference: U.K.: Telephone Lookup Databases

  
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  The first online database allows users to find area codes in the U.K. Three options are available: 1) Enter an Area Code and See The Area it Covers 2) Enter an Area and See What Area Codes are Available 3) See a List of All Area Codes The second database allow users determine the mobile broadband coverage for ...
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• New Online Database: European Union Bookshop Historical Database (Free) Goes Live Today

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 652
  The other day ResourceShelf posted about a new database from the EU containing over 14 million pages of content dating back to 1952 from the EU Bookshop. Access to the database and it’s content (primarily PDF files) is free. Instead of reposting, simply head to our post from Wednesday and get all the details ...
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• The Adversity Index: Measuring the Economic Health of 381 Metro Areas in All 50 States

  
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  An entire package of resources from MSNBC. The current headline: Recession ends in 79 metro areas + How the Adversity Index detects trends in local economies + Main Article Contains an interactive map. The Adversity Index, from msnbc.com and Moody’s Economy.com, measures the economic health of ...
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• Legislation Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to Make CRS Reports Available on the Internet

  
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  From the Blog Post: Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD) recently introduced a bill, H.R. 3762, into the House of Representatives to make published Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports available to the public via the Internet. [Snip] This recent House activity complements Senate Resolution 118, introduced by Sen. ...
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• ERIC News: CSC Wins $29 Million Contract From Department of Education to Operate Education Resources Information Center

  
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  From the Article: CSC will operate an online digital library for the Education Department under a new five-year contract worth up to $29 million, the company announced today. CSC will support the department’s Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) under the contract. The new agreement has one base year ...
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• Available this Friday: Online Database: European Union Bookshop Historical Database (Free)

  
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  While reviewing an article about the EU and digitisation, we came across a bit of info about a new database (free) going live this Friday. Their motto, “All the EU publications in one place.” From the Article: A new service is set to make the last sixty years of European history available free of charge in ...
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• October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I was at the Candlelight Vigil last night

  
  The Gypsy Librarian — Authority: 111
  I bet my four readers at The Gypsy Librarian were expecting the next installment in my small series on blogging mistakes and library blogs (first installment here ). I am taking a break today to highlight a very important issue as well as let my four readers know about some of the good work going on in my campus. ...
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