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Reliable Sites and Sources for Election Fact Checking

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:50:27 -0700

The event happens every four years in the U.S., but it consumes us for over 10 months, and takes perhaps 10 minutes to complete. The event is the U.S. Presidential Election. The action is voting. There are so many different points of view and so much news about the candidates and issues that is is often difficult to locate unbiased information and sort through the facts in the media. Barbara Fullerton highlights several sites to help voters review the issues and check the facts during this critical political process.

Using RSS to Create and Enhance Current Awareness Services

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:36:51 -0700

Jason Eiseman's guide demonstrates how adding RSS to your technological arsenal can enhance the current awareness services you provide, as well as your ability to effectively manage organization-wide information.

The Government Domain: Government Documents in the News

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:35:52 -0700

The Government Domain

Government Documents and the News

By Peggy Garvin

Gumshoe Librarian 2006

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:34:02 -0700

Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici recommend 70 sites whose content and features will enhance your research on subjects that include: news, people finders, U.S. and international competitive intelligence data, state and federal government resources, cybersecurity, blogs, health, finance, locating audio, music and videos online, and accessing open source scholarly literature.

Features - Competitive Intelligence (CI) Resources for the Legal Community

Mon, 17 Feb 2003 01:00:00 -0700

Competitive Intelligence (CI) Resources: Staying One Step Ahead in Your Research

By Sabrina I. Pacifici

Features - Review of AmphetaDesk Syndicated News Aggregator

Thu, 15 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Review of AmphetaDesk Syndicated News Aggregator

By Steven M. Cohen

Features - RSS For Non-Techie Librarians

Mon, 03 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0700

RSS For Non-Techie Librarians

By Steven M. Cohen

Features - A Solo Researcher's Review of DialogPRO

Mon, 15 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0700

A Solo Researcher's Review of DialogPRO

By Tara Calishain

Extras - A Roundup of Internet News-Filtering Tools

Fri, 15 Sep 2000 00:00:00 -0700

A Roundup of Intranet News-Filtering Tools

By Susan Charkes

Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide - Completely Updated - July 2012

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:40:00 -0700

Sabrina I. Pacifici's comprehensive current awareness guide focuses on leveraging a selected but wide range of reliable, topical, predominantly free websites and resources. The goal is to support an effective research process to search, discover, access, monitor, analyze and review current and historical data, news, reports, statistics and profiles on companies, markets, countries, people and issues, from a national and a global perspective. Sabrina's guide is a "best of the Web" resource that encompasses search engines, portals, databases, alerts, data archives, publisher specific services and applications. All of her recommendations are accompanied by links to trusted content targeted sources that are produced by top media and publishing companies, business, government, academia and NGOs.

Google’s powerful Nexus 10 Android tablet as a library patron’s delight: The hardware and the apps that shine on it

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:04:40 -0700

David H. Rothman reviews the Android Nexus 10, which he considers a standout from among the well known group of available e-book readers. David documents key reasons to choose this e-reading machine, including the 10-inch screen, which can easily display 500 or 600 words of text. He also highlights a wide range of essential apps available for researchers, librarians, knowledge managers and of course, book lovers.

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips - We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:09:58 -0700

Heather A. Phillips highlights attorney John Gant's contention that one's title, income, and employer are at best side issues in determining who is a journalist in the day-to-day realities of issuing press passes as well as in larger policies such as the extension of shield laws.

Extras - To Pay or Not to Pay: News, Powerpoint Presentation

Mon, 15 Nov 1999 01:00:00 -0700

Got Competitive Intelligence? Tips, Tools, Techniques for the Savvy Marketer

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:22:08 -0700

Donna Cavallini and Sabrina I. Pacifici's guide has again been completely revised and updated to include new recommendations ranging from free websites, news alerts, RSS and blogs to fee- based subscriptions and licensed enterprise applications.

Beyond Google and Yahoo: New, Nifty Search Engines to Optimize Your Research

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:26:26 -0700

Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici's recommendations focus on subject area and issue-centric sites to facilitate obtaining search results that are better targeted to the scope of your requests. Whether you are looking for government data, blogs, RSS feeds, video, podcasts, news or scientific papers, this guide will serve you well.