NewsLink Issue 36/October2002 =========================================================================== NewsLink is a free weekly e-mail newsletter featuring news and resources for the information industry. If you are receiving this issue as a forward and would like to become a subscriber, please visit our Web site at https://www.infotoday.com or send a blank e-mail to join-infotoday@lists.infotoday.com. =========================================================================== SPONSOR - Inmagic =========================================================================== FREE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ONLINE SEMINAR from Inmagic You're invited to attend "User-Driven Competitive Intelligence," a free online seminar featuring CI guru John Prescott, Ph.D., author of "Proven Strategies in Competitive Intelligence," an SCIP publication. Boost your company's ROI and your career by attending this informative seminar. Click http://www.inmagic.com/newslink/1000/ now! =========================================================================== IN THIS ISSUE =========================================================================== 1) WELCOME 2) ITI SNAP POLL 3) NEWSLINK MONTHLY SPOTLIGHT 4) NEWSBREAKS 5) FEATURED ARTICLES 6) CONFERENCE CONNECTION 7) BOOKSHELF =========================================================================== 1) WELCOME =========================================================================== Welcome to the October issue of NewsLink, Information Today, Inc.'s FREE e-mail newsletter for library and information professionals. It's conference time of year again, and Information Today's schedule is a busy one, as I'm sure yours is as well. Besides our own conferences--Web Search University, KMWorld & Intranets 2002, and Internet Librarian-ITI will be exhibiting at a number of other conferences this fall. If you get the chance, please pay us a visit. Check out our conference calendar for some of the fall events. Information Today magazine recently added a new section called Link-Up: At Home. It focuses on how to find online information for personal use. Take a look at the October issue, and let us know what you think. If you have any comments or suggestions on any special content you would like to see covered or on how to improve this newsletter and the information held in it, please reply to newslink@infotoday.com. Best Wishes, Tom Hogan, Jr. =========================================================================== 2) ITI SNAP POLL =========================================================================== With many Web-based services switching from free to for-a-fee, would you pay for content that you're currently getting for no cost? Please comment at https://www.infotoday.com. =========================================================================== 3) NEWSLINK MONTHLY SPOTLIGHT =========================================================================== ProQuest's ABI/INFORM Gets a Content Boost By Paula J. Hane Over the last several weeks, ABI/INFORM, ProQuest Information and Learning's premier business database, has been getting a welcome infusion of new content. With a steady stream of press releases, ProQuest has announced agreements with both John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and Palgrave Macmillan, Ltd. to add many new titles to the database. ProQuest will also expand access to backfiles of key business journals. As I was writing this article, the company announced yet another agreement, this one with Kluwer Academic Publishers. According to a ProQuest representative: "We're working very hard to ensure that ABI/INFORM remains the best, highest quality, and most comprehensive business resource for libraries. And we're working to bring new content to libraries that has never before been available in electronic databases." The deal with Wiley allows ProQuest to distribute the journal content from Wiley's BoldIdeas Collection of top business journals. The collection comprises 40 titles, 21 of which have been previously indexed in ABI/INFORM. It includes journals and newsletters in the areas of Business, Management, Accounting and Finance, and Environmental Management. Wiley had offered the BoldIdeas Collection online in February 2001 through Wiley InterScience and directly to customers for licensing. This new arrangement with ProQuest will greatly expand the availability of these titles to the academic market. The Wiley publications include Thunderbird International Business Review, Leader to Leader, Strategic Management, Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, Human Resource Management, and many more. ProQuest will load 3 years' worth of content for all titles into the current file. In addition, backfiles for 11 titles will be included in the ABI/INFORM Archive, its retrospective image file. The agreement with Palgrave Macmillan will bring the full text of 11 academic journals to ProQuest's periodicals databases. ProQuest will distribute the journal content to educational institutions, libraries, and other markets around the world. Business titles that will be added to ABI/INFORM include Journal of the Operational Research Society, Asian Business & Management, and European Journal of Information Systems. The agreement with Kluwer will bring the full text of 125 scientific, technical, and medical business and economics journals to ABI/INFORM and other ProQuest files. Key titles include Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Consumer Policy, Journal of Economic Growth, and many others. Part of the agreement grants ProQuest the right to digitize full-run backfiles (from the first issue forward) of several titles for distribution as part of ABI/INFORM. The digitization schedule will be announced in the next few months. ProQuest has also integrated ABI/INFORM archival content into the current subscription file so that searching across all years is seamless. The ABI/INFORM Archive database contains historical backfile content for 25 business periodicals, with more titles to be loaded later this year. Customers of ABI/INFORM with full page images will now receive page images of backfile content that has been digitized from the microform masters in ProQuest's vault. Rod Gauvin, senior vice president of ProQuest Information and Learning, said: "This enhancement greatly expands the historical depth of ABI/INFORM. Now researchers can identify business trends, research pivotal events in the financial world, and most importantly, view the original articles in their original context, complete with photos, charts, graphs, and illustrations." Amazingly, ABI/INFORM is one of the oldest electronic databases. In 2001 it celebrated its 30th year of providing indexing and abstracting to the best business and management publications. For a tour of the file's history-including its origins as a graduate student project through its ownership by Data Courier, UMI, and now ProQuest-read Marydee Ojala's article in the January/February 2002 issue of ONLINE (http://www.onlinemag.net/jan02/ojala.htm). Ojala, who has been searching the database since 1976, details the growth and development of the file, including the addition of controlled vocabulary in 1977 and full-text records in 1991, and the evolution of the abstracts from informative to indicative. ABI/INFORM contains about 2.3 million documents that date to 1971. The database currently offers 1,752 titles, 1,022 of which are in full-text form. With the new content agreements, the file will grow to more than 1,900 titles, with nearly 1,200 in full text. (There's one wrinkle, however. The three publishers that are providing content to ABI/INFORM all have a 12-month embargo on the inclusion of their full text.) In 2001 ProQuest added 176,000 index records to the ABI/INFORM Global file; it expects to add 185,000 in 2002 and 203,000 in 2003. In addition to its availability in a number of incarnations on the ProQuest system, the file is also available through Dialog (File 15), DataStar, STN, and OCLC FirstSearch. Content from the new agreements will also flow into the vendor-supplied versions. Paula J. Hane is editor of NewsBreaks, contributing editor of Information Today, a former reference librarian, and a longtime online searcher. Her e-mail address is phane@infotoday.com. =========================================================================== 4) NEWSBREAKS =========================================================================== For a complete listing of previous NewsBreaks visit the Information Today, Inc. Web site at https://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/breaks.htm. NewsBreaks from Monday, September 30, 2002. ------------------------ Factiva.com Gets Updated --> https://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb020930-1.htm Gale Launches E-Books with OCLC's netLibrary --> https://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb020930-2.htm Google Upgrades Appliance Tool --> https://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb020930-3.htm NewsBreaks Weekly News Digest ------------------------ -- GSI Acquires Collection of Annual Reports -- LexisNexis Introduces Country Analysis --Inxight Releases Inxight SmartDiscovery 3.0 --> https://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/wnd020930.htm =========================================================================== 5) FEATURED ARTICLES =========================================================================== For full-text coverage of the following articles please use the hotlinks provided. ------------------------ INFORMATION TODAY Vanderbilt Improves Television News Archive By Paula J. Hane This extensive repository, which dates to 1968, now offers searchers access through a single database. --> https://www.infotoday.com/it/oct02/hane.htm ***************** Link-Up: At Home ***************** New Separate Monthly Section in Information Today! --> https://www.infotoday.com/it/oct02/it-cont.htm#Linkup-AtHome ------------------------ ONLINE Magazine Conducting User Surveys: An Ongoing Information Imperative By George R. Plosker What better way to both ascertain what users desire and to inform them of capabilities they are unaware of or don't use than user surveys? Practical tips and suggestions are provided. --> https://www.infotoday.com/online/sep02/Plosker.htm ------------------------ COMPUTERS IN LIBRARIES Exploring Planet PDA: The Librarian as Astronaut, Innovator, and Expert By Carol Galganski, Tom Peters, and Lori Bell Trying out new technologies in the library can be an exciting adventure, as these authors discovered when they introduced the "alien culture" of hand-held computers to their patrons. --> https://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/oct02/galganski_peters_bell.htm ------------------------ SEARCHER Magazine Information for Sale: My Experience with Google Answers By Jessamyn West West becomes a Researcher for the new Google service and gets more - or is that less? - than she bargained for. --> https://www.infotoday.com/searcher/oct02/west.htm ------------------------ MultiMedia Schools Magazine Moving Every Child Ahead: The Quest for Evidence By Ferdi Serim The first in a series of "DirectConnect" columns in which MMS editor, Ferdi Serim, presents blueprints to guide school-based IT teams as they focused on "Moving Every Child Ahead". --> https://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/oct02/dcon1002.htm =========================================================================== 6) CONFERENCE CONNECTION =========================================================================== Get the latest event information available for the library and information fields in the Conference Connection. The Conference Report/Update gives you an inside look at the most recent information industry events, while the Conference Calendar is updated monthly to provide you with important contact information for up-and-coming industry events. CONFERENCE REPORT/UPDATE ------------------------ CONFERENCE UPDATE: Internet Librarian November 4-6, 2002 Palm Springs, CA Nothing but 'Net @ Internet Librarian 2002! The 6th annual Internet Librarian conference is a mixture of leading-edge ideas, tools, expert speakers, and exciting new events-all focused on information professionals and Internet-related technologies. Internet Librarian 2002 features four fabulous keynote sessions, 100 plus dynamic speakers in four simultaneous tracks, plus more than 20 in-depth learning events and workshops, a fun and informative evening session, Cybertours, and much more. In addition to the extensive three-day conference program, Internet Librarian 2002 also offers great dining opportunities and receptions in the exhibit hall. Register TODAY! https://www.infotoday.com/il2002 CONFERENCE CALENDAR ------------------- OCTOBER 2002 October 20-22 NEW ENGLAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (Sturbridge, MA) Contact: http://www.nelib.org October 22-23 WEB SEARCH UNIVERSITY (Chicago, IL) Contact: http://www.websearchu.com October 29-31 KMWORLD & INTRANETS 2002 (Santa Clara, CA) Contact: http://kmworld-intranets.com NOVEMBER 2002 November 4-6 INTERNET LIBRARIAN 2002 (Palm Springs, CA) Contact: https://www.infotoday.com/il2002/ November 18-21 ASIST (Philadelphia, PA) Contact: http://www.asis.org November 19-20 WEB SEARCH UNIVERSITY (Dallas, TX) Contact: http://www.websearchu.com DECEMBER 2002 December 3-5 ONLINE INFORMATION 2002 (London, UK) Contact: http://www.online-information.co.uk/ For the complete Conference Calendar visit https://www.infotoday.com/calendar.htm. =========================================================================== 7) BOOKSHELF =========================================================================== Naked in Cyberspace, 2nd Edition: How to Find Personal Information Online By Carole A. Lane; Foreword by Beth Givens In this fully revised and updated second edition of her bestselling guide, author Carole A. Lane surveys the types of personal records that are available on the Internet and online services. Lane explains how researchers find and use personal data, identifies the most useful sources of information about people, and offers advice for readers with privacy concerns. You'll learn how to use online tools and databases to gain competitive intelligence, locate and investigate people, access public records, identify experts, find new customers, recruit employees, search for assets, uncover criminal records, conduct genealogical research, and much more. Naked in Cyberspace is the ultimate handbook for anyone who needs information about people. A companion Web directory provides links to more than 1,000 important reader resources. Order your copy TODAY --> https://books.infotoday.com/books/NakedCyber2.shtml --------- CyberAge Books 2002/586 pp/softbound ISBN 0-910965-50-1 Regular price: $29.95 o Sale price:$23.95 =========================================================================== SPONSOR - Inmagic =========================================================================== FREE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ONLINE SEMINAR from Inmagic You're invited to attend "User-Driven Competitive Intelligence," a free online seminar featuring CI guru John Prescott, Ph.D., author of "Proven Strategies in Competitive Intelligence," an SCIP publication. Boost your company's ROI and your career by attending this informative seminar. Click http://www.inmagic.com/newslink/1000/ now! =========================================================================== ©2002 Information Today, Inc. all rights reserved. This newsletter is published by Information Today, Inc. 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