VOLUME 11 • NUMBER 4 • April
2003
Searcher
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| FEATURES |
Plagiarism:
Librarians Help Provide New Solutions to an Old
Problem
While technology has made plagiarism easier, it has also made it easier
to detect. Denise Hamilton explains how librarians are getting involved
in this battle, what can tip off a plagiarized hand, and the software
that can turn suspicion into confirmation. |
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Quickiwiki,
Swiki, Twiki, Zwiki, and the Plone Wars: Wiki
as PIM and Collaborative Content Tool
Don't know what a wiki, swiki, twiki, or the like is? David Mattison will
enlighten you as he catches the wave of this growing technology that uses
freely expandable collections of interlinked Web pages to create a hypertext
information storage system. |
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The Influence of Business
on Government
Paul Piper and Hazel Cameron explore the hard-to-define relationship between
big business and politics, providing a look at free Web sites that might
help to untangle and decipher the deep-tiered levels of this often murky
connection. |
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| COLUMNS |
Searcher's Voice
What the—?? Is this really bq using her editorial space to promote
a product? To find out what product and why, flip to page 6 and read
on! |
Page 6 |
Internet
Express
Feeling, shall we say, a bit "taxed" at the moment? Need some quick online
guidance to make sense of your 2002 return and keep the auditor away? Never
fear, Irene McDermott's got you covered. |
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The Better Mousetrap
Nancy Lambert takes a thorough look back at the year 2002 in patent land,
noting how companies and services were impacted. |
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Emmerce
"Ding, dong, the pop-up's dead," or close to it, anyway, says Tara Calishain.
However, what remains to be seen is if the pending cure is worse than the disease. |
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Tools of the Trade
In "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," Sheri Lanza shares her unpleasant
experiences using two supposed PDF alternatives as well as her better luck
with two other services. |
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| DEPARTMENTS |
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the companies, products, and people mentioned in this issue. |
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