Search Engines & Research Tools

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Information Today July 9, 2012	Inmagic Announces Presto for DB/Text The new product, Presto for DB/Text, is a limited version of Inmagic Presto that will enable many new web publishing capabilities for DB/Text, while allowing textbases to continue to be created and maintained in DB/TextWorks.
Information Today July 9, 2012	NoveList Select Gains New Features and Options New features improve the user experience, as well as offer new upgrade options, including book jackets, professional book reviews, sample excerpts, tables of contents, and more, from Content Cafe -- a database offered by Baker & Taylor.
Information Today July 9, 2012	Columbia University and Thomson Reuters Launch Advanced Data Visualization Project The initiative, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, will facilitate research into data visualization and its implications for academia and industry in a world increasingly awash with data.
Information Today July 9, 2012 Paula J. Hane	The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges.
ONLINE Jul/Aug 2012 Sarah L. Elichko	Triage, Treat, Release: Finding Medical Information Using MedlinePlus and PubMed Emergency rooms have instituted a protocol called Triage, Treat, Release to care for patients presenting with minor injuries. It's also an apt metaphor for librarians helping patrons to find information, whether the reference desk is physical or virtual.
Searcher August 2012 Barbara Quint	Searcher's Voice - 'Concierge' Librarian We may face competition from other specialist information professionals, but maybe the enemy will be us or at least someone we can hire. It's the information profession we are defending, not just librarians.
Searcher August 2012 Irene E. McDermott	Internet Express: Web Help for Low-Income Patrons As cities across the nation have cut budgets as a result of the recession, citizens have turned to the library for help with a variety of issues, even for information that used to be handled by other city agencies.
Chemistry World June 28, 2012 Maria Burke	Wellcome Trust to enforce open access rules The Wellcome Trust has announced it will withhold final grant payments from researchers who fail to make their findings freely available with immediate effect.
Information Today June 28, 2012 Katherine Allen	New European Library Portal Launched The European Library is a new discovery service that provides access to the collections of the national libraries of 46 European countries, plus a growing number of research libraries.
Information Today June 28, 2012 Barbara Quint	Plum Analytics Maps Success in Open Access Scholarship Altmetrics is a contraction of the phrase "alternative metrics." The term refers to a group of different techniques and technologies all meant to wrestle with the issues of scholarship moving to digital venues.
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