Web Resources and Lecture Notes:

I. Web Resources:

Following are the links that are salient for the course:

1. Online Vendors:
   • Major Online Vendors and Their Corporate Web Sites, by Rong Tang: http://www.albany.edu/faculty/tangr/isp639/evendors.htm
   • Automated System Marketplace: Year 2003; Year 2002; Year 2001
   • Library Technology Guide: http://www.librarytechnology.org/

2. Dialog:
   • Dialog Web Site: http://www.dialog.com/
   • Dialog classic: http://www.dialogclassic.com/
   • Dialog Bluesheets: http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/
   • Dialog database catalogue: http://support.dialog.com/publications/dbcat/
   • Dialog Training Center: http://training.dialog.com/
   • Dialog Pricing: http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/mar02/bates.htm

    

3. Lexis/Nexis
   • Lexis/Nexis Home Page: http://www.lexis-nexis.com/lncc/
   • Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
   • Lexis/Nexis Knowledge Base: http://support.lexis-nexis.com/
   • Lexis.com and Nexis.com: http://www.nexis.com/

    

4. Factiva
   • Factiva Home Page: www.factiva.com
   • Factiva Log in: https://global.factiva.com/factivalogin/login.asp
   • Factiva Learning Program: http://www.factiva.com/learning/learning.asp?node=menuElem1526

    

5. Electronic Databases and Indexes at Catholic University:
   • The list of databases (arranged alphabetically): http://metalib.wrlc.org/V?func=find-0&list_type=HOME&func=login=guest-CU
   • E-Journal Title finder: http://www.aladin.wrlc.org/ejournals/searchform.html

    

6. Web Search Tools:
   • 4th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards http://searchenginewatch.com/awards/article.php/3309841 ;
     
   • Search Engine Watch http://www.searchenginewatch.com/ ;
     Search Engine World http://www.searchengineworld.com/;
     Search Engine Showdown http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
     
   • I-Search Digest's Search Engine Terms http://www.cadenza.org/search_engine_terms/index.htm
     
   • UC Berkeley Teaching Guides http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
     
   • Spider's Apprentice http://www.monash.com/spidap.html

    

7. Magazines by Information Today, Inc.:
   • Information Today, http://www.infotoday.com/it/itnew.htm
   • Online, http://www.infotoday.com/online/default.htm
   • Computers in Libraries, http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/ciltop.htm
   • Searchers http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/default.htm

 

II. Lecture Notes and WebCT Course Page

For each class session, the lecture notes (produced in PowerPoint format) are made available for your review. All the lecture notes are stored in the WebCT course page and in folders identified by the session headings and content titles.