Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
While I was at Pitt, an ARL school, I got a bit spoiled for database access. One thing I've especially missed since is the broad access to all the LIS databases I could want. As both an ARL member and the home of an MLIS program, Pitt has twice as ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
I noted earlier that I was getting better acquainted with some print biographical resources on the shelves at Cornette. There I only took the time and space for Who Was Who and the Dictionary of American Biography. Here I want to take a look at a couple of comparable works, ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
I had some familiarity with print biographical resources while at Pitt but perhaps not intimately or in profound depth. Even what I did know has grown a little rusty as time has passed while my attention was elsewhere. So I'm glad for the recent occasion to work with them a ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Some observations about a few of the business databases offered by the Houston Public Library:
1. infoUSA's ReferenceUSA, Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database, and Factiva from Dow Jones each are powerful tools for getting data about companies. A few advantages and disadvantages of each stand out at a glance.
ReferenceUSA covers ...
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