Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Web Resources for your beat:
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT: At the THOMAS website you can research legislation, hearings, and general legislative workings. FirstGov is the U.S. government's official web portal.
The General Accounting Office serves as a watchdog of state and federal activities.
At the North Carolina General Assembly web site you can search statutes, pending bills, legislators, etc.
EDUCATION: The U.S. Department of Education site has wonderful links. National Center for Education Statistics has great research stats.

Tuesday, June 01, 2004

NiemanWatchdog.org is a new web site created by Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. The foundation seeks to encourage more informed reporting by putting journalists in contact with authorities who can suggest appropriate, probing questions and who can serve as resources. Lots of links to great resources.

Thursday, May 27, 2004

GIVE FROM THE HEART. GIVE BLOOD.
The News & Record's 15th Annual Blood Drive will be held on Tuesday, June 8, at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center. Be sure to bring your picture ID. The first 100 donors receive a Free Blood Drive T-shirt. All donors will be eligible for prizes to be determined by a drawing. Sheby has a sign-up sheet if you like to schedule a certain time.

Thursday, May 20, 2004

Wednesday, May 05, 2004

OnlineConversion.com converts just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions.

Tuesday, May 04, 2004

The News Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is maintaining a web site on Iraq (War on Terrorism). Some of the helpful links include: Casualty Information, Experts, Maps and Graphics, News Releases, and more.

Thursday, April 22, 2004

Today, April 22 is International Special Librarians' Day. Join us in the Library for doughnuts this morning and for cake later in the day.

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

What was the weather like the day you were born? From The Old Farmer's Almanac web page you can find out what the weather was like for any of 1,500 locations around the United States or Canada on any date from 1973 to the present. You all were born after 1973, right?

Thursday, March 18, 2004

Computer and Internet terms have you baffled? Ever seen and wondered what these terms mean: Ethernet, LAN, Wi-Fi, Cookie, RSS, TCP/IP - Find their definitions using Webopedia.

Webopedia is an online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology definitions.
RDN Virtual Training Suite is a set of free online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills. Work in your own time at your own pace - no one is monitoring you! There are quizzes and interactive exercises to lighten the learning experience.

Monday, March 15, 2004

The Librarians' Index to the Internet: The lii.org Mission Statement: The mission of Librarians' Index to the Internet is to provide a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources, serving California, the nation, and the world.

Search lii.org With Confidence

Librarians' Index motto: "Information You Can Trust." The Librarians' Index to the Internet (lii.org) is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 12,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. lii.org is used by both librarians and the general public as a reliable and efficient guide to Internet resources.

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

How much is that worth today? Compare the Purchasing Power of Money in the United States (or Colonies) from 1665 to 2002.

Tuesday, March 09, 2004

Vivisimo a must use search engine. Vivisimo automatically categorizes search results on-the-fly into meaningful hierarchical folders. Do a search on "Martha Stewart" and the results are clustered into groups in the following catagories: Martha Stewart Living, Jurors, Probation, Courts, Scandals, etc.

Thursday, March 04, 2004

A new release from the U.S. Census Bureau has statistics on the voting-age population by citizenship for each state and county in the country.
Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2000
Detailed Tables for Current Population Report is just one set of tables that are available.

Tuesday, March 02, 2004

No Train, No Gain web site offers training tips and handouts on writing, editing, reporting, newsroom management skills, recruitment and retention, diversity, technology and newsroom surveys.

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Newswise can help you find expert contacts at more than 400 national and international universities and research institutions. This service allows you to request an expert on the topic of your choosing. The query is sent out to Newswise participating universities and research institutions.

Thursday, February 19, 2004

Big news in web searching yesterday! Yahoo! has created a brand new search engine and has dropped Google. Chris Sherman at SearchEngine.com has written an article about the new search engine.
Lies, Damned Lies and Google, an article by Lionel Beehner, research editor of the New York Press, sites pitfalls of using Google to create statistics.

Thursday, February 12, 2004

Center for Women’s Business Research is a source for information about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide.

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

BUSINESS DESK RESOURCESS:
Society of American Business Editors and Writers
A new web site sponsored by API
The Knight Center at the University of Maryland has a business page resource.

Monday, February 09, 2004

PollingReport.com pulls together recent public opinion surveys and divides them into easy-to-find categories. These polls are all from reliable sources: The Gallup Organization, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, media organizations such as The Wall Street Journal, CNN and Newsweek, and various trade organizations.

Wednesday, January 07, 2004

The Nov/Dec issue of the IRE Journal includes the following articles:
FOI REPORT: With so much data now, story potential abounds on school testing front
Schools Web site provides an education
GUNS: Recycled police weapons find their way to criminals
Government Ethics
TEACHING: Newsrooms use state school data to create index
And the cover story: Digging Deeper at City Hall: Getting beneath the surface of local government

Tuesday, January 06, 2004

The U.S. Census Bureau's Facts for Features section has a new posting today for the 2004 Presidential Election. There are links for statistical tables on the 2000 election. North Carolina's voter turnout numbers compared to the U.S.: 56.1% v 59.5%