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Vertigo, And A Void, Mark Y. Herring Nov 2006

Vertigo, And A Void, Mark Y. Herring

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

Why the Internet is no substitute for a library.


Internet Reviews: Social Networking Software: Facebook And Myspace, Stacey Greenwell, Beth Kraemer Oct 2006

Internet Reviews: Social Networking Software: Facebook And Myspace, Stacey Greenwell, Beth Kraemer

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Ah, Libraries: How I Love The Smell Of... Electronic Access?!, Mark Y. Herring Jun 2006

Ah, Libraries: How I Love The Smell Of... Electronic Access?!, Mark Y. Herring

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

In the olden days, we Baby-Boomers would walk into our university or college libraries and pause just long enough to take in that wonderful smells of high grade cowhide leather and aging papyrus before rushing off to study. There was something about opening any leather bound edition of anything and being transported by the smell to some distant land, not unlike Charles Swann in Marcel Proust’s famous French novel, A La Recherché du Temps Perdu, Remembrance of Things Past.


Has The Internet Improved Medical Student Information Literacy Skills? A Retrospective Case Study: 1995-2005, Anthony J. Frisby, Daniel G. Kipnis Apr 2006

Has The Internet Improved Medical Student Information Literacy Skills? A Retrospective Case Study: 1995-2005, Anthony J. Frisby, Daniel G. Kipnis

Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations

Our goal in this investigation was to see if the popularity of the Internet has had an effect on searching skills and an increased awareness of where to search for appropriate medical information.


The Internet Has Changed, Like, Everything, Joseph B. Miller Apr 2006

The Internet Has Changed, Like, Everything, Joseph B. Miller

Information Science Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Metadata Element Co-Occurrence, Jin Zhang, Iris Jastram Jan 2006

A Study Of Metadata Element Co-Occurrence, Jin Zhang, Iris Jastram

Staff and Faculty Work

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the internet web page metadata usage behavior in terms of their metadata element co-occurrences. Metadata are designed to facilitate both web publishers/authors to organize their web pages and search engines to index the web pages accurately.


Keeping Up To Date With Ip News Services And Blogs: Drowning In A Sea Of Sameness?, Jon R. Cavicchi Jan 2006

Keeping Up To Date With Ip News Services And Blogs: Drowning In A Sea Of Sameness?, Jon R. Cavicchi

Law Faculty Scholarship

It seems like so many IP related Websites you visit invite you to join their free email list to keep you up to date. Sources span a wide spectrum including governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, consulting services, law firms, commercial publishers and more. These sources span the spectrum from free, to low fee to premium pricing. With all of this information overload and choices, how do you differentiate and choose news sources?

The goals of this article are twofold. Goal one is to present a survey of types and categories of IP news tools available to IP researchers. Since …