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Logging On for a Second (or Third) Opinion

Logging On for a Second (or Third) Opinion…paging Dr. Google can lead patients to miss a rich lode of online resources that may not yield to a simple search. Sometimes just adding a word...

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Tags: information literacy, information seeking, search news, web search
A Tale of Two Library Plans

A Tale of Two Library PlansFor months, Escambia County commissioners and the Pensacola City Council have avoided talking about the elephant in the room — the library system. The county has agreed...

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Tags: libraries and librarianship, search news
Send Your Name Around The Earth On NASA’s Glory Mission

Send Your Name Around The Earth On NASA’s Glory MissionMembers of the public can send their names around Earth on NASA’s Glory satellite, the first mission dedicated to understanding...

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Tags: science, search news, source file
‘Doing What Works’ Website Adds New Guidance on Effective Teaching

‘Doing What Works’ Website Adds New Guidance on Effective TeachingWhat is “spacing” learning and how does it benefit teachers and students? Do students learn more when...

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Tags: resources for educators, source file
Absentee and Early Voting Laws

Absentee and Early Voting LawsEarly and absentee voting laws vary widely, and are decided on a state level. The grid lays out the basic pattern of laws across states, with some quick facts at the...

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Tags: government documents and political information, source file
The Hedge Fund Game…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Posted 29 September 2008 on DocuTicker + The Hedge Fund Game (Brookings Institution) + Trade-Offs Getting Tougher: Problems Paying Medical Bills Increase for U.S. Families, 2003-2007 (Center for...

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Tags: best of docuticker, source file
Bibliography — Organically Produced Foods: Nutritive Content

Organically Produced Foods: Nutritive ContentThis bibliography contains 283 citations for articles, conference papers, reports and book chapters published 2000 through July 2008. Cited works focus...

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Tags: bibliographies, webliographies, source file
The Feminization of Librarianship

The Feminization of LibrarianshipSince the proliferation of American public libraries began in the late nineteenth century, library work has been associated with women. As in other female dominated...

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Tags: libraries and librarianship, search news
News Briefs

+ Cone Finds That Americans Expect Companies to Have a Presence in Social Media (Cone) + More ‘Open Teaching’ Courses, and What They Could Mean for Colleges (Wired Campus/CHE) + Canadian...

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Tags: search news
Networked Workers: Most workers use the internet or email at their jobs, but they say these technol

Networked Workers: Most workers use the internet or email at their jobs, but they say these technologies are a mixed blessing for themThe majority of employed adults (62%) use the internet or email...

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Tags: search news, technology and internet