Hello from Washington D.C.
Another BIG month of additions to the "direct search"
compilation with more and more "invisible web" databases coming
online and/or being identified.
Here is a list with just a few highlights from each section of ds.
Most of these resources can be located in the new additions box.
I hope you find some of these resources useful. Since new material is
constantly being added consider using as an aquisition resource along with
your other tools.
As always, questions and comments are welcome.
cheers,
gary
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Main Page ( http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm )
Language of the Food Industry Searchable Glossary
>From the Food Marketing Institute
Briefs as Filed By Solicitor General Office (United States Dept of
Justice)
Japan GILS (Government Information Locator System)
Abandoned Mine Line Inventory (requires free download) (Office of Surface
Mining)
State Bar of California Member Record Database
EURYBASE
Education system profiles of EU member nations
Forest Inventory and Analysis Data Base Retrieval System ||| Timber
Product Output Database System
>From the USDA Forest Service
Small Business (U.S.) Loan Data
New Zealand Digital Library Databases
This impressive collection of material provides access to numerous
databases, many with full-text. Highlights include:
Women's History: Primary Documents, World Environment Library, Virtual
Disaster Library, Medical & Health Library, Food and Nutrition Library
FAA Real-Time Databases
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State/City/Province Resources
(http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/state.htm )
(Georgia) Lobbyist Expenditure Database (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
(Ontario) Lobbyist Registration Database
Plus, a large group of health and safety resources-
(Texas) Birth Database (via VitalNet)
(California) Mortality Database (via VitalNet)
(Ohio) Dept. of Health Data Warehouse
Create custom reports
(Utah) Birth and Death Certificate Internet-Query System
(Missouri) Hospital Discharge Database ||| Emergency Room Statistics
(Tennessee) SPOT Statistical Profiling of Tennessee
(Wisonsin) OHCI On-Line (Office of Health Care Information)
Create custom reports
CARE
"Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE) is a software system
designed to provide individual decision-makers within the traffic and
aviation safety communities direct access to accident and incident
information."
(Illinois) Illinois State Police Strategic Info and Analysis
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Searchable Bibliographies/Library Catalogs/Librarian Tools
(http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/bibs.htm )
IFLA Directory of Union Catalogs
"...a complete listing of all known current national union catalogues in
the world, including monograph, serial and general union catalogues."
Artists in Canada
"...a bilingual union list that identifies the location of documentation
files on Canadian artists. Twenty-three libraries and art galleries across
Canada have contributed biographical information and lists of their
documentation files to create this resource which contains information for
over 42 700 artists. "
Pub Med Central
Early stage project offering "free full-text to life science research
articles".
Video Distributors
2 searchable databases to assist in locating basic directory information.
Video Librarian Distributor Database ||| Video Distributors (via U.C.
Berkeley)
Gary D. Price, MLIS
George Washington University
Virginia Campus Library
Gelman Library
Ashburn, VA and Washington, D.C.
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703-726-8235
703-726-8237 (fax)
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