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May 2, 2005 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.

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Westlaw Expands Government Affairs Resources

Thomson West (http://west.thomson.com) recently introduced a customized Government Affairs interface on Westlaw, with appropriate content organized around users' work flow. The January 2005 acquisition of NETSCAN made it possible for Thomson West to enhance its government affairs coverage. NETSCAN iPublishing (NETSCAN) publishes pending legislative and regulatory information to government affairs professionals and lobbyists.

The new Westlaw interface is designed for government affairs specialists, corporate counsel, compliance officers, and lobbyists in associations, law firms, and corporations who need to stay current on pending legislation and regulations. Thomson West organized the new Westlaw content specifically around their work flow. Professionals will now find all the government affairs resources they need in one convenient place.

With the new resource, Thomson West said that users can now more easily:

  • Identify trends in proposed legislation and regulations across all 50 states
  • Track pending legislative and regulatory changes and analyze how proposed changes could impact the organization's business practices
  • Shape government policy by influencing political processes and public opinion
  • Ensure their organization's compliance with lobbying and campaign contribution regulations

Source: Thomson West

Knovel Offers Free Access to Nine Reference Works

Knovel Corp. announced a new program called K-Essentials that offers businesses, academic institutions, and government agencies unlimited access, free of charge, to nine science and technical reference works on Knovel's research platform. Knovel offers a virtual library of important industry reference works and handbooks for those in need of technical research. Using a Web-based platform enhanced with embedded software, Knovel makes the references work as productivity tools, enabling researchers to create, manipulate, and customize research reports. Free subscription requests must be made through a librarian, information specialist, or departmental manager. Apply at http://www.info.knovel.com/essentials.

The nine interactive engineering and science reference titles that are part of the K-Essentials program include:

1. Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS)

2. Military Handbook - MIL-HDBK-5H: Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structures

3. Engineering Problem Solving:- A Classical Perspective

4. International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology

5. Knovel Critical Tables: Lite

6. Essential Practices for Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards

7. Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition)

8. Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables

9. Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

Source: Knovel Corp.

Yahoo! Introduces My Web

Yahoo! introduced the beta release of My Web from Yahoo! Search (available at http://search.yahoo.com). My Web is a "personal search engine" that provides a simple way to save, recall, and share online information with friends and colleagues. It enables users to create their own personal online archive by saving their favorite pages, search results, and search history to itself. In addition, users can share their information with friends and colleagues via integrated tools such as e-mail, instant messenger, and personal networking provided by Yahoo!'s new Yahoo! 360° tool.

The My Web beta leverages the extensive user feedback generated from the launch of Yahoo!'s search history product (My Yahoo! Search) in October 2004 and includes key new features that provide the user with greater control and accessibility for their personal search experience. Users can create categories for their saved results and can annotate saved pages with personal notes. My Web lets users save both a copy of the page and the URL. Yahoo! recommends that users install the Yahoo! Toolbar with My Web as part of their My Web activation. Using the Yahoo! Toolbar in conjunction with My Web provides added convenience and ease. [Editor's Note: For additional information, see the NewsBreak "Search Engines Roll Out New Personalization Options" at http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbreader.asp?ArticleID=16219.]



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