INFORMATION UPDATE November 2005 Number 68 Welcome to INFORMATION UPDATE, a monthly resource for information seekers and users. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ IN THIS ISSUE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ => Do It Yourself - News Sources - Mostly Free => Did You Know? - News Databases - Mostly Fee => Notes, News and Announcements => Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information ************************************************************ DO IT YOURSELF - News Sources - Mostly Free ************************************************************ If you have a certain newpaper you like to read or a specific article you are trying to view online, you may be able to do that easily and at no cost. Many newpapers offer a free ver- sion of the current day's publication while charging a fee for access to the archives (back issues.) My local paper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, is available online. You can view a pdf of the front page and read stories from the paper in a web based format. To view the archives, however, you have to be a subscriber or pay a fee. The archives go back to January 2000 and articles cost $1.95 to non-subscribers. There are lots of online directories to online newspapers. These directories can help you find the papers you need. One of my current favorites is PressDisplay. An image of the paper displays on the screen just like the printed version, and you can view front pages of over 200 papers at no charge. To read the whole paper or to search inside it there is a fee. http://www.pressdisplay.com/ Other useful newspaper directories include: American Journalism Review - The home page offers links to 100s of papers, both U.S. and global. http://ajr.org/ (If you like it when Jay Leno reads bloopers out of the newspaper, then try the Take 2 link to funny errors and clever headlines.) Newslink, an academic and professional research and consult- ing firm provides an extensive directory to news sources including campus newspapers and lists by State. http://newslink.org/ AllYouCanRead.com claims to be the largest directory of magazines and newspapers on the Internet, linking to 22,800 titles in over 200 countries. http://www.allyoucanread.com/ For more directories to news sources, try Librarians' Index to the Internet http://www.lii.org/pub/topic/newspapers ************************************************************ DID YOU KNOW? - News Databases - Mostly Fee ************************************************************ There are times when browsing individual news sources one at a time is just not cost effective or comprehensive enough for the information need at hand. Sometimes the search requires a broad look at a wide variety of sources. Maybe the topic was covered by several sources, and you want the view from every angle. Or maybe it's a topic of local or regional interest covered best by the local paper. The topic might be a company, deal, joint venture, product or or competitive intelligence, and for these searches we have databases. The Big Three provide news sources for searches when key decisions are on the line. You can't rely on a hit or miss search of selected sources, and you don't have time to scan dozens of papers one by one. For this we need aggregators, and Dialog, LexisNexis, and Factiva are the three companies most professional searchers will turn to. Dialog provides access to 10,000 leading newspapers, business magazines, and newswires from all over the world. http://www.dialog.com LexisNexis includes legal and news sources. Nexis is the news side, and it provides access to thousands of sources in several languages. http://www.lexisnexis.com Factiva's collection of over 9,000 sources includes the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, plus Dow Jones and Reuters newswires. http://www.factiva.com A serious news searcher will have access to all three of these powerful tools, since despite some overlap, they each have unique content not available on the other two. Search capabilities permit simultaneous searching of thousands of news sources, plus the ability to remove duplicates and sort the results. When the stakes are high or time is short or thoroughness is imperative, be sure your information professional searches the full range of news sources. For more information, contact Shamel Information Services, 858-673-4673 or mailto:cshamel@shamelinfo.com ************************************************************* Notes, News, and Announcements ************************************************************* >>Information Seekers may now subscribe to Information Update using the web form at http://shamelinfo.com. If someone has forwarded this newsletter to you, why not register for your own free copy? Use the form on the Shamel Information Services web site at http://shamelinfo.com. ************************************************************** Shamel Information Services Web Site ************************************************************** The Shamel Information Services web site at http://shamelinfo.com contains Information Update archives. Just click on "Newsletters" and check for any issues you might have missed. Cynthia L. Shamel, editor Shamel Information Services Telephone: 858-673-4673 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Subscriptions to INFORMATION UPDATE are free. Copyright 2005 Shamel Information Services Please feel free to forward this issue to colleagues, in its entirety. Other uses without permission may violate copyright. Online archives at http://shamelinfo.com/newsletter.htm ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^