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Library News & Notes
May 21, 2004
Internet Sites of the Week
Boston Gas Prices
This site features reports from consumers of the lowest and highest gas
prices in the Boston area. You can also search by community and/or zip
code. Information is removed after 60 hours.
(Source: Boston Globe)
Bush Administration Science and Technology Accomplishments: Promoting
Innovaton for a Stronger, Safer America
(Source:NSF Sci-Tech Library Newsletter)
A First Look at Longhorn
The O'Reilly Network peeks at the mysterious new Microsoft operating system.
(Source: O’Reilly Network)
“I'm obsessed by Time magazine”
so I've subscribed to all their RSS feeds…
(Source: Steven Cohen)
Meta-Efficient; a Guide to the Most Efficient Things in the World
This opinionated site profiles products it deems “affordable,”
“energy-efficient,” ecololgically-sound, economical, and “portable
(where possible, in the areas of vehicles, heating, air conditioning,
and a host of categories of consumer, office and electronic goods.
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Web)
Sites to Try When Other Engines Fail You
Gary Price (ResourceShelf) and Tara Calishain suggest general search
engines and tools for searching specific formats such as audio and video
in this brief checklist.
(Source: LISNews)
NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS
Received May 15 - 21, 2004
| Title |
Author/Editor |
(Publisher, Year) |
To be Shelved at: |
Requested by |
| Critical Mass |
Ball, Philip |
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004) |
HM 585 .B 35 2004 |
Donated by G. Eastman |
| Elements of the Random Walk |
Rudnick, Joseph and George Gaspari |
(Cambridge University Press, 2004) |
QC 174.85 .R37 R83 2004 |
Requested by H. Berg |
| International Tables for Crystallography, vol. D: Physical Properties of Crystals |
Authier, A., editor |
(Kluwer, 2004) |
QD 908 .I56 vol. D 2004 Ref |
Requested by J. Parks |
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