Discusses online database searching and electronic information sources in Australia. Highlights include CD-ROM technology, the Internet, searching software, and content. A sidebar provides a list of 28 Australian and New Zealand electronic information sources. (AEF)

Discusses print and World Wide Web resources on personal finance, investments, and other business information and provides an annotated bibliography of investment and the stock market sites: meta sites, stock quotes, market news, data and analysis, brokerage firms, and sites for beginning investors. Includes addresses. (PEN)

While technology has made plagiarism easier, it has also made it easier to detect. This article explains how librarians are getting involved in this battle, what can tip off a plagiarized hand, and the software that can turn suspicion into confirmation. A list of online sources of plagiarism guidelines is provided. (AEF)

Examines some of the many Internet/World Wide Web versions of MEDLINE and reports whether the file is "healthier" now than it was before. Describes two search examples and two non-National Library of Medicine Web MEDLINE sites. Notes that for MEDLINE searching, the user should pick a couple of sites and perform a personal comparisons and…

Explains listservs and describes how to locate listservs relating to the law. Topics include how to use listservs as current awareness tools; how to locate listserv archives; and how to use listservs as databases of information. Sidebars provide pertinent Web site addresses. (LRW)

Discusses job search resources on the Internet, electronic resumes, and searching tricks. Features an annotated bibliography of Internet sites that provide links to job search sites, search tips, databanks of jobs, professional and "boutique" sites, and government jobs. (PEN)

Describes the 1996 Internet World conference (New York, NY), and lists--alphabetically by company--products and services for professional online searchers offered by the selected top 40 (out of 550) exhibitors. Includes a product matrix chart for finding products that match needed applications. (AEF)

Discusses the difficulties in knowing what Web or Internet material is worth archiving. Highlights some existing archives and preservation projects; points out the technical barriers to Internet preservation; discusses the human questions of psychological, social, and legal issues needing resolve; gives examples of standards; and presents the…

Presents the keynote speakers of the Online World 1997 conference, as well as HotBot and other search engines, the CyberClinic tracks (Practical Searching, Resource Management, Trends and Technology, Corporate Electronic Publishing, Content Reviews, and Roundtable Discussions), Web-based communities, and an exhibited database of over 12,000…

Reviews the state of scholarly social science resources on the Web, describing selected search engines and Web sites. Discusses advantages and disadvantages for information retrieval; using meta-indexes; connecting to research centers; and suggests strategies for more effective retrieval. (AEF)

Reviews the Institute for Scientific Information's (ISI) Web interface for its Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science Citation Expanded citation indexes. Discusses content; other Internet efforts from ISI; pricing; searching; quick and full search modes; using the results; document delivery; full text; documentation and help; and future…

Examines options for the researcher who wants to narrow canvassing of Web accessible material to just news-related articles. Discusses scout pages, meta-search pages, and news-only searches from World Wide Web search sites, then notes the benefits and problems for each. (AEF)

Describes a Web-based information service, Northern Light, which demonstrates a new paradigm for serving large populations of users and delivering high-quality content on topics both general and narrow. Discusses performance of the search engine, search syntax, Northern Light's special collection, and pricing. (AEF)

Describes how information professionals at the 1997 SCOUG (Southern California Online User Group) conference created a Virtual Library Corporation of librarians to serve a worldwide, digital clientele. Mission statements were developed which included promoting/developing synergistic structures and systems for universal access, promoting…

World Wide Web "meta sites," or collections of subject-specific hyperlinks, can expedite Internet searching. One can find meta sites by consulting: search engines that offer site ratings or selective retrieval; library-constructed Web sites; Internet-related journals; and subject experts. A compilation of meta sites, with descriptions…