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Wang, Huaiqing; Liao, Stephen; Liao, Lejian – Journal of Information Science, 2000
Discusses discrepancies between user queries on the Web and the answers provided by information sources; proposes an agent-based framework for Web mining tasks; introduces an object-oriented deductive data model and a flexible query language; and presents a cooperative mechanism for query answering. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Deduction, Information Sources, Users (Information), World Wide Web
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2001
Describes the Visible Human Project of the National Library of Medicine that links the print library of functional-physiological knowledge with the image library of structural-anatomical knowledge into one unified resource. (JOW)
Descriptors: Health Occupations, Information Sources, Medical Libraries, Technological Advancement
Notess, Greg R. – Database, 1996
Describes up-to-date news sources that are presently available on the Internet and World Wide Web. Highlights include electronic newspapers; AP (Associated Press) sources and Reuters; sports news; stock market information; New York Times; multimedia capabilities, including CNN Interactive; and local and regional news. (LRW)
Descriptors: Athletics, Information Sources, Internet, Multimedia Materials
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Drame, Ines – Medijska Istrazivanja (Media Research: Croatian Journal for Journalism and the Media), 1995
Investigates the relationship between reporters and information sources, particularly official sources in a Slovenian news agency. Pinpoints official sources as the basic determinants of meaning of media releases, with a central place in investigative journalism. States that the media become a communication tool among the (political) elite. (PA)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Sources, Journalism Research, News Reporting
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Pecar, Janez – Medijska Istrazivanja (Media Research: Croatian Journal for Journalism and the Media), 1995
States that investigative journalism has a role of informal control and even surveillance over society, political parties, organizations, or individuals. Argues that the connection between criminalistics and investigative journalism should be recognized as to similarity of methodological approach. Notes the importance of the deontology of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Sources, Journalism Education, News Reporting
Nursing and Health Care Perspectives, 2000
This partially annotated bibliography contains these categories: abstract sources, archives, audiovisuals, bibliographies, databases, dictionaries, directories, drugs/toxicology/environmental health, grant resources, histories, indexes, Internet resources, reviews, statistical sources, and writers' manuals and guides. A supplement lists Canadian…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Databases, Information Sources, Nursing
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Morehead, Joe – Reference Librarian, 1997
Defines international intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); discusses the General Accounting Office report on selected IGOs; describes the World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, International Labor Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the United…
Descriptors: Information Sources, International Organizations, International Trade, Nongovernmental Organizations
Jones, Jami – School Library Journal, 2004
Library, services for teens are often less than stellar. Although some libraries offer young adults wonderful programs and vibrant, inviting spaces, even the American Library Association admits that adolescents tend to be an "underserved" group. This article discusses what libraries can do to make them more meaningful to teens.
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Services, Adolescents, Adolescent Development
Jansen, Barbara – Library Media Connection, 2005
The various steps to be implemented in helping students to interact with the Internet in order to avoid wrong information sites are presented. It is significant that children need to be well guided to reputable sources of information in electronic subscription databases.
Descriptors: Internet, Information Technology, Information Sources, Web Sites
Lake, Susan E. L. – Library Media Connection, 2004
Online genealogy tools is an unexpected resource as these tools not only serve valuable for genealogy research, but also can be used by students to learn about their country's past and learn to use primary materials to draw conclusions. Some of these Online sources like the 1880 census available at www.ancestry.com, www.thepastwhispers.com, which…
Descriptors: Genealogy, Internet, Information Sources, Web Sites
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Koenig, Melissa A.; Harris, Paul L. – Child Development, 2005
Being able to evaluate the accuracy of an informant is essential to communication. Three experiments explored preschoolers' (N=119) understanding that, in cases of conflict, information from reliable informants is preferable to information from unreliable informants. In Experiment 1, children were presented with previously accurate and inaccurate…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Trust (Psychology), Information Literacy, Information Sources
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Calkins, Susanna; Kelley, Matthew R. – College Teaching, 2007
Although most college faculty expect their students to analyze Internet and scholarly sources in a critical and responsible manner, recent research suggests that many undergraduates are unable to discriminate between credible and noncredible sources, in part because they lack the proper training and relevant experiences. The authors describe two…
Descriptors: Student Research, Citations (References), Case Studies, Internet
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Hvenegaard, Glen – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2007
Universities often lack a detailed understanding of the environmental backgrounds of their students. One way to improve understanding is through segmentation, which breaks down a population into groups of people with similar characteristics. This study aims to use segmentation to determine groups within the student population, based on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Information Sources
Gastwirth, David – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2007
This author states that "college access marketing" efforts aimed at increasing college attendance and success have been slow to incorporate new techniques such as "buzz marketing," "viral marketing," "product seeding," and "guerrilla marketing." Yet for a "connected generation" of potential college students, these kinds of strategies could be…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Computer Uses in Education, Marketing, Information Sources
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Savard, Stewart – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2007
The author's middle school has created a mediated set of electronic learning resources designed to more effectively meet students' research needs. These research strategies help students with a variety of reading skills and allow students, and their teachers, to focus on higher-level thinking activities because the resource collections provide…
Descriptors: Student Research, Research Methodology, Student Empowerment, Reading Skills
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