Invisible Web In the most recent issue of inCite, the news magazine of the Australian Library and Information Association, I read a news clip about a web site from the Teaching Library Workshops of the University of California, Berkeley, that gives an overview of the invisible web. "It explains the kinds of specialised searchable databases that you can find online, and why many are invisible to traditional search tools. ... The top three finding tools they recommend to mine the invisible web are Librarians' Index to the Internet, AcademicInfo and Infomine." 10:11:45 PM     [comment []];[]

EBSCO features and free resources While looking at the EBSCO website to check out BookSource (which doesn't appear anywhere on the site except as a press release), I ran across some other features that I need to spend more time on. I should look at the multiple language interfaces and the article translation service, for example. It would be better, of course, if we could access articles written in French, but this feature might help students who find the English too difficult. I also wonder if we could use the book reviews and booktalks. 9:45:14 PM     [comment []];[]

Full Text Book Database for School Libraries The latest issue of Biblio Tech Review has a news item about a new resource from EBSCO. "BookSource: Nonfiction contains full text and informative abstracts for 1,000 popular, nonfiction books found in school and public libraries. It includes books on science, social studies, history and literature, along with valuable, current information on careers, health, sports, adventure and technology." 9:28:30 PM     [comment []];[]