January 16, 2002


New online services

ICPSR Direct
Search the extensive holdings of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, encompassing political, social, economic, and educational data, and download data and documentation to your own computer for analysis. Most datasets require the use of a quantitative analysis program, such as SPSS, Data Desk, or Excel, to produce useful results. Contact F&M's institutional liaison to the ICPSR, Professor Robert Friedrich in the Government Department, at 291-4162 or R_FRIEDRICH@EMAIL.FANDM.EDU for more information.

JSTOR
Newly added business resources! Fourty-five full-text titles, all from original date of publication to the last 4 or 5 years.

Company Data Direct/U.S.
This service offers information on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. public companies.


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Best Websites of the Year....according to Yahoo!

This list represents the best of a wide range of websites, selected from the weekly postings at Yahoo! Picks.
1000 Journal Project, The 
oh, the places they've been. (Featured January 29)

abandoned places 
explore Europe's recent relics. (Featured June 11)

All My Life for Sale 
a man auctions off all of his worldly possessions. (Featured March 19)

Apple iMovie Gallery 
future directors of America unite. (Featured May 21)

Artists of Brücke 
who knew Germans were such great expressionists? (Featured November 5)

AskOxford.com 
references available upon request. (Featured July 23)

Beer Advocate 
they've got mad hops. (Featured August 27)

Canberra House, The 
stroll through the neighborhoods of Australia's capital. (Featured May 7)

Combustible Celluloid 
jam-packed with fine writing on the subject of film. (Featured October 1)

Date-My-Sister Project, The 
the story of a meddling brother gone too far. (Featured June 11)

Daypop 
links served up piping hot. (Featured November 19)

Degree Confluence Project 
global map project offers up a change in latitude. (Featured January 15)

Design Not Found 
presenting online frustration. (Featured December 3)

DoubleTake Magazine 
photographers are doin' it for themselves. (Featured October 29)

Found Magazine 
some people call it garbage. (Featured June 18)

Ghost Sites - The E-Failure Museum 
if you listen carefully, you can almost hear the Aeron Chairs crying. (Featured February 5)

Guggenheim.com 
the other museums should be listening. (Featured October 15)

Homestar Runner 
he's two to three times better than the next best person. (Featured September 10)

humanclock.com 
where is Morris Day when you need him? (Featured August 6)

Iron Chef Compendium 
if my memory serves me correctly, we liked this one. (Featured August 20)

John Coltrane 
listen and learn -- a site supreme. (Featured October 22)

Journal E: Interviews 50 Cents 
poignant interviews about life in America. (Featured April 23)

Journey is the Destination, The 
a peek into the brief life of Dan Eldon, a photojournalist who was killed on assignment in Somalia, July 1993. (Featured October 22)

Kicksology.net 
the freshest resource for in-depth reviews of phat kicks that give you mad rise. (Featured April 16)

Last Plane to Jakarta 
articles and opinions on music both obscure and popular. (Featured June 25)

le piano graphique 
music never looked so good. (Featured June 4)

Levitated 
light as a feather, stiff as a board. (Featured November 19)

McSweeney's: Weekly NFL Picks 
whether or not you like football, Jeff Johnson is a funny man. (Featured September 10)

Men Who Look Like Kenny Rogers 
these guys are "on a train bound for nowhere." (Featured June 25)

Mojo Magazine 
across the pond and into our ears. (Featured March 19)

NASA's Visible Earth 
here, there, and everywhere. (Featured March 5)

New Yorker, The 
the talk of the town. (Featured February 19)

OddTodd: Laid-Off 
coffee, Pringles, late-afternoon naps, and fudge-striped cookies. (Featured November 11)

Orisinal 
melt away the minutes when you're feeling gamey. (Featured November 26)

Paint by Number 
the Smithsonian puts color in all the right places. (Featured April 23)

Pet Shop Boys Song-by-Song Commentary 
"What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?" (Featured April 9)

Picturing the Century 
freezing change, ugliness, and bravery. (Featured March 19)

Pseudo Dictionary 
a different place for words to live. (Featured January 29)

September 11 Web Archive 
a day we'll never forget. Part of the Internet Archive. (Featured October 22)

Slap Shot Tribute 
"old-time hockey, like Eddie Shore." (Featured October 29)

Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies 
you can't be serious. (Featured January 8)

Taquitos.net 
snacking it in. (Featured January 29)

They Rule 
the view is exceptional from where "they" sit.(Featured October 22)

TRL by Sarah 
if you just can't get enough of Carson. (Featured April 16)

turbulence 
artists in the full upright position. (Featured December 10)

Underwater Archaeology 
don't hold your breath. (Featured June 4)

What Is a Print? 
the MoMA shows you the meaning of etch. (Featured April 30)

Who's the Boss? Resource, The 
who's the oddly obsessive fan? (Featured November 26)

William Girdler 
a picture's worth a couple of words. (Featured February 19)

WMOB: The Wiretap Network 
an unexpected slice of the mafia life. (Featured May 28)


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