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T.H.E. Journal
February 2009 |
World Book Student by World Book World Book has updated its Online Reference Center with new features and a new name.   |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2001
Sabrina Tillman |
Focus on Reference Reference encyclopedias, dictionaries and thesauri remain some of the most valuable tools that aid in the completion of student research projects. This article presents the electronic versions of many reference industry favorites... |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2004 |
Britannica Revamps Its Online Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Britannica has revamped its Britannica Online School Edition to offer a more user-focused look to better accommodate younger visitors. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2000 |
FYI - The New Book of Popular Science Grolier Educational has launched The New Book of Popular Science Online, allowing students in grades 5 and up to explore scientific information and interactive activities.... |
Information Today
November 11, 2010 |
Continuum Titles Join Oxford University Press Digital Reference Shelf As part of a new distribution partnership Continuum is making a critical selection of its high-quality scholarly reference titles available through the Digital Reference Shelf platform, providing students and scholars with a single online source. |
Information Today
December 21, 2009 |
Flat World Knowledge Partners with Bookshare to Make Free College Textbooks Accessible to People with Print Disabilities Flat World Knowledge, a publisher of expert-authored, open content college textbooks, became the first dedicated college textbook publisher to supply its digital textbooks to Bookshare |
T.H.E. Journal
August 1999
Jim Schneider |
Focus on Reference In that spirit, this month's Software Focus-On will take a look at reference software.... |
Macworld
October 31, 2005
Teague & Teague |
Encyclopedia Software Two of the most popular physical encyclopedias, World Book and Encyclopedia Britannica, have recently updated their virtual equivalents. Plus, the free Wikipedia Dashboard widget now makes it even easier to look up information. |
Search Engine Watch
November 30, 2006
Matt Bailey |
Making Search Accessible to Visually Impaired Users Until recently, the needs of visually impaired users wasn't a top priority for search engines. That's changed, but there are still issues that need to be resolved, according to people with vision challenges. |
ONLINE
September 2001
Greg R. Notess |
On the Net, Ready-Reference Collections: Bartleby and xrefer Bartleby and xrefer offer free searchable access to full-text standard reference works with hundreds of thousands of individual entries... |
T.H.E. Journal
December 9, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
Federal Grant Aims To Make Open Content Texts More Accessible With the help of a $100,000 supplemental grant from the United States Department of Education Office of Special Education, Bookshare will begin to make open content textbooks accessible to readers with print disabilities. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 1, 2010
Sara Stroud |
Merging IT With AT Assistive tech joins the mainstream When Apple's iPad hit shelves earlier this year, educators and educational software developers were already thinking about what it could mean for students with learning and communication impairments. |
Macworld
February 2001
Nancy Peterson |
2001 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Excellent Research Source Expands... |
Information Today
January 28, 2010 |
Elsevier Launches Digital Learning Platform for Health Science Education: Pageburst The Pageburst platform is designed specifically for nursing and health professions students in North America who require anytime/anywhere access to course material and utilize texts as reference guides throughout their careers. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2001
Andrew Taylor |
ABC-CLIO Interactive's The Civil Rights Movement in the United States Civil rights is an issue many educators neglect in favor of less controversial topics. But with the new interactive encyclopedia, The Civil Rights Movement in the United States from ABC-CLIO, teachers and students have 500 articles and a host of multimedia materials to explore... |
Information Today
February 4, 2008 |
New WilsonWeb CX Edition Helps Users Mine Data The software adds new features and a new layout for better speed and accessibility. The interface has been designed to help users mine the breadth and depth of Wilson data. |
Information Today
May 28, 2015 |
Benetech Celebrates Wiley's Alt Text Initiative Wiley developed alternative text guidelines (descriptions that provide contextual meanings to images and illustrations) for inclusion in most of its frontlist books, making content accessible to all readers. |
Information Today
March 18, 2010 |
Credo Reference Links Up With EasyBib.com With all the databases, websites, and print sources available, compiling research, writing a paper, and citing resources can be difficult and time-consuming for many students. |
Information Today
September 8, 2008 |
Credo Reference Launches Improved Interface Credo Reference, the online reference library, has completely updated and enhanced its interface. |
Information Today
November 1, 2012 |
Encyclopaedia Britannica Launches App for Windows 8 The Encyclopaedia Britannica App, now available in the Windows Store, provides access to the entire encyclopedia with a sleek and engaging interface, rich illustrations, and special features such as Link Map. |
D-Lib
April 2002
Adam Hodgkin |
Integrated and Aggregated Reference Services: The Automation of Drudgery Few books are large enough to justify an annual subscription for online access. One way round this problem is to develop an aggregation service through which a collection of books can be given additional weight and visibility, sufficient to warrant active web distribution... |
Search Engine Watch
October 11, 2007
Kevin Newcomb |
Don't Ignore Accessibility While more search marketers are becoming aware of usability and accessibility concerns, the numbers are still very small. A new lawsuit filed in California has the potential to change that. |
Entrepreneur
March 2005
Melissa Campanelli |
All Access Is your website accessible to consumers with disabilities? If not, you might be missing out on a valuable audience. |
Information Today
April 1, 2010 |
EBSCO Publishing Announces New How-To Databases for Public Library Patrons Libraries are busier than ever and patrons making legal decisions or looking to create or expand their small businesses need resources for their specific demands. |
Information Today
May 9, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Amazon Finally Begins Work to Make Kindles ADA-Compliant On May 1, 2013, ebook giant Amazon announced new accessibility features for the Kindle reading app, making it easier than ever for blind and visually impaired customers to navigate their Kindle libraries, read and interact with their books. |
Fast Company
Luke Dormehl |
Deaf Advocates Want MIT And Harvard To Provide Better Closed-Captioning Services Technology can be a godsend to people with disabilities, allowing them to fully participate in parts to life that would be otherwise impossible. But at what point should it become mandatory? |
Information Today
November 5, 2009 |
Credo Reference to Launch SAGE Reference Publisher Collection Nearly 70 SAGE titles will now be available through the Credo Reference platform. SAGE is an international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. |
Science News
October 28, 2006 |
Science Safari: Encyclopedia of Earth An online source of environmental information. |
Information Today
April 19, 2010 |
Credo Reference Adds Princeton University Press Titles These are the first Princeton University Press titles to be made available on the reference service. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2000
Sabrina Tillman |
Focus on Reference The following Web resources and CD-ROMs acquaint students with an abundance of information at the click of a mouse... |
Search Engine Watch
January 4, 2005
Chris Sherman |
The Best Online Reference Sites Looking for an answer to a specific question? Check out this list of the best reference sites of 2004, as compiled by the American Library Association. AskOxford.com... Cyberschoolbus... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2004 |
Accessible Web Publishing Educators, regardless of Web authoring experience, can create documents that comply with Section 508 and W3C accessibility standards. |
Information Today
June 28, 2010 |
Reference Universe now links to CQ Researcher and to CREDO Reference Reference Universe is an information service designed specifically to unlock a library's reference collection. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Out-Googling The Top Search Engine Online encyclopedias yield more specialized results. |
Information Today
May 24, 2010 |
Cambridge University Press Grants Digital Rights to Bookshare for Accessible Formats Conversion Cambridge University Press has entered into a license agreement with Bookshare, the Calif.-based nonprofit organization that provides books in accessible formats for people with qualified print disabilities |
Entrepreneur
May 2005
Stephen Barlas |
Standard Issues New rules regarding food distribution and handling and revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act pose challenges for small businesses. |
Information Today
December 19, 2011 |
Oxford Digital Reference Shelf to Re-Launch in 2012 This will be the essential hub to all Oxford University Press reference content, re-launching with improved functionality and design. |
Inc.
September 2005
Allen P. Roberts Jr. |
Broader Wheelchair Access Rules Proposed The Justice Department is mulling changes to the Americans With Disabilities Act, and the changes considered could affect every business in America. |
Information Today
February 24, 2015 |
APA Temporarily Suspends New Programs for PSYCAS Service Released in January, PSYCAS streamlines the psychology program application process for students, faculty members, and departments. |
InternetNews
September 27, 2006
Clint Boulton |
W3C Documents Development For The Disabled The World Wide Web Consortium today published documents to help developers create Web sites that are more easily accessible for people with disabilities. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2013
Kern & Klampfl |
Extraction of References Using Layout and Formatting Information from Scientific Articles The automatic extraction of reference meta-data is an important requirement for the efficient management of collections of scientific literature. |
Information Today
March 17, 2011 |
Credo Reference Expands M.E. Sharpe Content M.E. Sharpe publishes social sciences and humanities resources, including titles in economics, political science, management and public administration, history, and literature. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2007 |
Station Watching Packed with colorful, carefully annotated and detailed illustrations and photographs, Reference Guide to the International Space Station makes it easy to track both past and planned ISS evolution. |
Information Today
April 2001
Peter Jacso |
Internet Insights - xrefer: An Xcellent British Dot-Com This free service masterfully integrates the best British ready-reference sources via cross-references and cross-links... |
