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The article reviews the Web site State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782; Part IV: State Papers, Foreign, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Turkey, from publisher Gale Cengage, located at https://www.gale.com/c/state-papersonline-eighteenth-century-part-iv.

The article reviews the website database "The Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990" from the Gale firm Cengage Learning, located at http://www.gale.com/moml-aclu-papers.

The article focuses on the results of a survey of undergraduates that found most students would start their research process on the Internet using internet search engines, while 20 percent would utilize a library catalog, and mentions library databases were considered the most valuable resource.

The article evaluates various databases and online products released in 2016, including "American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990," from Gale, "The Criminal Justice & Criminology Video Collection," from SAGE Knowledge and "Cancer Biology," from Annual Review.

Evaluates the Web-based archives of various American newspapers and news providers. The San Jose Mercury News; Christian Science Monitor; The Washington Post; Electric Library; San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle; The New York Times; The Los Angeles Times; Chicago Tribune; The Boston Globe; USA Today; The Wall Street Journal; Web addresses; Features of each site.

Offers news relating to online databases as of December 1, 2001. Collection of BioMed Central of online meeting abstracts to aid librarians and researchers; Creation of a service for research scientists by BioMed which evaluates papers published in the biological sciences; Creation of a reference package by EBSCO Publishing; More.

The article reports on controversies involving Sci-Hub, the world's largest website for sharing scholarly literature. Many publishers have complained regarding the theft of copyrighted material, and the Association of American Publishers has censured an academic librarian for his comments on Sc-Hub during a panel at the American Library Association conference in June 2016. Elsevier sued the site, its founder Alexandra Elbakyan and LibGen for copyright infringement and hacking in June 2015.

The article reviews several academic databases including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Papers from Proquest, Silent Film Online from Alexander Street Press, and Britannica Library from Britannica Digital Learning.

The article reviews the Web site UN iLibrary, from United Nations, located at www.un-ilibrary.org.

Reports Columbia University Press' creation of Columbia International Affairs Online. Publication of journal articles and electronic monographs, conference proceedings, working papers from 40 institutions and books in full text; Use of the technology to help solve the crisis in scholarly publishing; Comments from editor Kate Wittenberg.

Presents a listing and evaluation of news-oriented web sites that are appropriate for students to use in libraries. Details on the offerings of different sites including historical archives. INSET: Other sources.

The article reviews the web site Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences from Morgan and Claypool Publishers.

Reports that Columbia University Press has launched an online publication including working papers, reports and conference proceedings from more than 40 participating institutes around the world. Participating institutes including Stanford University's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Palestine Studies and London School of Economics; Funding for the service; Selection of material.

Reports on newspaper databases on the Internet. Examples of web sites that allow searches of newspaper articles; Evaluation of the search tools on major U.S. newspaper web sites.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on reviews of online resources related to the People's Republic of China including the websites China Data Online, Chinese Research Perspectives Online, and Policing the Shanghai International Settlement, 1894–1945 by educational publishing company Gale Cengage.

This article reviews Internet based reference sources for research into current events including Alt-Press Watch by ProQuest at www.proquest.com, CQ Global Researcher by CQ Press at www.cqpress.com, and Custom Newspapers by Cengage Learning Inc. brand Gale at www.gale.cengage.com.

The article reviews the web site "Bloom's Literature" located at http://www.infobase.com/product/academia/blooms-literature-2/ from Infobase.

The article features the database World Religions Online from Infobase.

The article reviews the web site The Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I, located at www.gale.com/archives-of-sexuality-and-gender-lgbtq/.

The article reports that online search portal Scitopia.org is expanding to include six new partners. The new members, all from Great Britain, include the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). The article reports that the group's goal is to continually expand on the content available for users to search in the areas of science and technology.

Reports that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is planning to sue one of four library systems using filtering software. Identification of two of the libraries being scrutinized by the ACLU; ACLU concerns; Comments from ACLU attorney Ann Beeson.

The article reviews the web site Global Health, located at www.cabi.org, from CABI.

The article reviews the web site African American Newspapers which is an online collection of seven newspapers published by African Americans during the 19th century.

The article reviews several web sites related to military history including Armed Conflict Database from the Institute for Strategic Studies located at www.acd.iiss.org, Military & Government Collection from EbscoHost located at www.ebscohost.com/government/military-government-collection, and Military & Intelligence Database Collection from Gale Cengage Learning located at www. galetrials.com.

The article reviews the online bibliographic database Bibliography of Native North Americans, located at www.ebscohost.com/academic/bibliography-of-native-north-americans, from EBSCO.

The article reviews the website for ProQuest Entrepreneurship, located at www.proquest.com.

Discusses citation searching as a means for finding relevant literature to a topic or piece of literature. How the Internet has allowed for effective citation searching; Provision of citation databases from Web of Science.

Presents information about a number of Web sites relating to energy as of September 1, 2001. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Web site; Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network Web site; Web site of the Energy Foundation; More.

Offers suggestions for librarians who are planning children's summer reading program Web sites. How to attract kids' attention on a library Web site; Example of Toronto Public Library's successful 'Wilderness Bound, Adventure Found' Web site; The importance of promoting year-round reading programs; Using e-mail to publicize summer reading programs.

The article reviews several reference web sites including Artcyclopedia at artcyclopedia.com which is a search engine for art, Europeana 1914–1918 at europeana1914–1918.eu/en which offers a collection of resources on World War I, and Nutrition Data at nutritiondata.com.

The article evaluates the Shen Bao Digital Archive available through information services company East View Information Services at http://eastview.com.

Focuses on electronic publishing in Great Britain. Debut of Palmer's Full Image Online, an Internet-accessible database, by Chadwyck-Healey Inc.; Complete coverage of the British newspaper `The Times' from 1785 to 1870; Additional indexes of the database; Contact information.

Discusses using online databases for research. Reasons for librarians to use online computer services; Tracing web words and jargon; The services called Dialog and Lexis-Nexis; Features of the Dialog search system, including the RANK command; Limitations of a general approach to research.

The article offers a review of the Gender Studies Database (GSD) from EBSCO Publishing as of July 2014. The article discusses GSD's use of information from several sources including the information technology company National Information Solutions Cooperative's (NISC) Women Studies International and Men's Studies databases, NISC's Child Development & Adolescent Studies database, and the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (Medline) database.

The article presents a review of the "America: History and Life with Full Text" and "Historical Abstracts with Full Text" social sciences online subscription database services by EBSCO Information Services, and includes information on the content of the products and features of the databases.

The article reviews the web site Figshare, a public repository that allows users to upload any kind of research output.

The article reviews the website on online journal located at https://peerj.com by an open access publisher PeerJ Inc.

The article reviews the electronic databases of the American Psychological Association as of July 2013, mentioning the PsychTHERAPY and PsychBOOKS databases while focusing on the PsychEXTRA database of bibliographic records and professional resources for psychology and social science research.

An introduction is presented to a series of reviews of electronic databases and resources for researchers interested in psychiatry, psychology, and the behavioral sciences.

The article reviews online publishing company Gale Cengage Learning's online database "Archives Unbound," which includes collections on various topics including "Feminism in Cuba, 1898-1958," "Women's Issues and Their Advocacy Within the White House, 1974-1977," and "Women Organizing Transnationally: The Committee of Correspondence, 1952-1969."

The article discusses library automation papers or demonstrations offered at the Association of College & Research Libraries Conference held March 30-April 2, 2011. Presentations on the use of technology offered by Internet industry firm Google Inc. for reserving electronic resources and an automated equipment reservation system are discussed. A presentation on creating a library catalog which can be accessed by mobile computing is considered.

The article reports that Cornell University Library is seeking support for the arXiv scientific research repository.

The article discusses reference works from the year 2011 which are recommended for use in libraries, examining databases, websites, books, and technology platforms which were nominated by librarians. Books which are discussed include the "Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema" by Jasper Sharp, "Airlines of the Jet Age" by R. E. G. Davies, and "The Oxford Companion to Beer," edited by Garrett Oliver. The article also looks at the electronic book collection offered by EBSCO Publishing, the Sharpe Online Reference database at sharpe-online.com, and the website Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels at alexanderstreet.com/products/comx.htm.

The article offers reviews online databases on Native American history, including "American History Online," from Facts on File, available at www.infobasepublishing.com/OnlineProductDetail.aspx?ISBN=0816043779, "The American Mosaic: The American Indian Experience," from ABC-CLIO, available at www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?id=2147483695, and "Archives Unbound," from Gale Cengage Learning, available at gdc.gale.com/archivesunbound.

The article reviews several online reference databases including Credo Reference from Credo, located at www.credoreference.com, Biography in Context from Gale Cengage Learning at www.gale.cengage.com/InContext/gi.htm, and Oxford English Corpus from Oxford University Press at www.oup.com/online/us/obo/?view=usa.