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The article focuses on the multifaceted impact of acclaimed author Stephen King's career, exploring his literary achievements, fan culture surrounding his work, and insights into his family's contributions to the literary world. Topics discussed include King's popularity among fans, critical assessments of his writing, and the diverse careers of his family members.

The article discloses reference books, guides, and awardees related to the U.S. library sector. A bibliography of books linked to the library sector is shown including "American Library Directory, 2012-2013," by Information Today, "The Atlas of New Librarianship," by R. David Lankes, and "Books: A Living History," by Martyn Lyons. Procedures were shown in acquiring International Standard Book Numbers, International Standard Serial Numbers and Stndard Address Numbers for books and e-books. Various books were recognized by library groups in various categories including the Notable Books of 2012, Best Fiction for Young Adults, and Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults.

This article features Knovel, a leader in the science and technology e-reference book market. Knovel keeps expanding the technological capabilities of e-books, as well as expanding its sci-tech and engineering content in core and emerging fields. This makes it the obvious choice to observe in order to keep pace with advancements. Knovel carries over 700 essential reference books and databases within the subject areas of chemistry and the life sciences, materials, and engineering. Content ranges through technical handbooks, manuals, and conference proceedings and comes from such major publishers as McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier, and industry societies such as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

This section presents several reference books and newsletters that can help computer users handle computer problems. One of PC World Magazine's e-newsletters is Daily Downloads. It always starts with a short ad, just scroll right past that to Today's Picks. Today's Picks always has two pieces of software recommended by PC World. There's the software name, a description of what it does, price, and a URL for downloading. Today's Picks covers a wide range of software: graphics, games, utilities, browser add-ons, and more. It only takes a minute or so to scan the information and determine your interest. Another PC World-affiliated e-newsletter can prove helpful: Steve Bass's Home Office. Bass's newsletter is weekly and he writes weekly commentary on the technology products he loves, the strategies for getting the most out of them, and the gotchas that can cause computing misery. Special Edition Using Microsoft Office XP by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard is a really big book--thankfully, it's softcover, as it weighs in at over 1,100 pages. It shows computer users the ins and outs of Office XP and answers just about any question. The book is divided into seven chapters with an appendix and detailed table of contents. The book PC Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things About Your Personal Computer, by Steve Bass is not only a reference book, but a book users can actually sit down and read cover to cover.

This section offers news briefs on the information technology industry. Altmetric has launched Altmetric for Institutions, an online application that tracks and evaluates the online dissemination of higher-education institutions and the impact of authored research. William Lewis has been appointed as chief executive officer of Dow Jones. The U.S. government has launched the Interagency Pain Research Portfolio which features more than 1,200 research projects.

This section offers news briefs on the information industry. An agreement has been reached that research management company Mendeley will be acquired by science and information provider Elsevier. Electronic and microfilm publisher ProQuest's bibliographic management tool RefWorks has a cloud-based version titled RefWorks Flow. Media entity Specialist Media Show was purchased by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

The article discusses the challenges of traditional libraries to prove their viability in the face of search technologies like Google. Topics covered include advertising from reference publishers, and building on thorough reviews through discussion of features and links to customer support. Also noted is the creation of a new rated product database by the "Choice" and "The Charleston Advisor" publications.

This section offers news briefs on the information services industry as of December 2010. Springer will start publishing the official journal of the Chinese Meteorological Society called "Acta Meteorologica Sinica." WikiLeaks released classified military documents known as "The Iraq War Logs." Credo Reference has decided to offer titles from Berg Publishers on its Credo Platform.

This article looks at the state of the online reference electronic book (ebook) market in 2005 and why it has a growing appeal to users, publishers and authors. Vendors agree that one of the reasons ebooks failed in their initial iteration was that the early vendors did not add any value to the electronic versions of books. Without any additional value, there was little innovation for consumers to buy the ebooks when the paper book worked perfectly line. Sean Devine, managing director of the Safari Books Online reference book service, says he compares his company more to an online database information like Factiva than to the original idea of an ebook. Devine says Safari typically acts as a content aggregator for publishers, which build electronic distribution rights into the standard contract so authors are compensated for electronic use of the book. CJ Rayhill, the CIO for O'Reilly Media who runs a new self-service publishing of Safari called SafariU, reports that authors have no complaints about this service. So far, these companies have only begun to touch upon making content portable, and all are at least exploring the possibility of making content available on handheld devices at some point in the future. INSETS: safari u Build Your Own Ebooks;Ebooks by the Numbers.

The article presents 2013 news on the library industry. Ebsco Publishing has released INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications academic videos on its data base EBSCOhost. A journal called "Physiological Reports" was released through a partnership between John Wiley & Sons, Inc., The American Physiological Society and The Physiological Society. A virtual migration exhibition called "Leaving Europe: A New Life in America" was released by Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Europeana.

The article presents information technology (IT) industry news briefs. The OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) developed a downloadable linked data file for the most widely held works in the WorldCat database. Open access publisher PLoS paired with Science Exchange to launch the Reproducibility Initiative related to independent replication of research. The American Chemical Society (ACS) announced the debut of its Reference QuickView tool.

This section offers news briefs on the information industry. Zagat Survey LLC has been acquired by Google. Softbank Corp. has invested 200 million U.S. dollars in InModi, a mobile and advertising network. Hearst Communications Inc. has selected Amazon to be its third-party seller of print subscriptions for Hearst's magazines over digital channels.

This section offers news briefs pertaining to information technology products. Thomson Reuters has added two archaeology journals to its Web of Knowledge platform. EBSCO Publishing has introduced several electronic books (ebooks) on EBSCOhost. IGI Global has agreed to add metadata for journals and reference books to the base index of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS).

The article features several information products and services, including the Ex Libris Alma cloud-based library management service by Ex Libris Group, the Treasures smartphone application from the British Library and the SwetsWise 5.6 version of the SwetsWise collection of subscription management services by Swets.

Addresses the development of a virtual reference desk for the distribution of electronic full text to users. Details of the service, which was presented to a symposium at the Library of Congress's Coolidge Auditorium on January 12, 2001; Need to create common technical and quality standards and to develop software built for both real-time and asynchronous references; Similar projects, including the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (MCLS) in Pasadena, California.

This section offers news briefs relating to library science as of December 2010. The IEEE eLearning Library, a collection of approximately 200 short online courses covering contemporary and emerging technologies, by IEEE. The Advanced Image Archiving (AIA), a digital image archiving service for large collections of photos for newspapers, magazines, universities and museums, was launched by Image Fortress and Masterpiece Marketing Group (MMG). Ovid has partnered with the American Nurses Association.

A list of the information resources being offered by Mergent to libraries is presented. They include reference books, online databases and directories.

This article addresses the impact of the advent of Weblogs on the printing of directory information references in the U.S. Distribution and production costs make the pure online option the only way to go for directory publishers. The Manufacturers' Agents National Association came to the same conclusion five years ago when it decided to give up on print and make its Directory available only electronically. InfoCommerce Group Inc. is not surprised at all by the move from paper to electronic. The company researches the directory industry and publishes Database Subscription Pricing Benchmark which examines the state of pricing for B2B subscription databases. The latest report, published in March 2005, presents data as of the end of 2004 and benchmarks it against InfoCommerce's research findings in 2000.

This section offers news briefs related to library automation as of June 2014. The annual Azriel Morag Award was launched by Ex Libris Group to honor the memory of its founder and first chief executive officer (CEO). A partnership has been formed between EBSCO Information Services and Random House, LLC to release electronic books (ebooks) from Random House. Gale has introduced the Analytics On Demand, an analytics tool to help libraries determine who is using their services.

Examines several reference software products. A line of interactive encyclopedias from ABC-CLIO; Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers; Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia in a Deluxe 2-CD iMac edition.

This section offers news briefs related to deals and alliances in the publishing sector as of May 2012 including the agreement between Gale and National Geographic to provide an online archive of "National Geographic" magazine and Cambridge University Press' acquisition of the journals list of the Australian Academic Press Group Pty. Ltd.

This section offers news briefs about libraries including move of OverDrive Inc. to launch the Test Drive program for libraries, and redesign of the user interface for Gale's online ebook platform Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).

This section offers news briefs about social sciences and humanities, including Cengage Learning's international advisory board for Nineteenth Century Collections Online, Taylor & Francis Group's social science and humanities imprint Routledge's 2-year pilot project for the library and information science research community and Credo Reference's partnership with Brill Publishing.

The article announces that the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health opened a new online resource for easy access to information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and Oxford Medicine Online published three textbooks online.

The article provides an update on issues related to science and technology as of May 2011, including one on the Chemical Hazard Information Library (CHIL) released by EBSCO Publishing, another on an announcement made by Knovel about the introduction of its 26th subject area focused on the discovery, development, extraction, processing and refinement of minerals from the earth and finally, on a new version of Web of Knowledge introduced by Thomson Reuters.

The article announces the plan of the U.S. Census Bureau to stop publishing several government documents, including "Current Industrial Reports" as of May 2011, as well as the intention of the Office of Management and Budget to close down many online projects aimed at increasing transparency in government, including FedSpace.

This section offers news briefs concerning online information services, including John Wiley & Sons Inc.'s launch of the Wiley Online Library, H.W. Wilson's launch of several enhancements for WilsonWeb and ProQuest's decision to digitize a National Security Archive collection on U.S.-Korean relations.

A list of the services being offered by Idea Group Inc. to libraries is presented. They include electronic books, reference books, online databases and Web databases.

A list of the books being offered by Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc. to libraries is presented. They include general collections books, library technology books and reference books.

A list of services being offered by H.W. Wilson to libraries is presented. They include library technology books, reference books, online databases and online information services.

Presents several educational products and computer software as of April 2004. "Our States," reference book series from Great Neck Publishing; Quantum Artificial Intelligence Tutors from Holt, Rinehart, and Winston; AOL@School Version 3 from America Online.

H.W. Wilson has announced that some of its print reference works will soon be available in libraries as electronic books. A number of books were to be released in the new format in January through netLibrary, including Famous First Facts, fifth edition. netLibrary, a division of the Online Computer Library Catalog (OCLC), provides libraries and their patrons with anytime, anywhere access to reference, scholarly, and professional e-books that users can view, search, and check out via the Internet.

Reports that electronic versions of 115 medical text and reference books are available on Books@Ovid through licensing agreement between Ovid Technologies and McGraw-Hill. Featured books, including several from the Brandon/Hill Selected List.

Focuses on the announcement by Ovid Technologies that it has added nine new titles to its Books@Ovid database. Textbooks and references related to medicine which are included; How to access the database.

Reports on the announcement by the Gale Group that it has acquired K.G. Saur Verlag. Publication of 2,000 reference works by Verlag in print, microfilm, and electronic formats; European offices of K.G Saur; Planned operation of K.G. Saur at its offices in Munich, Germany.

The article focuses on the copyright issues with reference to intellectual property and capitalism in the U.S. It offers information on various books focused on offering copyright resources. It offers information on the Statute of Anne passed by the British Parliament. It offers information on the book "Digital Copyright," by Jessica Litman.

Introduces several reference software. Includes 1999 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Deluxe Edition; Current Leaders: Rulers of Nations in the 1990s; Microsoft Encarta Africana.

Presents a list of reference material available on CD-ROMs. Aims of CD-ROMS; Prices of CD-ROMs; Features of CD-ROMS; Highlighting `Encarta', `Ready Reference Shelf' and `Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1997'.

The author offers a perspective on the use of U.S. census versus computer senses when it comes to searching for demographic information and other data. Examples of database for social studies and social science topics are cited that include the Population Clock section, American Factfinder, Quick Facts, and Population Map. It also differentiates cognitive computing from search engines in terms of their ability to dissect problems similar to that of the human brain.

This article evaluates the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) created by reference book and data publisher Thomson Gale. It's a big collection of big reference books on a bigger range of subjects. It covers many topics of importance in academic, public, school and some special libraries, including arts, literature, history, religion, science, social science, multiculture studies and business. GVRL has a typical Gale interface, with a few reference book search features. Search result can be sorted by title, source and, in Basic search only, by relevance. Articles can be displayed in Adobe PDF or in "text with graphics," which retains original images. Overall, the interface is visually satisfying and intuitive, with useful onscreen prompts and pull-down menus.

Focuses on the reference market and the CD/DVD technology industry. Success of the Microsoft CD/DVD-ROM products, including Bookshelf and Encarta line of reference books; View that Microsoft did an outstanding job of branding its various products; Integration of disc and online versions being a controversial issue for encyclopedia publishers.

Reports on the announcement from the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) regarding the release of CA Lexicon on STN, a powerful thesaurus capability with features that guide researchers through scientific vocabulary. How STN organizes scientific concept families and gives researchers improved recall and precision; Details regarding the improvements that CA Lexicon will give to various CAS products; Information regarding SciFinder 2000, which will allow users to explore Aurigin's Aureka WorkBench.

Discusses the largely unacknowledged reference resources and information services available on the Internet. Failure of many Internet search engines to list the free online versions of the 'Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia' and the 'American Heritage Dictionary'; Details of reference sources available from the Lycos search engine; Availability of online and CD-ROM versions of reference works licensed by Houghton Mifflin and Versaware.

Discusses the announcement by Ovid Technologies of a Books@Ovid, which is a follow-up to its Journals@Ovid product. Content of Books@Ovid being a medical reference database; Inclusion of photographs and illustrations.

Comments on the announcement of Grove's Dictionaries, Inc. that its `The Dictionary of Art,' a comprehensive art historical reference work, will become available online as a subscription service. Editor of the Grove Dictionary of Art Online; Scholars involved in the reference work; Consideration of the range of the dictionary and the World Wide Web; Ability to cross reference, move through full text, and conduct searches with ease; Grove's entry into a partnership with the Bridgman Art Library.

The article reports that Merriam-Webster Co. has started shipping the new Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Deluxe Electronic Edition on CD-ROM, bringing the high-quality authoritative content of Merriam-Webster reference books to the computer. It contains the full text of the print editions of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus, including more than 160,000 dictionary entries and 130,000 synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words, and idioms, plus 1,000 illustrations and tables. This rich combination of language information makes the product a comprehensive resource for Windows and Macintosh computer and networks. To make information easier to read and understand, different kinds of data, such as entry words, pronunciations, etymologies, part-of-speech labels, dates of first recorded use, and definitions, are presented in distinct data fields. Advanced search options, including wildcard characters and Boolean operators, allow even more sophisticated searching. The screen display is designed to be simple and intuitive, and information is presented in plain English rather than in abbreviations or symbols.

The article explores the use of traditional paper versus electronic reading materials by librarians, with particular focus on library reference books. Several librarians discuss their favorite reference materials and products, including digital resources to improve workflow management, printed cataloging references, and Internet searching on medical research topics.