Web Bits
Web Bits is a look at selected scholarly, practical sources available free online. All reviews are excerpted from Choice. Have a favorite website to share on Web Bits? e-mail ra2@evansville.edu
Acronym finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/
"Acronym Finder (AF) is the most sophisticated, most complex, and largest online dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. The database includes nearly 2.5 million acronyms. Search results may be sorted by most common use, information technology, military and government, science and medicine, organizations, business and finance, and by slang and chat."
Choice March '06--Vol. 43 No.7
AnnualReports.com http://www.annualreports.com/
"This free financial report service, provided by IR Solutions, a financial information services firm, offers PDF versions of company annual reports and HTML versions of their Form 10Ks, both of which are primary sources of financial information about a company." Choice April '06--Vol.43 No.8
Biography.com http://www.biography.com/
"BIOGRAPHY Search allows users to search over 25,000 entries by name, keyword, or subject category. Name entries may also be browsed alphabetically." Choice April '06--Vol. 43 No.8
Electronic text center http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
"The Electronic Text Center (ETC) at the University of Virginia Library is well planned and organized in a straightforward way, making access easy. The setup of directories and indexes provides intuitive location of resources. The sidebar to the right on the home page offers library catalog searching and a link to library databases that enable solid research without leaving the ETC site." Choice May '06--Vol.43 No.9
The Online books page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
"Originally founded in 1993, this resource indexes individual titles and collections of English-language online books and serials that are legally available, for free, in stable environments and standard, non-proprietary formats. Although not all online-only books are listed, selection criteria allow for broad inclusion, and the site seems remarkably comprehensive." Choice May '06--Vol.43 No.9
Acronym finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/
"Acronym Finder (AF) is the most sophisticated, most complex, and largest online dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. The database includes nearly 2.5 million acronyms. Search results may be sorted by most common use, information technology, military and government, science and medicine, organizations, business and finance, and by slang and chat."
Choice March '06--Vol. 43 No.7
AnnualReports.com http://www.annualreports.com/
"This free financial report service, provided by IR Solutions, a financial information services firm, offers PDF versions of company annual reports and HTML versions of their Form 10Ks, both of which are primary sources of financial information about a company." Choice April '06--Vol.43 No.8
Biography.com http://www.biography.com/
"BIOGRAPHY Search allows users to search over 25,000 entries by name, keyword, or subject category. Name entries may also be browsed alphabetically." Choice April '06--Vol. 43 No.8
Electronic text center http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
"The Electronic Text Center (ETC) at the University of Virginia Library is well planned and organized in a straightforward way, making access easy. The setup of directories and indexes provides intuitive location of resources. The sidebar to the right on the home page offers library catalog searching and a link to library databases that enable solid research without leaving the ETC site." Choice May '06--Vol.43 No.9
The Online books page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
"Originally founded in 1993, this resource indexes individual titles and collections of English-language online books and serials that are legally available, for free, in stable environments and standard, non-proprietary formats. Although not all online-only books are listed, selection criteria allow for broad inclusion, and the site seems remarkably comprehensive." Choice May '06--Vol.43 No.9
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in fact, it was interesting. I like it!
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