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Margaret Berkland is the president of Data Vision Design, Inc., which specializes in providing IT solutions to the legal community. Founded in Fredericksburg, VA in 1989, Data Vision Design, Inc. provides services that include: applications development, business process design, applications integration, electronic file tracking and, access expedition. Prior to becoming the president of DataVision Design, Inc., Margaret was the Info. Resources Technology Specialist for McKenna & Cuneo

Latest Links – BioSpace.com, etc….

(Posted August 15, 1998; Archived September 1, 1998)

mb.gifBioSpace.com http://www.biospace.com

One of the most useful sections of this site is Company Profiles which can be viewed alphabetically, by location, by phone code, or by region. You can also perform a keyword search for a company (called “exhibitors” by the site)or search the directory of public bioscience companies. Company profile information can include ticker symbol, type ownership (public or private), SEC filings, number of employees, text profile, contact person, e-mail address, company address, phone, fax, link to job postings, link to news stories, link to press releases, and collaborations. There is also an investor section.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Latest Links – Airliners Guide, etc….

(Posted August 1, 1998, Archived August 15, 1998)

mb.gifAirliners.Net http://www.airliners.net/

This site contains over 9000 photographs of aircraft. The types of photographs included are classic airliners, military aircraft, special paint schemes, government aircraft, helicopters, accidents, airport overviews, flight decks, and air to air. You can search the photos by aircraft name, airline, category, and keywords. In addition, there are sections on aircraft statistics and history, an aviation forum, and aviation humor

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Latest Links – Accounting.Net, etc….

(Posted July 15, 1998; Archived August 1, 1998)

mb.gifAccountingNet http://accountingnet.com/index.html

This site has a research library with links to the following resource areas: Tax & Financial Resources, Federal Resources, State Resources, Associations & Societies, International Resources, and Educational Resources. Online searchable GAAP and GAAS Guides are promised later in the summer of 1998. There is also a “Site of the Week” with an description and link to the site. Links are also provided to 100,000 U.S. accounting firms and this directory can be searched. Job postings are also available here.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Latest Links – Contents Pages from Law Reviews, etc….

(Posted July 1, 1998; Archived July 15, 1998)

mb.gifContents Pages from Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/tallons/content_search.html

This university law school produced site provides online versions of the tables of contents of 750+ law reviews and scholarly journals related to the law. U.S. as well as foreign titles are included. You can select U.S. or non U.S. contents pages for viewing if you wish. Only journals received in the past three months are listed on the site. The files are updated daily. The contents pages from a journal appear the day following receipt by the Tarlton Law Library. The entire archive can be searched by keyword.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Latest Links – Bankinfo.com, etc….

(Posted June 15, 1998; Archived July 1, 1998)

mb.gifbankinfo.com http://www.bankinfo.com

This site is a source for a wealth of banking information. There are links to financial institutions on the Web, a Year 2000 Watch, links to regulations, a regulatory review, a court watch, a searchable e-mail directory, banking listservs, quick links to other relevant banking sites, statistics at a glance and much more.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Latest Links – Fed in Print, etc….

(Posted June 1st, 1998; Archived June 15th, 1998)

Fed In Print http://206.79.163.3/library/index.htm

This is database of all Federal Reserve System Economic research. It was developed by the FRB of San Francisco. You can search by keyword in the title, subject and abstract, title word search, author, or publication year. Some documents are offered in full-text format while others must be ordered from the publishing institution in print.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Latest Links – Symbols, etc….

(Posted May 15, 1998; Archived June 1, 1998)

mb.gifSymbols.com http://www.symbols.com/

Symbols.Com is the online version of Carl G. Liungman’s Thought Signs. It claims to be the world’s largest online encyclopedia of graphic symbols containing more than 2,500 Western signs arranged in 54 groups by their graphic characteristics. There are two indices by which you can search. Use the Graphic index to search for the meaning or history of a sign. To use this index, you must enter the symbol’s characteristics. There is a good help section to assist you with describing the characteristics. Use the Word index to search for a symbol by its meaning. The meanings are arranged alphabetically.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Latest Links – Center for Latin American Capital Markets, etc….

(Posted April 16, 1998; Archived May 1, 1998)

mb.gifCenter for Latin American Capital Markets http://www.netrus.net/users/gmorles/index.html

This site has five sections: Exchanges and quotes which provides links to all the stock exchanges in the region that have a Website; Research which provides access to original research and the site’s complete database of quotes on the major markets and links to other research tools; General Economic Data which provides links to original sources of relevant economic data; Country News which has the site’s weekly newsletter Latin.Net and other local sources of news; and What’s new which is a historical archive of changes to the site.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Latest Links – Cataloging Internet Resources, etc….

(Posted March 16, 1998; Archived April 15, 1998)

mb.gifCataloging Internet Resources http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/9256cat/toc.htm

The manual, Cataloging Internet Resources: A Manual and Practical Guide, is located at this site. If you are considering joining the growing trend to catalog Internet resources, this manual can assist you in the process.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links