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		<title>Leadership Development videos On TRIAL until April 30th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Until the end of this month we have a trial to the Leadership Development streaming video collection from the vendor “SkillSoft” as enjoyed by the majority of the Fortune 1000 companies and many leading universities. Over 2,700 streaming videos, ranging from 2 to 90 minutes in length, featuring speakers such as Tom Peters, Stephen Covey, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/ischoolresearch/2012/04/16/leadership-development-videos-on-trial-until-april-30th/</link>
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		<title>Web of Knowledge New Products Trial in December</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WoK’s Conference Proceedings Citation Index along with the just released “Book Citation Index” will be available as part of a trial from December 1st through the 31st. Find them activated under the regular link for our Web of Science subscription on the front page of the Library website. A few questions for faculty reviewers. Drexel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/ischoolresearch/2011/11/28/web-of-knowledge-new-products-trial-in-december/</link>
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		<title>Alternatives to Gartner (going away in November)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who don&#8217;t know, the Gartner Group is the gold standard IT industry analyst firm used by Fortune 500 companies and others to keep track of current opinions on information technology vendors, products and developments.  They have great high level reports such as &#8220;hype cycles&#8221; and &#8220;magic quadrants&#8221; that summarize lots of information. Unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/ischoolresearch/2011/08/26/alternatives-to-gartner-going-away-in-november/</link>
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		<title>Geographic Information Visualization &#8211; Simply Map 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trial extended through June 15th! Hugely improved with intuitive “wizards” to guide queries, SimplyMap 2 makes business and demographic information accessible to non-experts through a mapping visualization interface.  Included in this trial is temporary access to the amazingly deep Simmons LOCAL and Claritas PRIZM (Nielson) data sets with consumer and opinion data points such as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/ischoolresearch/2011/06/01/geographic-information-visualization-simply-map-2/</link>
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		<title>INFO 780 International Issues tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nice to get a moment for a blog post here, especially when more than a few students ask about the same assignment. As I understand this, you&#8217;re seeking aspects of the information environment a particular foreign country, including who is publishing, setting policy, technology infrastructure, and cultural aspects about information user.  Because we don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/ischoolresearch/2011/04/15/info-780-international-issues-tips/</link>
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		<title>Gartner IT Research Discontinued &#8211; Alternate Recommendations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE as of 9/1/2010 Drexel no longer carries Gartner Research &#8211; Instead we recommend: Faulkners for basic definitions and market awareness Burton Group for in-depth tactical decision support on technology management issues, or IGI Global for extensive handbooks and encyclopedias on specialty information use domains Feel free to get in touch if you have questions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/ischoolresearch/2010/11/23/gartner-it-research-discontinued-alternate-recommendations/</link>
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		<title>LIS Job Hunt Secret Ingredient</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When LIS graduate students ask me about job-hunting, they are all guaranteed to hear one piece of advice in common, regardless of their professional goals.  &#8220;Are you a member of the X association?&#8221; (where X=the professional association that best matches their desired field of employment).  This advice is based on more than conjecture.  Time and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/ischoolresearch/2010/08/17/372/</link>
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		<title>New L&amp;IS Encyclopedia Edition with iSchool Authors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest online edition of this core reference work &#8220;The Encyclopedia of L&#38;IS&#8221; has just been released. Of special note are several contributions by Drexel iSchool faculty.  Enjoy! Business Information and Its Users by Eileen G. Abels Citation Analysis by Howard D. White Information Visualization by Xia Lin and Yen Bui]]></description>
		<link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/ischoolresearch/2010/05/04/new-lis-encyclopedia-edition-with-ischool-authors/</link>
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		<title>New Books: Graphic Novels!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graphic novels are like comics for grown-up&#8217;s or kids or anyone who prefers reading stories in an animated form instead of plain linear text. As part of an effort to build our collection here at Drexel,  I am delighted to collaborate with Drexel iSchool alumna, author and long-time Library Journal columnist Martha Cornog on producing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/ischoolresearch/2010/05/03/new-books-graphic-novels/</link>
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		<title>Wiley Data Model Resource</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year an iSchool PhD student requested a book for the collection that was really a collection of data models related to e-commerce scenarios from Wiley. In support of her request she sent the following description of how she planned to use it. After she had time to work with it she also sent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/ischoolresearch/2010/02/22/wiley-data-model-resource/</link>
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