Monthly Archives: October 2011

Amicus: Harvard’s Civil Rights Law Review

Image via Wikipedia Amicus http://harvardcrcl.org/category/amicus/ Amicus is a new online supplement to Harvard’s Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review, and focuses on internet-based civil rights and civil liberties scholarship. It has an unfussy, attractive design that makes it easy to … Continue reading

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Get Company Statistics Quickly with ReferenceUSA

Ever wonder how many people work at your nearby burger joint?  Or how many Starbucks coffee shops there are in Portland? The perfect source for this type of information is the database ReferenceUSA. With a clean and user-friendly interface, ReferenceUSA … Continue reading

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Most Frequently Used Databases at GFU

We librarians love statistics.  All sorts.  Especially statistics about libraries. When it comes to the libraries here at GFU, we like to know such information as the average number of items circulated by subject area, which specific books have circulated … Continue reading

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