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Library News & Notes
November 12, 2004

Notes

Garrett will be away on Tuesday, November 16 at the American Society for Information Science & Technology meeting in Providence.

Internet Sites of the Week

A Diabetes Researcher Forges Her Own Path to a Cure
A New York Times article reports on Dr. Denise Faustman, a Harvard researcher who has experimentally cured diabetes in mice, but whose efforts to get funding for experiments in humans have met with resistance.
(Source: Sci-Tech Daily Update)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/09/health/09diab.html?pagewanted=1&oref=login

Firefox
A viable alternative to Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox browser features a pop-up blocker, and imports bookmarks and passwords among other niceties.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ (Sources: Scout Report, Boston Globe, The Virtual Chase)

MASSIVE: Math and Science Song Information, Viewable Everywhere
Over 1700 science and math songs are represented in this database, some “suitable for 2nd graders; others might only appeal to tenured professors.” Searchable by keyword.
http://www.science-groove.org/MASSIVE/search.html (Source: Scout Report via PAMNET-L)

MSN Search (beta)
The highly-touted MSN Search recently made its debut in beta version. It includes interesting functions such as a “search builder.”
http://beta.search.msn.com. See also a review of the MSN Search Engine: http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3434261
(Source: The Virtual Chase)

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Received November 6 - 12, 2004