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Library News & Notes —
December 19, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

Drug Maker Said to Pay Ghostwriters for Journal Articles
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/business/13wyeth.html?_r=1

E-Mails Are Forever
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/(Shortened url)

Forget Whims - Use Statistical Analysis to Buy Presents
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/(Shortened url)

Google Deal or Rip-Off?
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6618842.html?industryid=47109
(Source: Open Access News)

Grocio makes grocery shopping recession-friendly
http://news.cnet.com/ (Shortened url)

Life 2.0: The evolution of our digital DNA
http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/010/1.htm
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Particle physics, the aria
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/(Shortened url)

tictocs
Journal Table-of-contents service featuring RSS feeds
http://www.tictocs.ac.uk
(Source: The (sci-tech) Library Question)

The top 10 out-of-print books in the US
http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2008/12/17/(Shortened url)

U.S. cell-only households keep climbing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/18/AR2008121800696.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
See also: Landlines versus Mobile
http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/12/landlines_versu.html

5 Surprising Holiday Health Myths
http://www.livescience.com/health/081217-holiday-health-myths.html

35 tips for getting started with social media
http://www.vator.tv/news/show/(Shortened url)
(Source: Stephen's Lighthouse)