Awareness Watch™ Newsletter

Welcome to the Awareness Watch™ monthly newsletter website written and produced by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.; Internet expert, author, keynote speaker, and consultant. Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a free monthly publication that highlights the latest resources and sites on the Internet pertaining to current awareness happenings, new and reviewed sources for research and search, knowledge discovery, data mining and related updates and alerts. Each newsletter will focus on sites specializing in new topical content for specific research sources that will aid the professional, entrepreneur, student and the layperson to maximize their ability to stay current and obtain the latest research and search information resources on the Internet.

You may view the new newsletter Awareness Watch™ by visiting this web site that will host each issue including RSS feeds or you may subscribe. Each monthly newsletter will have the following categories:

Awareness Watch™ Featured Report
Awareness Watch™ Spotters
Awareness Watch™ Book Review
Subject Tracer™ Updates


V7N7 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter July 2009 (70 page .pdf document 3.95MB) [ download site ]
The July 2009 V7N7 Awareness Watch Newsletter is a freely available 70 page .pdf document (3.95MB) from the above URL. This month’s featured and special report will be highlighting my publication Current Awareness Discovery Tools on the Internet.. Current awareness has become a very timely topic with professionals and business executive/entrepreneurs especially those suffering from information overload in todays dynamic internet based information economy. This publication will list the best and most competent current awareness resources available for the professional and business executive/entrepreneur. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Navigating the Blogosphere: Towards a Genre-based Typology of Weblogs by Stine Lomborg.

V7N6 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter June 2009 (57 page .pdf document 2.51MB) [ download site ]
The June 2009 V7N6 Awareness Watch Newsletter is a freely available 57 page .pdf document (2.51MB) from the above URL. This month’s featured and special report will be highlighting my publication Searching the Internet - A Primer. This publication is designed to give you the resources that will allow you to search the Internet for the various information needs that are required for your business, profession or special interest. It follows a four point system that I have given at presentations, speeches and seminars over many years and will allow you the ease of understanding and implementation for searching the Internet both for the “newbie” as well as the “seasoned veteran” to the World Wide Web and Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Where Is the cloud? Geography, Economics, Environment, and Jurisdiction In Cloud Computing by Paul T. Jaeger, Jimmy Lin, Justin M. Grimes, and Shannon N. Simmons.

V7N5 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter May 2009 (63 page .pdf document 1.58MB) [ download site ]
The May 2009 V7N5 Awareness Watch Newsletter is a freely available 63 page .pdf document (1.58MB) from the above URL. This month’s featured report will be highlighting International Trade Resources. These resources are designed to be your private virtual library for the latest and greatest international trade search engines, subject directories, tenders, message boards, business opportunities and resources that are currently available from the Internet. The Internet has truly created a global marketplace accessible from anywhere on earth and these resources will allow you to participate in the New Global Economy. If you are just thinking of creating a new business, creating a second income or improving your already existing global business, these international trade resources will be your Internet pathways to discover new knowledge and new partners in the area of international trade! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Beyond Google and Evil: How Policy Makers, Journalists and Consumers Should Talk Differently About Google and Privacy by Chris Jay Hoofnagle.

V7N4 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter April 2009 (57 page .pdf document 1.48MB) [ download site ]
The April 2009 V7N4 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 57 page .pdf document (1.48MB) from the above URL. This month’s featured report will be highlighting Grid, Distributed and Cloud Computing Resources. These resources are designed to be your private virtual library for the latest and greatest grid, distributed and cloud computing search engines, subject directories and resources that are currently available from the Internet. With the advent of faster and more powerful personal and enterprise computing, these resources are now becoming of paramount importance in the development of new and exciting ways that we can harness the power of grid, distributed and cloud computing in our business and personal lives! Very soon these resources will make a true difference in the way we use the Internet and how computing applications will be used. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Cross-language Search: The Case of Google Language Tools by Jiangping Chen, Yu Bao.

V7N3 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter March 2009 (65 page .pdf document 1.64MB) [ download site ]
The March 2009 V7N3 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 65 page .pdf document (1.64MB) from the above URL. This month’s featured report is a special report on my latest research into knowledge discovery. The title of my report is Knowledge Discovery Resources 2009. This comprehensive report comprises hundreds of reliable sources to assist you in identifying best practices, strategies, websites and new technology applications for knowledge discovery on the World Wide Web and Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers China’s Censorship 2.0: How Companies Censor Bloggers by Rebecca MacKinnon.

V7N2 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter February 2009 (85 page .pdf document 1.98MB) [ download site ]
The February 2009 V7N2 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available record breaking 85 page .pdf document (1.98MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features a special report on my latest research and the associated report/article that has been placed on line through LLRX.com. The title of my report is Deep Web Research 2009. This comprehensive report comprises thousands of reliable sources to assist you in identifying best practices, strategies, websites and new technology applications which can be leveraged to mine the vast content of the deep web. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Social Networks That Matter: Twitter Under the Microscope by Bernardo Huberman, Daniel M Romero,and Fang Wu.

V7N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter January 2009 (52 page .pdf document 1.39MB) [ download site ]
The January 2009 V7N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 52 page .pdf document (1.39MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Semantic Web Research . These resources are designed to be your private virtual library for the latest and greatest semantic web research search engines, subject directories and resources that are currently available from the Internet. Many people feel that the semantic web will be the true future of the Internet … Web 3.0 … and it is always best to know what the future could offer and how the semantic web will be made available and its potential utilization by all. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Computer-mediated Communication in Low- and High-Context Cultures by Jan Pflug.

V6N12 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter December 2008 (52 page .pdf document 1.57MB) [ download site ]
The December 2008 V6N12 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 52 page .pdf document (1.57MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Green Resources. These resources are designed to be your private virtual library for the latest and greatest green search engines, subject directories and resources available from the Internet. The world has now become green conscious and major countries including the United States are now creating significant budgets and projects that will begin the true greening of our environment that will be a positive benefit for the future of mankind! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers The Internet as Social Ally by Amy Tracy Wells and Lee Rainie.

V6N11 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter November 2008 (66 page .pdf document 1.66MB) [ download site ]
The November 2008 V6N11 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 66 page .pdf document (1.66MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Healthcare Bots and Subject Directories. These resources are designed to be your private Library for the latest and greatest healthcare search engines and subject directories available from the Internet. These search engine resources are constantly scanned and aggregated and have been made the majority part of a custom healthcare search engine created by Marcus P. Zillman and available at eHealthcareBot.com . The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Reasons for the Non-adoption of OpenOffice.org in a Data-intensive Public Administration by Philip Huysmans, Kris Ven, and Jan Verelst.

V6N10 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter October 2008 (83 page .pdf document 2.10MB) [ download site ]
The October 2008 V6N10 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available Record Breaking 83 page .pdf document (2.10MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features eReference Library Link Toolkit. These resources are designed to be your private eReference Library and to give you the latest and greatest reference resources available from the Internet. The link toolkit is constantly updated from bot inputs as well as the ongoing information extraction and information retrieval of information professionals around the globe. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Whose space is MySpace? A Content Analysis of MySpace Profiles by Steve Jones, Sarah Millermaier, Mariana Goya-Martinez, Jessica Schuler.

V6N9 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter September 2008 (76 page .pdf document 1.77MB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features World Wide Web Reference. These resources and sites bring you the latest information and happenings in the area of reference resources that are about the World Wide Web. This extensive report lists hundreds of reference resources that deal with the world wide web on a daily basis that can be used for research as well as for the creation of new world wide web entities using the latest technology available! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers The Encyclopedia of Life, Biodiversity Heritage Library, Biodiversity Informatics and Beyond Web 2.0 by Cathy Norton.

V6N8 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter August 2008 (62 page .pdf document 1.60MB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Student Research Resources. These resources and sites bring you the latest information and happenings in the area of student research that are currently available on the Internet. It is designed to aid the student in performing research for their independent research projects as well as undergraduate and graduate subject research. Having the ability to access the latest research resources will keep the student at the leading edge for knowledge discovery and the ability to learn in a more efficient and effective manner! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Internet Use for Political Mobilization: Voices of Participants by Noriko Hara.

V6N7 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter July 2008 (62 page .pdf document 1.58MB) [ download site ]
The July 2008 V6N7 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 62 page .pdf document (1.58MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Internet Demographics and Statistics Resources. These resources and sites bring you the latest information and happenings in the area of Internet demographics and statistics resources that are currently available on the Internet. Having the ability to access the latest demographics as well as statistics resources will keep you at the leading edge for your business, profession and personal needs! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Key differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 by Gaham Cormode, Balachander Krishnamurthy.

V6N6 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter June 2008 (60 page .pdf document 1.58MB) [ download site ]
The June 2008 V6N6 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 60 page .pdf document (1.58MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Information Quality Resources and Sites. These resources and sites bring you the latest information and happenings in the area of information quality that are currently available on the Internet. When we visit sites we need to know the quality and competency of the information that we are reading and reviewing. These sites will teach you how to evaluate the information quality so that you will be using the very best available for your research and information. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers A Marketplace for Attention: Responses to a Synthetic Currency Used to Signal Information Importance in e-Mail by Byron Reeves, Simon Roy, Brian Gorman, and Teresa Morley.

V6N5 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter May 2008 (80 page .pdf document 1.98MB) [ download site ]
The May 2008 V6N5 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available record breaking 80 page .pdf document (1.98MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Privacy and Security Resources and Sites. The security resources and sites were taken from my Security Resources Internet MiniGuide. The resources are listed in the following categories: 1) Privacy Resources, 2) Security Resources, 3) Personal Computer Security and Analysis, 4) Personal Computer Harddrive Cleaning, 5) Personal Computer Firewalls, 6) Secure Havens, and 7) Secure Document and eMail Transmission. These resources and sites bring you the latest information and happenings in the area of privacy and security that are currently available on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Beyond Google: How do students conduct academic research? by Alison J. Head.

V6N4 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter April 2008 (68 page .pdf document 1.84MB) [ download site ]
The April 2008 V6N4 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 68 page .pdf document (1.84MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Online Social Networks - Resources and Sites. These resources and sites bring you the latest information and happenings in the area of Online Social Networking by using the Internet and allows you to expand your knowledgebase with the connected and associated Internet links. Online Social Networks for business, professional and special interests help to create your presence on the Internet for now and in the future! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Online Social Networking as Participatory Surveillance by Anders Albrechtslund.

V6N3 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter March 2008 (66 page .pdf document 1.62MB) [ download site ]
The March 2008 V6N3 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 66 page .pdf document (1.62MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Business Intelligence Resources. These resources and sites bring you the latest information and happenings in the area of Business Intelligence by using the Internet and allows you to expand your knowledgebase with the connected and associated Internet links. In todays fast changing economic conditions with instant global ramifications everyone needs to have access to the latest business intelligence resources! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Creative Commons and Contemporary Copyright: A Fitting Shoe or “a Load of Old Cobblers”? by Maureen O’Sullivan.

V6N2 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter February 2008 (52 page .pdf document 1.34MB) [ download site ]
The February 2008 V6N2 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 52 page .pdf document (1.34MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Resources for Finding Experts by Using the Internet. These resources and sites bring you the latest information and happenings in the area of Finding Expert Resources by using the Internet and allows you to expand your knowledgebase with the connected and associated Internet links. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Mashups: The New Breed of Web App - An Introduction to Mashups by Duane Merrill.

V6N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter January 2008 (62 page .pdf document 1.58MB) [ download site ]
The January 2008 V6N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 62 page .pdf document (1.58MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Knowledge Discovery Resources 2008. These resources and sites bring you the latest information and happenings in the area of Knowledge Discovery on the Internet and allow you to expand your knowledge both in discovery as well as connected and associated Internet links. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Transliteracy: Crossing Divides by Sue Thomas, Chris Joseph, Jess Laccetti, Bruce Mason, Simon Mills, Simon Perril, and Kate Pullinger.

V5N12 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter December 2007 (51 page .pdf document 1.36MB) [ download site ]
The December 2007 V5N12 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 51 page .pdf document (1.36MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Theology Resources. These resources and sites bring you the latest information and happenings in the area of Theology on the Internet and allow you to expand your knowledge both in discovery as well as connected and associated Internet links. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers The Dynamics of Web-based Social Networks: Membership, Relationships, and Change by Jennifer Golbeck.

V5N11 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter November 2007 (53 page .pdf document 1.28MB) [ download site ]
The November 2007 V5N11 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 53 page .pdf document (1.28MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Data Mining and Web Data Extraction Resources. These online data mining and web data extraction resources continue to expand at a very rapid rate especially with the needs for identifying, collaborating and collecting new data from throughout the world! These resources will allow you to keep up to date and to monitor the latest happenings in all fields associated with data mining and web data extraction associated with discovering new data and knowledge available over the global Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Can the Internet Cope With Stress? by Andreas Martin Lisewski.

V5N10 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter October 2007 (50 page .pdf document 1.33MB) [ download site ]
The October 2007 V5N10 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 50 page .pdf document (1.33MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Journalism Resources. This is a comprehensive listing of selected journalism resources from all over the global Internet. Journalism resources continue to be one of the most effective means to discover new information and knowledge available on the Internet. Use these excellent resources to begin your knowledge discovery today! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Mining the Blogosphere: Age, Gender and Varieties of Self-Expression by Shlomo Argamon, Moshe Koppel, James W. Pennebaker, and Jonathan Schler.

V5N9 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter September 2007 (57 page .pdf document 1.40MB) [ download site ]
The September 2007 V5N9 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 57 page .pdf document (1.40MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Directory Resources. This is a comprehensive listing of selected niched single subject directories located all over the global Internet as well as multi subject directories. Directories continue to be one of the most effective way to discover information and knowledge available on the Internet. Use these excellent directories to begin your knowledge discovery today! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Beyond Google: How do students conduct academic research? by Alison J. Head.

V5N8 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter August 2007 (77 page .pdf document 1.72MB) [ download site ]
The August 2007 V5N8 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available record breaking 77 page .pdf document (1.72MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Online Research Tools Resources. Online research tools resources continue to expand at a very rapid rate especially with the need for identifying and collaborating research from throughout the world! These resources will allow you to keep up to date and to monitor the latest happenings in all fields associated with research and the opportunities associated with discovering new research and related knowledgebases throughout the global Internet! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide by Sabrina I. Pacifici.

V5N7 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter July 2007 (43 page .pdf document 1.09MB) [ download site ]
The July 2007 V5N7 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 43 page .pdf document (1.09MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Genealogy Resources. Genealogy resources continue to expand at a very rapid rate especially with the needs of tracing our heritage and roots from throughout the world! These resources will allow you to keep up to date and to monitor the latest happenings in all fields associated with genealogy and the opportunities associated with discovering new relatives! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Ethical and economic issues surrounding freely available images found on the Web by Eric Lease Morgan.

V5N6 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter June 2007 (44 page .pdf document 1.17MB) [ download site ]
The June 2007 V5N6 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 44 page .pdf document (1.17MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Elder Resources. Elder resources continue to expand at a very rapid rate especially with the influx of baby boomers into the retirement segment of society! These resources will allow you to keep up to date and to monitor the latest happenings in all fields related with the elderly and best identify the segments associated with this field! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Public Libraries, Public Access Computing, FOSS and CI: There Are Alternatives to Private Philanthropy by Siobhan Stevenson.

V5N5 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter May 2007 (40 page .pdf document 1.09MB) [ download site ]
The May 2007 V5N5 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 40 page .pdf document (1.09MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Employment Resources. These resources will allow you to keep up to date and to monitor the latest happenings in all fields associated with employment and the opportunities associated with new employment or finding that perfect employee!! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Election Bloggers: Methods for Determining Political Influence by Greg Elmer, Peter Malachy Ryan, Zach Devereaux, Ganaele Langlois, Joanna Redden, and Fenwick McKelvey.

V5N4 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter April 2007 (36 page .pdf document 1.07MB) [ download site ]
The April 2007 V5N4 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 36 page .pdf document (1.07MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Outsourcing/Offshoring Information and Resources. Resources for discovering the latest happenings and tools necessary to develop the latest outsourceing and offshoring technologies are highlighted in this featured report!! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers What Open Access Research Can Do For Wikipedia by John Willinsky.

V5N3 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter March 2007 (40 page .pdf document 1.08MB) [ download site ]
The March 2007 V5N3 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 40 page .pdf document (1.08MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Script Resources. Resources for scripts, codes and programming languages on the Internet continue to expand at a very rapid rate especially with the developments in the Web 2.0, MashUps, and the constant creation of new applications which of course foster new scripts!! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers Tragedy of the FOSS commons? Investigating the Institutional Designs of Free/libre and Open Source Software Projects by Charles M. Schweik and Robert English.

V5N2 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter February 2007 (44 page .pdf document 1.21MB) [ download site ]
The February 2007 V5N2 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 44 page .pdf document (1.21MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch™ Featured Report this month features Prediction Markets. Prediction markets and Information Futures markets are one of the most exciting new areas of the Internet and these resources are at the leading edge of the research and development into areas of prediction and information futures. New discoveries in this area of technology are happening in an increased rate and the future holds new aspects of knowledge discovery. This Awareness Watch™ Featured Report list many of these free and fee based resources for prediction markets and sources available on the Internet. The Awareness Watch™ Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of must-have tools! The Awareness Watch™ Article Review covers Resource Description and Access (RDA) - Cataloging Rules for the 20th Century by Karen Coyle and Diane Hillmann.

V5N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter January 2007 (45 page .pdf document 845KB) [ download site ]
The February 2007 V5N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 45 page .pdf document (845KB) from the above URL. This month’s featured report is a special report and I will not have the normal Awareness Watch™ Spotters, Awareness Watch™ Book/Paper/Article Review or related Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs. This special report will be on my latest research and the associated report/article that has just been placed on line through LLRX.com . The title of my report is Deep Web Research 2007. This comprehensive report comprises hundreds of reliable sources to assist you in identifying best practices, strategies, websites and new technology applications which can be leveraged to mine the vast content of the deep web.

V4N12 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter December 2006 (45 page .pdf document 877KB) [ download site ]
The December 2006 V4N12 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 45 page .pdf document (877KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Healthcare Resources. Finding the appropriate and timely healthcare resources and information on the Internet is one of the most important tasks a medical/biology and related researcher and or lay person can accomplish and this Decmber 2006 Awareness Watch Featured Report list many of these free and fee based resources for healthcare resources and sources available on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Gifting Technologies: A BitTorrent Case Study by Matei Ripeanu, Miranda Mowbray, Nazareno Andrade, and Aliandro Lima.

V4N11 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter November 2006 (42 page .pdf document 734KB) [ download site ]
The November 2006 V4N11 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 42 page .pdf document (734KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Biological Informatics Resources. Finding the appropriate and timely biological informatics on the Internet is one of the most important tasks a medical/biology and related researcher and or lay person can accomplish and this November 2006 Awareness Watch Featured Report list many of these free and fee based resources for biological informatics resources and sources available on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers The Acquisition of Open Access Research Articles by Arthur Sale.

V4N10 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter October 2006 (42 page .pdf document 723KB) [ download site ]
The October 2006 V4N10 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 42 page .pdf document (723KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Financial Sources on the Internet including related online financial resources and sites. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Who supports Internet censorship? by David J. Solomon.

V4N9 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter September 2006 (57 page .pdf document 1.13MB) [ download site ]
The September 2006 V4N9 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available record breaking 57 page .pdf document (1.13MB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Research Resources on the Internet including related online research resources and sites. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Strategies for Developing Sustainable Open Access Scholarly Journals by David J. Solomon.

V4N8 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter August 2006 (44 page .pdf document 941KB) [ download site ]
The August 2006 V4N8 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available record breaking 44 page .pdf document (941KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features World Wide Web Reference Resources on the Internet including related resources and sites. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers A Case for Open Markets In Education by Steve Midgley.

V4N7 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter July 2006 (32 page .pdf document 599KB) [ download site ]
The July 2006 V4N7 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 32 page .pdf document (599KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Entrepreneurial Resources on the Internet including related resources and sites. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Open Access Publishing: A Developing Country View by Jennifer I. Papin–Ramcharan and Richard A. Dawe.

V4N6 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter June 2006 (36 page .pdf document 711KB) [ download site ]
The June 2006 V4N6 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 36 page .pdf document (711KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Accessibility Resources on the Internet including related resources and sites. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Open Source Disaster Recovery: Case Studies of Networked Collaboration by Calvert Jones and Sarai Mitnick.

V4N5 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter May 2006 (31 page .pdf document 588KB) [ download site ]
The May 2006 V4N5 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 31 page .pdf document (588KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Biotechnology Resources on the Internet including related resources and sites. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers In Google We Trust: Information Integrity In the Digital Age by Lee Shaker.

V4N4 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter April 2006 (38 page .pdf document 699KB) [ download site ]
The April 2006 V4N4 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 38 page .pdf document (699KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Semantic Web Research Resources on the Internet including related resources and sites. Many have said that the semantic web holds the future of the Internet and with many Web 2.0 applications currently happening this could very well be true! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Six Degrees of Reputation: The Use and Abuse of Online Review and Recommendation Systems by Shay David and Trevor Pinch.

V4N3 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter March 2006 (36 page .pdf document 634KB) [ download site ]
The March 2006 V4N3 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 36 page .pdf document (634KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Internet Alerts on the Internet including related resources and sites. Stay ahead by keeping alert and using the latest available Internet Alerts that monitor various subjects and resources! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Evolutionary Information Seeking: A Case Study of Personal Development and Internet Searching By Jarkko Kari

V4N2 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter February 2006 (40 page .pdf document 644KB) [ download site ]
The February 2006 V4N2 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 40 page .pdf document (644KB) from the above URL. This month’s featured report is a special report and I will not have the normal Awareness Watch™ Spotters, Awareness Watch™ Book/Paper/Article Review or related Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs. This special report will be on my latest research and the associated report/article that has just been placed on line through LLRX.com . The title of my report is Deep Web Research 2006. This comprehensive report comprises hundreds of reliable sources to assist you in identifying best practices, strategies, websites and new technology applications which can be leveraged to mine the vast content of the deep web.

V4N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter January 2006 (32 page .pdf document 596KB) [ download site ]
The January 2006 V4N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 32 page .pdf document (596KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Bot Research on the Internet including resources and sites for bots, intelligent agents and related sources. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers How Do Search Engines Handle Chinese Queries? by Haidar Moukdad and Hong Cui.

V3N12 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter December 2005 (37 page .pdf document 684KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features a comprehensive listing of eCommerce Resources on the Internet including key databases and directories for personal, academic and corporate utilization. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Blogging As a Tool : Innovative Approaches To Information Access by Jay Bhatt.

V3N11 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter November 2005 (36 page .pdf document 691KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features a comprehensive listing of Agriculture Resources on the Internet including agricultural, commodities and related sources on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Geography Matters: Mapping Human Development and Digital Access by Stephanie A. Birdsall and William F. Birdsall.

V3N10 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter October 2005 (37 page .pdf document 717KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features a comprehensive listing of Astronomy Resources on the Internet including astronomy, astrophysics, bioastronomy, radio astronomy, roboscopes and related sources on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Precision and Recall of Five Search Engines for Retrieval of Scholarly Information in the Field of Biotechnology by S. M. Shafi and Rafiq A. Rather.

V3N9 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter September 2005 (32 page .pdf document 659KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online resources, sources and sites covering areas for Online Tutorials. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Search Engines and Resource Discovery on the Web: Is Dublin Core an Impact Factor? by Mehdi Safari..

V3N8 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter August 2005 (31 page .pdf document 597KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online resources, sources and sites covering areas for Finding People. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers The Collaborative Integrity of Open-Source Software by Greg R. Vetter.

V3N7 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter July 2005 (35 page .pdf document 678KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online resources, sources and sites covering areas of Artificial Intelligence. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The book review covers Introduction To Social Network Methods by Robert A. Hanneman and Mark Riddle..

V3N6 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter June 2005 (39 page .pdf document 747KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online resources, sources and sites covering areas of Peer to Peer, File Sharing, Grid and Matrix Search Engines. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The paper review covers Know Your Enemy: Phishing - Behind the Scenes of Phishing Attacks by The Honeynet Project & Research Alliance.

V3N5 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter May 2005 (32 page .pdf document 668KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online resources, sources and sites covering all areas of research resources for students. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The review covers Eric von Hippel's Democratizing Innovation (MIT Press, 2005).

V3N4 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter April 2005 (32 page .pdf document 651KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online resources and sources covering all areas of grids and distributed computing. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The review covers WebScales: Towards a Highly Scalable Metasearch Engine.

V3N3 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter March 2005 (33 page .pdf document 608KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online resources and sources covering all aspects of privacy. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The review covers Security Resources 2005 a professional Internet MiniGuide.

V3N2 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter February 2005 (28 page .pdf document 509KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online resources and sources covering all aspects of social informatics. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The paper review covers Analyzing Social Networks on the Semantic Web by Li Ding, Tim Finin, and Anupam Joshi; and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with the latest subject: Military Resources. There are now 43 active Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs!

V3N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter January 2005 (31 page .pdf document 558KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online Grant Resources. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The paper review covers Information Retrieval and the Semantic Web by Tim Finin, James Mayfield, Clay Fink, Anupam Joshi, and R. Scott Cost; and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with the latest subject: Social Informatics.

V2N12 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter December 2004 (29 Page .pdf document 497KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online Data Mining Resources. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The paper review covers Marcus P. Zillman's Web Data Extractors and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with the latest subjects: Script Resources and World Wide Web Reference.

V2N11 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter November 2004 (30 Page .pdf document 520KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of online Reference Resources. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The book review covers Tara Calishain's Web Search Garage and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with the latest subject: Entrepreneurial Resources.

V2N10 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter October 2004 (28 Page .pdf document 509KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of Resources for Finding Experts. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The book review is a report review that highlights Ten Years, Ten Trends just released report by USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with the latest subjects: Elder Resources and Tutorial Resources.

V2N9 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter September 2004 (28 Page .pdf document 470KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of Information Alerts on the Internet and Anti-Virus, AntiHoax, AntiMyth, AntiFraud, AntiChain Letter and Anti-Spam sites on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The book review highlights The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with the latest subjects: Grant Resources and Grid Resources.

V2N8 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter August 2004 (26 Page .pdf document 487KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of information quality resources. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The book review highlights Web Dynamics and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with the latest subject: Artificial Intelligence Resources.

V2N7 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter July 2004 (32 Page .pdf document 547KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month highlights a comprehensive listing of deep web and invisible web resources. Included sections: a) Articles, Papers, Forums, Audios and Videos; b) Cross Database Articles; c) Cross Database Search Services; d) Cross Database Search Tools; e) Peer to Peer, File Sharing, Grid and Matrix Search Engines; f) Presentations; g) Resources - Deep Web Research; and h) Resources - Semantic Web Research. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released current awareness and research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and alerts. The book review highlights Legal Issues Relating to Free and Open Source Software and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with three new subjects: Auction Resources, Employment Resources and Games Resources.

V2N6 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter June 2004 (28 Page .pdf document 518KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month covers sources for Internet Demographics and Statistics Resources freely available over the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released current awareness and research sources as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and alerts. Also included is a special report on Online Social Networks. The book review highlights Internet Research Annual offering a selection of the best work presented at the first three conferences of the Association of Internet Researchers, and provides a useful overview of the cutting-edge in Internet studies. Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with three new subjects: Data Mining Resources, Financial Sources, and Reference Resources.

V2N5 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter May 2004 (31 Page .pdf document 539KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month covers an in depth and extremely comprehensive listing of business intelligence resources available on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released current awareness and research sources as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and alerts. The book review highlights an Internet MiniGuide titled Competitive Intelligence Resources 2004 and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with two new subjects: Agriculture Resources and Theology Resources.

V2N4 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter April 2004 (26 page .pdf document 476KB) [ Download Site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month covers an in depth and extremely comprehensive listing of research tools and research resources available on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released current awareness and research sources as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and alerts. The book review highlights a newly released book on Agent Mediated Knowledge Management and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with three new subjects: Astronomy Resources, Information Quality Resources and Outsourcing Offshoring Information and Resources.

V2N3 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter March 2004 (22 page .pdf document 439KB) [ download site ]
The Awareness Watch Featured Report covers an in depth and extremely comprehensive listing of knowledge discovery, knowledge management and knowledge harvesting sources on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released research resources as well as the latest identified Internet sources for information retrieval and current awareness. The book review highlights a newly released book on Agent Software Development and the Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs have been updated with three new subjects: Finding People Resources, Genealogical Resources and Internet Alerts.

V2N2 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter February 2004 (19 page .pdf document 381KB) [ download site ]
This Awareness Watch Featured Report covers niched blog search engines, blog directories and web based news aggregators available currently on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters report on some excellent just released research resources as well as new identified Internet sources.

V2N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter January 2004 (22 page .pdf document 424KB) [ download site ]
This Awareness Watch Featured Report covers selected single subject directories, gateways and portals available currently on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters report on some excellent just released papers as well as new identified Internet sources.

V1N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter December 2003 (15 page .pdf document 320KB) [ download site ]
This Awareness Watch inaugral issue's Featured Report is on research browsers and information visualization tools on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters report on the latest identified Internet sources on current awareness.

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