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AOL’s Pinpoint Travel |
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On March 21, AOL launched Pinpoint Travel, the newest entry in a long list of sites for finding flights and hotels. Pinpoint Travel is powered by Kayak, which launched last October. The user interface is great, but that’s not as important as the participating airlines. Any travel site will search fares from major U.S. airlines such as AirTran (oops, not Hotwire.com), American, America West, Continental, Delta, United, and US Airways. If you want to use discount carrier JetBlue — which unfortunately doesn’t offer service in Philadelphia — you’ll have to use Kayak, Mobissimo, or Yahoo FareChase. As far as I know, no travel site partners with Southwest; they force you to use their Web site. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Desktop Search Tools |
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Keeping up with new versions of software is a pain. Plus, once I get a stable platform, I’m in no hurry to upgrade and break it. However, recently my work PC was infected with a computer virus and I had to reload some applications, including Google Desktop Search. I loaded the latest release, build number 20050227. (To find the build number, launch GDS and click on "About" at the bottom of the page.) Hmmm … GDS now indexes networked files that you have viewed. Is that new? I went through my paper files. Yup, when GDS launched in October 2004, it only indexed files on your hard drive. For a good comparison matrix of the zillion or so desktop search tools, visit www.goebelgroup.com/desktopmatrix.htm. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Historical Stock Quotes |
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I used to use Yahoo Finance for historical stock quotes because their data went back to 1962. I noticed early in March, however, that they now cover January 1970-present. This aligns them pretty much with CBS MarketWatch, CNN/Money, Dow Jones' Factiva, and LexisNexis' QUOTE file. If you still need pre-1970 data, try Westlaw's Quotes Service, which as far as I can tell goes back to 1965. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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The Original Google Versus Yahoo |
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By that I mean Lexis versus West. And Lexis has won the latest round in their heavyweight bout. They now have the Wall Street Journal Fulltext (from 1984) and various Factiva business news databases and will be putting up 2000 additional Factiva databases throughout the year. (The fine print states, however, that the WSJ and Factiva databases are outside of everyone’s contracts.) The loss of the WSJ is bad news for West. They’ve switched their mega-news database searching to Dialog’s NewsRoom. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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March 25, 2005
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National Library Week: April 11-15, 2005 |
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First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. This year National Library Week will take place from April 11th to 15th. During this week the ALA invites Americans to rediscover the wealth of resources to be found at libraries nationwide. Join Jenkins in our celebration of National Library Week with free CLE classes, food, and prizes. To Register for a free CLE or Internet class call 215-574-7905 or email classes@jenkinslaw.org.
National Library Week at Jenkins is sponsored by:
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March 21, 2005
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U.S. Tax Forms |
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Federal tax forms are available online from the Internal Revenue Service. |
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Submitted by: Jenny Hohenstein, Reference/Electronic Services Librarian
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Bender’s 2005 Tax Return Manual |
 By M. Kevin Bryant, JD, CPAThis manual is fully updated to reflect the latest federal tax law changes made by the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and more. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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March 15, 2005
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Renovation Project Completed |
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Deduct It!: Lower Your Small Business Taxes |
 By Stephen FishmanFishman, an attorney who has written other legal self-help books, shows small business entrepreneurs how to maximize business deductions. He provides basic background on how different business structures are taxed and how tax deductions work; gives advice on keeping audit-proof records; avoiding common mistakes; and choosing the right tax-saving strategies year-round. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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International Taxation In a Nutshell |
 By Richard L. DoernbergThis resource provides the fundamentals of U.S. international taxation. It addresses the U.S. activities of foreign taxpayers, as well as the foreign activities of U.S. citizens and residents, focusing on the U.S. foreign tax credit. Other topics include: U.S. transfer taxes such as estate, gift and generation-skipping tax on both resident and nonresident aliens. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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