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Black Literature Index

Black Literature Index
-from Black Studies Center
"This index allows users to search over 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827-1940. For citations to content from the Chicago Defender for which full text is available in Black Studies Center, a link is included directly to the relevant article."

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Offers access to information about the cultural life and history in the 1800s, including first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, Also contains early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements.

Part I: Freedom's Journal, New York, 1827-Mar. 1829; Colored American, New York, 1837-Mar. 1840; The North Star, Rochester, NY, 1847-July 1849; National Era, Washington, DC, 1847-Dec. 1848.

Part II: Colored American, 1840-41; The North Star, July 1849-1851; Frederick Douglass Papers (continuation of The North Star), 1851-May 1852; National Era, 1847-Dec. 1850; Provincial Freeman, Toronto, ON, 1854-Dec. 18, 1855.

Part III: Frederick Douglass Papers, May 1852-Dec. 1852; National Era, Dec. 1850-Dec. 1853; Provincial Freeman, Dec. 1855-57; The Christian Recorder, Toronto, ON, 1861-April 1862.

Part IV: The Christian Recorder, May 1862-Dec. 1864; National Era, Jan. 1854-Dec. 1855; Frederick Douglass Papers, Jan. 1853-Dec. 1854.

Part V: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1865-June 1868; National Era, Jan. 1856-Dec. 1857; Frederick Douglass Papers, Jan. 1855-Dec. 1856.

Part VI: National Era, Jan. 1858-Mar. 1860; The Christian Recorder, July 1868-Dec. 1870.

Part VII: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1872-Dec. 1876.

Part VIII: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1877-Dec. 1882.

Part IX: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1883-Dec. 1887.

Part X: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1888-Dec. 1893 (excluding 1892)

Part XI: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1894-Dec. 1898
Holdings: Parts 1 - 12

BHI: British Humanities Index

BHI: British Humanities Index
-from CSA Databases
An abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, BHI indexes over 320 humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK. Topics include architecture, archaeology, art, antiques, education, economics, foreign affairs, environment, cinema, current affairs, gender studies, history, language, law, linguistics, literature, music, painting, philosophy, poetry, political science, religion, and theatre.
Holdings: coverage begins in 1962-

First-Generation Status and Student Race/Ethnicity as Distinct Predictors of Student Involvement and Learning

Lundberg,C A . "First-Generation Status and Student Race/Ethnicity as Distinct Predictors of Student Involvement and Learning" NASPA Journal [0027-6014] 44.1 (2007). 5-.

What Students Want

Gardner,S . "What Students Want" Portal : Libraries and the Academy [1531-2542] 5 (2005). 405-.

Cross-cultural Analysis of E-mail Reference

Shachaf,P . "Cross-cultural Analysis of E-mail Reference" Journal of academic librarianship [0099-1333] 33.2 (2007). 243-253.

Cultural diversity and end-user searching. An analysis by gender and language background

Zoe,L R . "Cultural diversity and end-user searching. An analysis by gender and language background" Research strategies [0734-3310] 17.4 (2000). 291-305.

Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Archive, 1907-2004

Pennsylvania History Archive, 1934-

Making of America - Cornell site

Database with digitized versions of over 20 important 19th century journals.

Harpweek

Electronical version of one of the 19th centuries most important magazines. Includes a tremendous collection of images

American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900

Digitized images of the pages of 1,100 American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century.

BIG OPPORTUNITIES IN ACCESS TO "SMALL SCIENCE" DATA

Data Science Journal, Volume 6, Open Data Issue, 17 June 2007

Mafia: The Prototypical Alien Conspiracy

Smith Jr., Dwight C. "Mafia: The Prototypical Alien Conspiracy." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: Vol. 423, Crime and Justice in America: 1776-1976, p. 75-88.

There seems to consistently exist a sense of fascination with conspiracy theories. In American culture, the Mafia is one specific type of conspiracy that seems to have captured the public opinion. Dwight C. Smith, Jr examines the conspiracy of the mafia in his paper, Mafia: The Prototypical Alien Conspiracy. This paper examines the worries about not external, but internal aggressors that seek to undermine the status quo or legal system.

Smith traces the progression of various conspiracies throughout history, what is required to constitute or create a conspiracy and the way in which these conspiracies affect the mentality of a countries citizens. The eartliest examples of these comspiracies would be the illuminati of the late 18^th century, the Bolsheviks of the late 19^th century, and now the conspiracies that have surrounded mafia activities. In each of these cases and perhaps with all conspiracies, there is a beginning in which there is only an idea or suspicion. For the Mafia, this suspicion started around October of 1890 in which New Orleans Superintendant of Police David Hennesey and a simple allegation that a group of Sicilians known as the Matrangas were the leaders of a 300 person Mafia. The significance of the Death of the Police superintnedant was clear and retaliation swift.

The work goes on to show the progression of the Mafia as a product of cultural influence to an organization with a complex hierarchy and infrastructure. In the film “The Godfather” one can see the complexity of the organization as well as a necessity to remain “under the radar” even if it was only a formality. For example, Don Vito tells Solozzo that he does not wish to take part in his drug trade no matter how lucrative it is because essentially it would their quiet existence within circle of government officials to public and too loud for them to continue to take part in the conspiracy. This paper offers a historical understanding of the development of a Mafioso culture as a conspiracy along with all of the political corruption that is associated with it.

Globalization, Regionalism, and Urban Restructuring: The Case of Philadelphia -- Hodos 37 (3): 358 -- Urban Affairs Review

America: History and Life

Covers articles written about the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

JSTOR

JSTOR specializes in making available the back issues of journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines. Issues are available both as images and as text, making searching possible both within each title and across the whole database.

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

Listing of articles in the JAMA series, Users' Guides to the Medical Literature, with PennText links, and stored in a RefWorks folder. To access the folder, use Log-in Name: clinical_decision Password: cdm2. Sort by Ref ID to list articles descending sequencial order.

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

Philadelphia Studies E-Resources at Penn

This link presents the collection of electoronic resources at the Penn Library related to Philadelphia Studies.

ALA | Creating the academic library folksonomy

A few libraries are trying out social tagging: the University of Pennsylvania (UP) was one of the first library adopters with its PennTags (tags.library.upenn.edu/). The site allows UP students, faculty, and staff to bookmark quality Web sites and records in UP’s online catalog and share these resources with others. Additionally UP users can create and share “projects” or groups of links on a single site named for the topic.

PennTags is a site dedicated to academic tagging, but this technology can also be incorporated into an existing library Web presence. Stanford University is also experimenting with social tagging, in order to educate patrons about the library’s resources and to provide a platform for curators to identify quality external Web sites. Instead of a standalone tagging site, the open source content management software Drupal (drupal.org/) forms the base for Stanford’s Information Center site, which also includes wiki and blog modules. From there, the designers have added a del.icio.us module that allows users to find tags organized by subject.

The Internet and Campaign 2004: A Look Back at the Campaigners

Michael Cornfield's Commentary summarizes the ways in which the internet has become an essential medium of American politics. Cornfield outlines five major innovations of the Howard Dean (Joe Trippi, manager) 2004 campaign: news-pegged fundraising appeals, net-organized local gatherings, blogging, online referenda, decentralized decision-making. Cornfield examines the different Deanian techniques that Kerry and Bush utilized in their campaigns - Kerry focused more on fund-raising while Bush concentrated on grass-roots mobilization. Cornfield ultimately concludes that the Democrats started too late and were not effectively organized.

In an effort to analyze the techniques utilized by the emerging 2008 candidates, this article is useful for historicizing Internet politicking. One of the most interesting comments is Cornfield's re-imagining the concept of an "activist" - who might soon include "people who do little more than what ten minutes a month at their computers enable them to do." Although Moveon.org got 500,000 people to sign the petition against impeaching President Clinton, the House ultimately voted for impeachment. The organization's real power seems to have come from fund-raising for candidates. Is online activism now (say online petitions or virtual marches) as effective (in terms of real-world effects in policy, etc.) as live-action grassroots efforts - or could it be in the future?

This article (as its title indicates) is focused on the internet aspect of the 2004 campaign and does not offer a well-rounded examination of other campaign factors.

John Edwards: The E-Candidate

This article discusses Edwards' efforts to use new media to gain an edge in the 2008 elections. Formally announcing his candidacy via youtube, encouraging voters to text message their support, blogging through his own site www.onecorps.com, Edwards is, according to those quoted in the article, ahead of the online campaign curve. The article interestingly compares Edwards' approach to that of former Virginia Governor Mark Warner. Warner too utilized the online avenues but, according to Nancy Scola (former Hill staffer Howard Dean campaign volunteer) came across stiff and uneasy online. The implication here is that not only a campaign, but a particular type of personality, must be staged online to be effective. This leads me to wonder whether particular personalities translate across media - can Edwards mobilize his supporters outside of cyberspace? Although this report positively announces that twice as many Americans use the web as their primary source of news about the 2006 elections as they did in 2002, it seems to posit that the real political audience is still reached through TV. Concluding with a reference to Howard Dean, the article settles on the view that the Internet is an increasingly important medium, but still only one piece of the campaign puzzle, leaving us a bit unsure of the implications regarding Edwards' mastery of online tools. Ultimately, when it comes to presidential campaigns, does money still rule - or will the internet increasingly become THE most important piece of a candidate's strategy? In the future, could e-campaigns prove a democratizing force in the uneven playing-field of big-money politics?

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Baghdad Year Zero (Harpers.org)

Article in Harpers from 2004 describing the lack of reconstruction in Baghdad and describing Baghdad year Zero.

Factors associated with intention to breastfeed among low-income, inner-city pregnant women.

Lee . "Factors associated with intention to breastfeed among low-income, inner-city pregnant women." Maternal and child health journal [1092-7875] 9.3 (2005). 253-61.

Millennial Net Value(s): Disconnects Between Libraries and the Information Age Mindset(application/pdf Object)

A much better than average report on the relationships between librarianship and the values of libraries and the values held by the media savvy, technology-centered students of today. Describes the two sets of values, and describes how libraries can adabt to the new expectation in meaningful ways.

pg 99 "It is clear that Millennials and others comfortable with a wide range of media and technologies will redefine the traditional manifestations of research and creative activity with these new mashed, cut and pasted creations. For them, the line between consumer and creator is blurred in a way that previously was not possible."

pg 100 "Clear rifts have emerged in the virtual terrain that is occupied by library policies, services and collections and is explored by online users. These rifts or disconnects can be grouped into three classifications for redress. These include technology (infrastructure and integration), policy (copyright, IT policy, liability), and unexploited opportunities."

Lorcan Dempsey 'The Library Catalogue in the New Discovery Environment: Some Thoughts', Ariadne Issue 48

Useful overview of new ways of thinking about the role of library discovery systems in the context of the networked environment. Highlights the necessary changes to the function of library catalogs now that discovery, location, request and retrieval can be separated from one another.

"Much of the discussion is about improving the catalogue user's experience, not an unreasonable aspiration. However, we really need to put this in the context of a more far-reaching set of issues about discovery and about the continued evolution of library systems, including the catalogue, in a changing network environment. In this environment, users increasingly discover resources in places other than the catalogue."

Folksonomies: Tidying up Tags?

Argues for the usefulness of collaborative tagging, and highlights the known problems with free tagging. Points to some obvious, and some more controversial ways of limiting problems of inter-tagger inconsistency and meaningless distinctions.

In this article we look at what makes folksonomies work. We agree with the premise that tags are no replacement for formal systems, but we see this as being the core quality that makes folksonomy tagging so useful. We begin by looking at the issue of "sloppy tags", a problem to which critics of folksonomies are keen to allude, and ask if there are ways the folksonomy community could offset such problems and create systems that are conducive to searching, sorting and classifying. We then go on to question this "tidying up" approach and its underlying assumptions, highlighting issues surrounding removal of low-quality, redundant or nonsense metadata, and the potential risks of tidying too neatly and thereby losing the very openness that has made folksonomies so popular.

Shirky: Ontology is Overrated -- Categories, Links, and Tags

Looks at the development of various classification systems leading up to tagging, or user created metadata. Argues that tagging more closely mirrors the nature of web information.

Argues that ontologies are a bad ideal for organizing the world online. Points out that library classification systems are designed to optimize space on the shelves, not to describe the essences of identities. Also, that library classification systems are fundamentally about organizing books, not about organizing the enormity of human knowledge. The same flaws exists in a hierarchical file system. That it is designed with the assumption that a thing can only be in one place at one time -- it makes some attempt to have the organizional structure of ideas match the physical world, where in fact a pointer, or an idea, or a metaphorical path can be in countless places at the same time, and can have many equally important and useful relationships which describe it.

That ontologies are useful where there are expert users, clear categories and a limited domain. But, much less useful for non-expert users or large domains, and fuzzy categories. Links are the universal pointers on the web, and the addition of tags is simple, and provides a much more useful finding system than an ontology. With a system like delicious, you get to know who's doing the tagging, not just what the tags are, so you get to limit searches by people and time, limiting the size of your group [penntags tie-in].

Folksonomies: power to the people

Very clear pros and cons of folksonomies versus more traditional classification systems. Looks at when and for what each kind of classification is most useful.

InfoTangle :: The Hive Mind: Folksonomies and User-Based Tagging :: December :: 2005

A Columbia Librarian posted a long article about tagging systems and their use in libraries. Interesting reading.

Taxonomies and Tags: From Trees to Piles of Leaves

A beautiful brief essay about tags.

Patterns and Inconsistencies in Collaborative Tagging Systems : An Examination of Tagging Practices (application/pdf Object)

This paper analyzes the tagging patterns exhibited by users of del.icio.us, to assess how collaborative tagging supports and enhances traditional ways of classifying and indexing documents. Using frequency data and co-word analysis matrices analyzed by multi-dimensional scaling, the authors discovered that tagging practices to some extent work in ways that are continuous with conventional indexing. Small numbers of tags tend to emerge by unspoken consensus, and inconsistencies follow several predictable patterns that can easily be anticipated. However, the tags also indicated intriguing practices relating to time and task which suggest the presence of an extra dimension in classification and organization, a dimension which conventional systems are unable to facilitate.

Philadelphia's Neighborhood Transformation Initiative: A Case Study of Mayoral Leadership, Bold Planning, and Conflict

This article examines the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI), Mayor John F. Street’s plan to revitalize Philadelphia’s distressed neighborhoods by issuing $295 million in bonds to finance the acquisition of property, the demolition of derelict buildings, and the assembling of large tracts of land for housing redevelopment. Despite its resemblance to the discredited urban renewal programs of the past, this plan offered real potential for reducing blight by leveraging substantial private investment at a time when public subsidies
for affordable housing and community development have been steadily diminishing.

However, NTI did not promote equitable development that might have fostered broader support for an inherently controversial plan. Moreover, Street’s initial leadership in proposing this bold initiative was followed by a reluctance to promote NTI aggressively after it was adopted in 2002. The result was a watered-down effort that achieved some goals but has fallen short of what might have been accomplished.

The limits of out-migration for the black middle class

Pattillo-McCoy,M . "The limits of out-migration for the black middle class" Journal of urban affairs [0735-2166] 22.3 (2000). 225-241.

Black middle-class neighborhoods

Chaudron,C Pattillo,M. "Black middle-class neighborhoods" Annual review of sociology [0360-0572] 31 (2005). 305-329.

Wealth, Race, and Inter-Neighborhood Migration

Crowder,K . "Wealth, Race, and Inter-Neighborhood Migration" American sociological review [0003-1224] 71.1 (2006). 72-94.

Does Socioeconomic Status Matter? Race, Class, and Residential Segregation

Iceland,J . "Does Socioeconomic Status Matter? Race, Class, and Residential Segregation" Social problems [0037-7791] 53.2 (2006). 248-273.

SECONDARY RESOURCES: SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND ARTICLES

Beneath the Metadata: Some Philosophical Problems with Folksonomy

"Philosophical relativism appears to be the underlying philosophy behind folksonomies. Because of those underpinnings, it is possible to jettison the limitations of a traditional classification statement such as "A is not B". In a folksonomy system, "A is relative to B", because each item's index terms will depend on the individual user and the tags he or she decides to use. A philosophy of relativism allows folksonomy to draw on many users with various perceptions to classify a document instead of relying on one individual cataloger to set the index terms for that item. Thus, classification terms become relative to each user."

Business Source Premier (EBSCO)

Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
Updated daily provides nearly 3,300 full text scholarly publications, including more than 1,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 6000 journals. This database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more.

Business Source Premier contains full text from the world's top management and marketing journals including Harvard Business Review, California Management Review,Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, etc.

The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles from Datamonitor for the world's 5,000 largest companies.

Debtors' Hell -- Debt Collection -- Debtors' Hell -- Debt Management - Boston.com

A 4 part series in the Boston Globe about debt collectors.

DLIST - Complementary or Discrete Contexts in Online Indexing: A Comparison of User, Creator and Intermediary Keywords

Psychology and ethical development : a collection of articles on psychological theories, ethical development and human understanding / [by] R. S. Peters.

Peters, Richard Stanley, 1919- . Psychology and ethical development : a collection of articles on psychological theories, ethical development and human understanding / [by] R. S. Peters. [0041500490 : ] London : Allen & Unwin, 1974.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BF38 .P43

Free Our Culture | First Call - Penn's Undergraduate Magazine

A great article by Steve McLaughlin about what Free Culture means, and how and why to get involved.

OCLC to Open WorldCat Searching to the World

Infotoday article about worldcat.org

First Monday June 2006

Selected papers from the First Monday Conference, FM10 Openness: Code, Science and Content, are available in the June issue! More papers from the Conference will appear in July.

Rational sharing and its limits

People differ in their willingness to share, as well as their reasons to do so. An open collaboration community of willing sharing members thrives on a virtuous cycle: increased sharing often offers stronger reasons for more people to share. However, it may also decline when the cycle goes the opposite direction and turns vicious. What determines the dividing line? We offer insights into this important question based on an analytic understanding of the concept of rational sharing, which is sharing for net gain in personal utility. In a nutshell, a community thriving on rational sharing is essentially an economic system, a platform for creating mutual benefit through exchanges.

Taxonomies and Tags: From Trees to Piles of Leaves

A beautiful brief essay about tags.

David Weinberger dinner speech

My favorite article. I wish I could force you to read this article. please...

"And you would never ever get this organization of knowledge right. Its not a solvable problem. It cant be done. Theres not a right way of doing it because there’s no single way of organizing this stuff. Taxonomies are not reflections of nature, they’re tools. And tools depend on what you want to do. It depends on your context. So along comes tagging."

Browse for Research

Paste a paragraph from an article, paper, etc into this search engine and get back a list of relevant or similar articles. On first inspection, it seems pretty fantastic as a search engine, but has very very limited results. Very very few sources.

The Learner's Library™ is a simple and intuitive search tool that locates relevant material from any text based content repository...our Virtual Research Assistant allows you to input whole articles, papers, notes or outlines (up to 10000 words at a time) and get back the materials you need for meaningful research....our custom publishing interface allows the easy creation of custom coursepacks and reading packs with but a few clicks.... our CiteRight® citation checking tool examines your written work and shows you what in your work needs a citation from material in the content repository.

Learner's Library Dumbs Down

A fairly damning report on the Learner's Library.

CASA155wiki : Home Page

A syllabus from a Stanford course on social software. Also note that the whole course is a wiki.

Windows Live Academic Home Page

A search engine for scholarly articles from microsoft. Currently only includes computer science, physics, etc. But, they say more is to come.

Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice - Centre for Health Evidence

The complete set of the full text pre-publication version of the Users' Guides series published in the Journal of the American Association (JAMA).

Enforcers, entrepreneurs, and survivors: how the mafia has adapted to change.

"Enforcers, entrepreneurs, and survivors: how the mafia has adapted to change." The British journal of sociology [0007-1315] 36.1 (1985). 34-57.

The purpose of this article is to explain the ways and reasons behind changes in mafia organizations. In addition to this, it explains the unspoken rules that encompass everyone within these mafias. The author argues that the continuity of the mafia can be attributed to economic reasons as well a code of honor that proves to be the basis of the relationships within the group.

The author, Raimondo Calanzaro, explains that this code of honor is something whose roots are from the Mediterranean culture. In Sicilian culture, through one’s actions, a man can gain honor and respect of their peers. Through this, a man who is not born of high status can gain and achieve the respect of others. The Mafiosi were ones that held power, and used this when addressing political and economic issues. The Mafioso must have a reputation among his peers as a man of honor; someone, who in the past has shown to be highly skilled in violence. This reputation allows them to no longer participate in violence, and can rely on others to follow their orders.

Calanzaro states that the role Mafias play in society has changed with the evolution of society. Blending traditional and contemporary methods of the mafia, in order to contain power, the Mafioso adapts to market structure in order to maintain wealth. This article helps to explain the roles and interactions of the movie, The Godfather. Vito Corleone is the head of the family, also known as the Mafioso. Throughout the film, we see that Vito does not participate in any acts of violence even though it is apparent that he is making the decisions. In addition to this, the roles of the other characters become defined. Vito’s son’s and other men participate in much of the violence in order to prove their worth and gain respect to achieve the status of Mafioso.

In addition to this, Michael Corleone displays the attributes of being an entrepreneur. Seeing the growth in Las Vegas he decided to change the family’s business and move to Casinos and gambling. Analyzing the current state of the market while keeping the overall structure of the mafia intact is something that Michael is able to display

Italian Immigrants in the United States in the Mid-Sixties

Velikonja, Joseph. "Italian Immigrants in the United States in the Mid-Sixties." International Migration Review: Vol. 1, No. 3, Special Issue: The Italian Experience in Emigration, p. 25-37.

This article by Dr. Joseph Velkonja discusses the history of Italian Immigration with a focus on the mid-sixties. The article points out that the immigration and expansion of Italians in America increased exponentially due to the new Immigration act of the mid 1960s. Prior to this, not many new immigrants were allowed into the country, which kept the amount of Italians in America at a small level. Between the years of 1952 to 1965, the annual quota allowed for Italian Immigrants was 5,666, however these immigration laws were lifted, and an exponential increase of Italians entered the United States followed.

In addition to immigration, this article discusses Italian American’s expansion across the United States. Much of the expansion was related to economic reasons. Although many Italian Americans stayed on the eastern seaboard, others relocated to the Midwest and the West coast in cities such as Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles. It is also shown that there was a greater number of second generation Italian Americans who expanded westward.

Much of these things directly relate to the plot of the movie. The small number of Italians allowed into the country allowed for these citizens to create families and create a basis of power and influence on these Italian neighborhoods. In addition, at the end of the movie, the Corleone family decides to move to Las Vegas due to the economic potential that the city and casinos possess. Finally, Michael Corleone is second generation Italian American, thus this migration mimics the trend that this article’s statistics show.

The plot of the movie is a reflection of society during the post war era. This correlation leads to a realistic plotline and helps one understand the overall state of society.

Mafia: The Prototypical Alien Conspiracy

Smith Jr., Dwight C. "Mafia: The Prototypical Alien Conspiracy." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: Vol. 423, Crime and Justice in America: 1776-1976, p. 75-88.

    The article, “Mafia: The Prototypical Alien Conspiracy,” written by Dwight C. Smith Jr. discusses the role that the “Mafia” has played in American society, and the ways in which America has tried to deal with this issue. The term “Mafia” became popularized before the 19^th century, when people began to develop conspiracy theories against Sicilians. Stemming from the Hennessey murder case in New Orleans, a stigma was developed against the Sicilian population of the town. Although there was no real proof of mob ties, these Mafia rumors lived on which led to support and implementation of immigration laws.
    During the post World War II era, the “Mafia” legend was revived. Beginning with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, rumors persisted about the Mafia and immigrants. These rumors reached its pinnacle when the President’s Crime Commission agreed with the concept of a Mafia conspiracy. Smith Jr. writes that the reason behind the creation of this “Mafia” myth is to explain the failure of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to eliminate the existence of narcotics in America. By using the “Mafia” as a scapegoat for their failures, the Bureau popularized this idea. Whether or not it actually existed is debatable, but it led to changes in society.

    From the popularization of the “Mafia,” those in entertainment began to capitalize on it by selling it as a product to the public. Mario Puzo wrote the book, The Godfather, which focused on the world that America was so worried about.
    This article gives background into the reasoning behind the making of the movie, The Godfather, as well as providing explanation of the content of the movie. The movie is a period film, set post World War II, which as the article has shown was the era in which the “Mafia” conspiracy was being revived. In the movie, the reason that the five families began to fight was due to introduction of narcotics. At this time, drugs were a big problem in America, thus showing parallels between the period of the movie and societal problems. Also, Paramount capitalized on the publicity that the “Mafia” genre was receiving by producing Mario Puzo’s book. This led to The Godfather becoming one of the most successful movies of all time.

O'Reilly Network -- UFOs (Ubiquitous Findable Objects)

"To make this global panopticon a reality, unique identification tags are necessary but not sufficient. As we know from library science research, known-item searches account for less than half of total demand. Most users will also want to perform exploratory subject searches." woohoo!

Religious Identity, Clash, and Change: Rites of Passage and Reconciliation in the Godfather Saga, The Untouchables, and The Cardinal

"Religious Identity, Clash, and Change: Rites of Passage and Reconciliation in the Godfather Saga, The Untouchables, and The Cardinal" Rivista di studi italiani [0821-3216] 21.1 (2003). 229-.

Religious Identity, Clash, and Change: Rites of Passage and Reconciliation in the Godfather Saga, The Untouchables, and The Cardinal

"Religious Identity, Clash, and Change: Rites of Passage and Reconciliation in the Godfather Saga, The Untouchables, and The Cardinal" Rivista di studi italiani [0821-3216] 21.1 (2003). 229-.

Canary Database

"This database is a compilation of curated peer-reviewed research articles "that explore the use of wildlife, domestic, and companion animals as 'sentinels' for the effects of chemical, biological, and physical hazards in the environment that may be a risk to human health." Includes information about animal species, exposures, health effects, and location. From the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Yale University School of Medicine." (via LII)

Library 2.0 and

I love Cites & Insights, but I swear I just read the last one last night -- they're coming too often. Anyway, I look forward to Walt Crawford's take on the whole Library2.0 craze.

Library 2.0 article by Walt Crawford

Web 2.0

article defining/describing/commenting on web 2.0

Find Articles-The Library-University of California, Berkeley

Very clear and short. Perhaps reverse the order in the list below. But, a nice start.

E. H. Butler Library - Find Articles

The gray bit over at the side is a little hidden, but provides most of what we want.

Welcome to the John M. Pfau Library - Find Articles

A nice layout that includes the most popular indexes plus the subject indexes. Also allows space for ILL and journal lists.

Colorado State University-Pueblo Library - Find Articles

New York University | Bobst Library: Find Articles By Subject

This is great. The popular databases along the side and nothing on the page except the choose a topic. Quite nice.

Rutgers University Libraries -- Find Articles

Undergraduate Library - Find Articles Guide

UIUC has a nice basics guide for articles.

Taxonomies and Tags: From Trees to Piles of Leaves

A beautiful brief essay about tags.

Popular Culture Fandoms, the Boundaries of Religious Studies, and the Project of the Self

Proxied Google Scholar for Free Articles

Here is the proxied version of Google Scholar.

Cinema Studies -- All Article Databases from the Penn Library

Here is a list of all article databases in Cinema Studies provided by the Penn Library.

Cinema Studies -- Research Basics from the Penn Library

This is the library's page for the basic Research Resources in Cinema Studies.

Grassroots Cooperative Categorization Of Digital Content Assets: Folksonomies, What They Are, Why They Work - Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings

Another one of those articles that describes the whens and why's of traditionaly classification schemes versus folksonomies and tagging systems.

Salon.com Technology | Steal this bookmark!

A more popular introduction to tagging from Salon. If you're not a member of Salon.com, prepare to watch a loong ad. Wouldn't it be cool if the library could get a library subscription to Salon?

Social Bookmarking Tools (I): A General Review

From April 2005 issue of D-Lib Magazine, this artilce gives an overview of social bookmarking tools.

Wired News: Folksonomies Tap People Power

A relatively short article on tagging systems, and their popularity.