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The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature
| The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature gives a list of English language articles that have been recently published in magazines of general interest. It is published monthly with a bound cumulative index every year. The main body of the guide consists of subject and author entries. |
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The following information is given for each subject entry:
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ABBREVIATIONS
| + | continued on later pages of same issue | Jr | Junior |
| Ag | August | jt auth | joint author |
| ann | annual | Ltd | Limited |
| Ap | April | m | monthly |
| Assn | Association | Mr | March |
| Ant | Autumn | My | May |
| Ave | Avenue | N | November |
| bi-m | bimonthly | no | number |
| bi-w | biweekly | O | October |
| bibl | bibliography | p | page |
| bibl f | bibliographical footnotes | por | portrait |
| bldg | building | pt | part |
| Co | Company | q | quarterly |
| cont | continued | rev | revised |
| Corp | Corporation | S | September |
| D | December | semi-m | semimonthly |
| Dept | Department | Spr | Spring |
| ed | edited, edition, editor | Sr | Senior |
| F | February | St | Street |
| f | footnotes | Summ | Summer |
| il | illustration, -s | supp | supplement |
| Inc | Incorporated | tr | translated, translation, translator |
| introd | introduction, introductory | v | volume |
| Ja | January | w | weekly |
| Je | June | Wint | Winter |
| Jl | July | yr | year |
Look at the following extract from June 2000.
READERS’ GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE
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INTERNET See also Adventure racing – Internet resources Aerospace industry – Internet use Aged – Internet use Agriculture – Internet resources Airlines – Internet access service Airlines – Passenger service – Internet resources Architects – Internet use Astronomy – Internet resources Automobile loans – Internet resources Calendars – Internet resources Cancer – Internet resources Chat rooms (Internet) Climatic changes – Internet resources Consumer complaints – Internet resources Consumer protection – Internet resources Electronic books – Internet resources Electronic commerce Entertaining – Internet resources Facility management – Internet resources Fashion – Internet resources Genealogy – Internet resources Golf – Internet resources Home-based business – Internet use Initial public offerings (Securities) – Internet resources Interior decorators – Internet use Kitchens – Remodeling – Internet resources Medical colleges – Internet resources Medicine – Internet resources Millennium celebrations (Year 2000) – Internet resources Minorities – Internet use Minority business enterprises – Internet use Motion pictures – Internet resources Mutual funds – Internet resources News – Internet resources Oceanography – Internet resources Personal finance – Internet resources Photography – Internet resources Photography, Journalistic – Internet resources Political activists – Internet use Press critics and criticism – Internet resources Prices – Internet resources Scientific research – Internet resources Social action – Internet resources Stringers (Journalists) – Internet resources Television – Internet resources Tennis – Internet resources UFOs – Internet resources Web sites Women – Internet use Youth – Internet use 10 dumb questions about computers. K. Komando. il Popular Mechanics v177 no3 p32-4 Mr 2000 It’s an Internet world. C. O’Malley. il Popular Science v256 no3 p46-51 Mr 2000 The Web page. C. Y. Chen and G. Lindsay. graph il tab Fortune v141 no6 p224 – 6 Mr 20 2000 Why are there so many doors in the movies? M. Stephens. il Columbia Journalism Review v38 no6 p58-9 Mr/Ap 2000 Anonymous messages See also Freedom (Computer program) Auctions See Internet auctions Audio transmission See also Sorenson Broadcaster (Computer program) Audible is loud and clear. T. M. Rosenblum. il Publishers Weekly v247 no10 p38-9 Mr 6 2000 Backup storage services Put your files in (free) storage? S. H. Wildstrom. il tab Business Week no3672 p22 Mr 13 2000 Business use Technology as an element of change [address, February 15, 1999] R. Zinn. Vital Speeches of the Day v66 no11 p338-41 Mr 15 2000 Censorship International foul [Feinstein-Hatch bill bans bomb making in – formation on the Internet but online booksellers continue to sell how-to manuals] J. Halpern. The New Republic v222 no 15 p14 Ap 10 2000 The perils of teeing off online [La Jolla Club Golfs S. Cade’s apology for disparaging Callaway Golf on the Internet] R. Grover. por Business Week no3672 p44 Mr 13 2000 Connections See also Wireless Internet connections Fiber optics to the home. J. Hecht. il Technology Review (Cambridge, Mass.: 1998) v103 no2 p48-50, 52, 54 Mr/Ap 2000 Economic aspects Blinded by dot-com alchemy. L. V. Gerstner. il Business Week no3674 p40 Mr 27 2000 Virtually rich. M. Bowe. il Harper’s Bazaar no3461 p162-4 Ap 2000 Educational use See also Employees – Training – Internet resources Virtual universities Higher ed. [students at Calvary Chapel Christian Academy in Santa Fe will use Internet to monitor progress of teacher K. Gattone’s Mount Everest climb] P. A. Carlin. il por People Weekly v53 no13 p131-3 Ap 3 2000 Electronic mail See Electronic mail systems Fax transmission The e-volution of fax. D. Costa. il Home Office Computing v18 no3 p34 Mr 2000 Free material There are no free wheels. T. C. Fishman. por Esquire v133 no4 p58 – 62 Ap 2000 Games See Internet games Greeting cards See Electronic greeting cards Industrial purchasing use See Business-to-business electronic commerce International aspects Language is a virus [foreign language usage on the Internet] W. M. Grossman. il PC Computing v13 no3 p62 Mr 2000 Laws and regulations See also Child Online Protection Act Copyright – Internet Cyber fraud crackdown. K. Blake. Consumers’ Research Magazine v83 no3 p6 Mr 2000 Privacy shmivacy [inadvisabilily of enacting Internet privacy laws] D. Oliver. por Forbes v165 no9 p40 Ap 17 2000 Study and teaching Grads with a cyberlaw background have a decided edge in the market. A. Saltzman. il U.S. News & World Report vl28 no14 p71-2 Ap 10 2000 Monitoring Are you safe? Your boss is watching [special report on privacy] il tab PC Computing v13 no3 p86+ Mr 2000 Music See Internet music Programs See Internet software Psychological aspects See also Internet addiction Security measures See also Denial of service attacks Freedom (Computer program) How parents can gain control online [Web permission slips] D. Hawkins. il U.S. News & World Report v128 no15 p58 Ap 17 2000 A new threat to your credit [online hackers] M. D. Wilcox. il Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine v54 no4 p34 Ap 2000 Stop hackers cold. C. Gair. il Home Office Computing v18 no3 p112 Mr 2000 Sexual aspects See also Child Online Protection Act Internet pornography Social aspects Language is a virus [foreign language usage on the Internet] W. M. Grossman. il PC Computing v13 no3 p62 Mr 2000 Social use See also Online dating Statistics Cerf on the Web. H. Schlesinger. por Popular Science v256 no3 p52 – 3 Mr 2000 Technical support services Hold the phone. D. Johnson. tab Home Office Computing v18 no3 p92 Mr 2000 Television broadcasting See Internet television Traffic Bottleneckbusters. A. J. Kessler. il Forbes v165 no9 p438 Ap 17 2000 Unauthorized use See also Internet crimes Voice communications See Internet telephony China Same differences [cover story] R. Wright. The New Republic v222 no13 p21-5 Mr 27 2000 Developing countries See also Telecenters Latin America Technology as an element of change [address, February 15, 1999] R. Zinn. Vital Speeches of the Day v66 no11 p338-41 Mr 15 2000 Mali See also Timbuktu (Mali) – Internet INTERNET ACCESS FROM AUTOMOBILES See Automobiles – in-vehicle computers INTERNET ADDICTION Drinking aftershave: a confession [Internet chess] C. Krauthammer. il Time v155 no11 p102 Mr 20 2000 INTERNET ADDRESSES Hot seat: Sky Dayton [interview] C. Null. por PCComputing v13 no3 p44 Mr 2000 Netenclature: a new world of names before the dots. W. Safire. The New York Times Magazine p34-6 Ap 9 2000 What’s in a domain name? [cybersquatter M. Hogarth] J. Barnes. il The New Yorker v76 no6 p29-30 Ap 3 2000 Registration See also Bulkregister.com (Firm) NameSecure.Com (Firm) Namezero.com (Firm) Network Solutions, Inc. Register.com (Firm) INTERNET ADVERTISING Attack of the killer ads. B. Palser. il American Journalism Review v22 no2 p64 Mr 2000 Your browser is selling you out [special report on privacy] il PC Computing v 13 no3 p90+ Mr 2000 Ethical aspects Online profiling gets mixed marks in the classroom [ZapMe! offers free computers to schools willing to accept the accompanying ads] D. Hawkins. il U.S. News & World Report v128 no15 p56-8 Ap 17 2000 INTERNET AND PRIVACY Are you safe? Your boss is watching [special report on privacy] il tab PC Computing v13 no3 p86+ Mr 2000 Big browser is watching you! il tab Consumer Reports v65 no5 p43-8 My 2000 Cyber spies [interview with J. L. Ziltrain] N. Day. il por People Weekly v53 no15 p117-19 Ap 17 2000 A growing threat [Business week/Harris poll] il tab Business Week no3673 p96 Mr 20 2000 How parents can gain control online [Web permission slips] D. Hawkins. il U.S. News & World Report v128 no15 p58 Ap 17 2000 Online privacy: it’s time for rules in Wonderland [cover story] H. Green and others. graph il tab Business Week no3673 p82 – 8, 92, 94 Mr 20 2000 Online profiling gets mixed marks in the classroom [ZapMe! offers free computers to schools willing to accept the ac – companying ads] D. Hawkins. il US.News & World Report v128 no15 p56-8 Ap 17 2000 Privacy shmivacy [inadvisabilily of enacting Internet privacy laws] D. Oliver. pot Forbes v165 no9 p40 Ap 17 2000 Report looks at human subjects research on the Internet. T. Ayers. Science v287 no5453 p673 Ja 28 2000 We know where you live work shop bank play – and so does everyone else! [protecting your online privacy; special report cover story] E. Butt. il tab PCComputing v13 no3 p80-100 Mr 2000 We know who you are [online snoops can track your daily activities with a computer and credit card; special report on privacy] R. Strohmeyer. il PC Computing v13 no3 p84-5 Mr 2000 Your browser is selling you out [special report on privacy] il PC Computing v13 no3 p90+ Mr 2000 INTERNET ANIMATION Programs See also Macromedia Flash (Computer program) INTERNET APPLIANCES The lighter side of PCs. W. Van Winkle. il Smart Computing v11 no4 p30-2 Ap 2000 Mobilizing the Internet. W. Grossman. il Scientific American v282 no3 p38 Mr 2000 INTERNET ART Clicking on the canvas. A. Hamilton. il Time v155 no14 p129 Ap 10 2000 What’s the Whilney’s newest new thing? C. Kleiner. il U.S. News & World Report v128 no12 p52 Mr 27 2000 |
INTERNET AUCTIONS See also Business-to-business Internet auctions EBay Inc. FreeMarkets Inc. Priceline.com Inc. Bidding on bones [fossils for sale in online auctions] S. Simpson. il Scientific American v282 no3 p33-4 Mr 2000 Charlatan’s web [fraud at online auctions of Hollywood memorabilia] R. Ito. il Los Angeles Magazine v45 no4 p22-3 Ap Cyber fraud crackdown. K. Blake. Consumers’ Research Magazine v83 no3 p6 Mr 2000 INTERNET BANKING See Online banking INTERNET BILLING AND PAYMENT SYSTEMS A new threat to you credit [online hackers] M. D. Wilcox. il Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine v54 no4 p34 Ap 2000 Settling debts online: a new tool for E-mailers. J. Perry. il U.S. News & World Report v128 no15 p60 Ap 17 2000 INTERNET COMMERCE See Electronic commerce INTERNET COMPANIES See also Akamai Technologies Inc. Barnesandnoble.com Inc. Divine InterVentures Inc. EBay Inc. ECompanies, LLC Netscape Communications Corporation Powerful Media (Firm) Zeal Network (Firm) The new E-style [apartments of Internet entrepreneurs; cover story] W. Goodman. il New York v34 [i.e. 33] no12 p39-65 Mr 27 2000 Rags to digits [Internet companies push out garmentmakers in NYC] S. Sansoni. il Forbes v165 no9 p412-13 Ap 17 2000 Accounting The E-numbers game [SEC crackdown on aggressive accounting practices] A. Zagorin. graph por tab Time v155 no13 p66 Ap 3 2000 Earth to dot-com accountants [SEC crackdown on aggressive accounting practices] C. Yang. il tab Business Week no3675 p40-1 Ap 3 2000 A high-tech accounting? [accounting practices of Internet companies such as MicroStrategy] R. J. Samuelson. il Newsweek v135 no14 p37 Ap 3 2000 Live by momentum – [SEC crackdown on aggressive accounting practices] F. Vogelstein. graph U.S. News & World Report v128 no13 p38 Ap 3 2000 MicroPanic [accounting scandal at MicroStrategy] B. Condon and others. por Forbes v165 no9 p60-2 Ap 17 2000 Presto chango! Sales are huge!J. Kahn. il tab Fortune v141 no6 p90-2, 94, 96 Mr 20 2000 A tech highflier’s day of reckoning [MicroStrategy’s accounting practices] J. Lardner. por U.S. News & World Report v128 no14 p42-3 Ap 10 2000 Acquisitions and mergers Get big or get out [alliances of big media players; cover story] A. C. Shepard. il tab American Journalism Review v22 no2 p22-9 Mr 2000 Employees Recruiting Anybody out there? [recruiting efforts at NerveWire] J. Gordon. graph por tab Forbes v165 no8 p92, 94, 96, 98 Ap 3 The dotcom brain drain [competition for print journalists from Internet companies] P. Fahri. il American Journalism Review v22 no2 p30-3 Mr 2000 Ethical aspects New ethics – or no ethics? [dot – com ethics; cover story; special section] graph il tab Fortune v141 no6 p82-120 Mr 20 2000 Finance The $20 million phone call [M. R. Rangaswami invests in Niku] C. Hawn. graph por Forbes v165 no8 p62 Ap 3 2000 Mad hatchery syndrome [Internet incubators] L. Kroll. il tab Forbes v165 no9 p132-40 Ap 17 2000 Silicon prairie dog [A. Filipowski’s Divine InterVentures] S. Filch. por Forbes v165 no9 p140-2 Ap 17 2000 Securities The day the world ended [NASDAQ drop] M. Krantz. il Time v155 no15 p42 Ap 17 2000 Designs on the Web [spin off of T – Online International and expansion of Deutsche Telekom as global Net force] J. Ewing and others. il Business Week no3672 p54 Mr 13 2000 Dirty little secret [stock performance of dot-com IPOs] W, Taylor and M. Jerome. il PC Computing v13 no3 p39 Mr 2000 Doom stalks the dotcoms. J. Greenwald. graph il Time v155 no15 p38-42 Ap 17 2000 Dot-coms over a barrel. B. Stone. il Newsweek v135 no14 p33-5 Ap 3 2000 The E-numbers game [SEC crackdown on aggressive accounting practices] A. Zagorin. graph por tab Time v155 no13 p66 Ap 3 2000 Earth to dot-com accountants [SEC crackdown on aggressive accounting practices] C. Yang. il tab Business Week no3675 p40-1 Ap 3 2000 Good stocks need a good economy. T. Miller. il Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine v54 no4 p14 Ap 2000 The great stock split [Asian market shift as Net issues rocket] B. Einhom. graph il Business Week no3672 p50-1 Mr 13 2000 A high-tech accounting? [accounting practices of Internet companies such as MicroStrategy] R. J. Samuelson, il Newsweek v135 no14 p37 Ap 3 2000 The king of wired investing [interview wilh K. Landis] F. W. Frailey. por Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine v54 no4 p50-1 Ap 2000 Live by momentum – [SEC crackdown on aggressive account – ing practices] F. Vogelstein. graph U.S. News & World Report v128 no13 p38 Ap 3 2000 A lust for profits [Internet pornography may go public; cover story] B. I. Koerner. il U.S. News & World Report v128 no12 p36-8, 40, 42, 44 Mr 27 2000 MicroPanic [accounting scandal at MicroStrategy] B. Condon and others. por Forbes v165 no9 p60-2 Ap 17 2000 Misadventures in the me-first economy. M. Warner and others. il Fortune v141 no6 p100-4, 108, 110, 114, 116, 118, 120 Mr 20 2000 The new scrip [advice for outside contractors who accept Internet stock and options as payment] J. Lee. il Forbes v165 no9 p460 Ap 17 2000 Not com [M. Mecker] G. Pascal Zachary. il Technology Review (Cambridge, Mass.: 1998) v103 no2 p34 Mr/Ap 2000 A tech highflier s day of reckoning [MicroStrategy’s accounting practices] J. Lardner. por U.S. News & World Report v128 no14 p42-3 Ap 10 2000 Web stocks: the new rules [cover story] S. T. Goldberg. il Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine v54 no4 p40-9 Ap 2000 What’s an old – line CEO to do? [growing divergence between old and new economies] J. A. Byrne. il tab Business Week no3674 p38-9 Mr 27 2000 Asia The great stock split [Asian market shift as Net issues rocket] B. Einhorn. graph il Business Week no3672 p50-1 Mr 13 2000 Western Europe Designs on the Web [spin off of T-Online International and expansion of Deutsche Telekom as global Net force] J. Ewing and others. il Business Week no3672 p54 Mr 13 2000 INTERNET CONSULTANTS See also Context Integration Inc. INTERNET CRIMES See also Denial of service attacks Internet pornography Charlatan’s web [fraud at online auctions of Hollywood memorabilia] R. ilo. il Los Angeles Magazine v45 no4 p22-3 Ap 2000 Cyber fraud crackdown. K. Blake. Consumers’ Research Magazine v83 no3 p6 Mr 2000 Cyberpunks [cover story] J. Markoff. il New York Times Upfront v132 no15 p10-15 Mr 27 2000 Sipowicz goes cyber [Warnne County, Mich. police tackle computer and Internet crimes] R. Stodghill. il Time v155 no14 p50-1 Ap 10 2000 Stick ’em up. W. D. Webb. il Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine v54 no4 p52-8 Ap 2000 INTERNET CUSTOMER SERVICE The (electronic) personal touch [Circles’ virtual personal assistants] E. Sehonfeld. il Fortune v141 no6 p214 Mr 20 2000 INTERNET DATING See Online dating INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT ‘We’re where television was at ils beginning’. R. Grover and R. Siklos. il tab Business Week no3672 p66, 68 Mr 13 2000 INTERNET EXPLORER (COMPUTER PROGRAM) See Microsoft Internet Explorer (Computer program) INTERNET GAMES Babes in virtual toyland [Internet games for kids] N. Byrnes and W. C. Symonds. i1 Business Week no3672 p62, 64 Mr 13 2000 Drinking aftershave: a confession [Internet chess] C. Krauthammer. il Time v155 no11 p102 Mr 20 2000 INTERNET MARKETING Don’t quit your day job just yet [NextCard affiliate program] C. McGrath. il Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine v54 no4 p120 – 1 Ap 2000 Electronic marketing: what you can expect. T. Mack. il The Futurist v34 no2 p40-4 Mr/Ap 2000 Talk is cheap [Internet marketing companies recruit young cybersurfers] P. Kafka. il Forbes v165 no9 p150 Ap 17 2000 We know where you live work shop bank play – and so does everyone else! [protecting your online privacy; special report; cover story] E. Bott. il tab PC Computing v13 no3 p80 00 Mr 2000 Your browser is selling you out [special report on privacy] il PC Computing v13 no3 p90+ Mr 2000 INTERNET MUSIC See also MP3.com (Web site) MP3 players Napster (Computer program) Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and a good, fast modem. R. Ratnesar. il Time v155 no12 p74-5 Mr 27 2000 Unauthorized recording Bye-bye, music business. S. Alsop. il Fortune v141 no6 p72 Mr 20 2000 Digital hits and misses [Napster] A. Harmon. il New York Times Upfront v132 no16 p24-5 Ap 10 2000 The free juke box. K. T. Greenfeld. il Time v155 no 12 p82 Mr 27 2000 The value of content [preventing pirating of MP3 recordings] L. Chiariglione. il Technology Review (Cambridge, Mass.: 1998) v103 no2 p79 Mr/Ap 2000 Who’s afraid of this kid? [Napster online music service founder S. Fanning] A. Kover. por Fortune v141 no6 p129-30 Mr 20 2000 INTERNET NEWSGROUPS Going online: read newsgroups at Deja.com. A. Phelps. il Smart Computing v11 no4 p69 Ap 2000 INTERNET OUTSOURCING Insta-firms: just add dollars. E. Corcoran. il Forbes v165 no9 p414-16 Ap 17 2000 INTERNET PCS See Internet appliances INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY See also Child Online Protection Act A lust for profils [Internet pornography may go public; cover story] B. I. Koerner. il U.S. News & World Report v128 no12 p36-8, 40, 42, 44 Mr 27 2000 INTERNET RADIO See also Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language Broadcasting from New Ork [R. Williams’ weekly audio show on audio.com] A. Hamilton. por Time v155 no15 p80 Ap 17 2000 Live from your basement – [Internet DJs] R. Winters. por Time v155 no12 p80 Mr 27 2000 Web browsers [Netscape Radio] A. Phelps. il Smart Computing v11 no4 p65 Ap 2000 INTERNET RETAILERS See also Amazon.com Inc. Internet shopping Powells.com (Firm) INTERNET SALES TAX See Electronic commerce – Taxation INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES See also AltaVista (Internet search engine) Chatscan (Internet search engine) Google (Internet search engine) INTERNET SERVERS See also HotOffice (Computer program) INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS See also EarthLink Network, Inc. Free Internet service providers Shopping for an online provider. M. Sweet. il tab Smart Computing v11 no4 p91-4 Ap 2000 Germany See also T-Online GmbH INTERNET SHOPPING See also Audio – video systems – Electronic commerce Autographs – Electronic commerce Automobiles – Electronic commerce Books – Electronic commerce Drugs – Electronic commerce Household furnishings – Electronic commerce Textbooks – Electronic commerce Your first $20 free! P. Wallich. il Scientific American v282 no2 p38 F 2000 INTERNET SOFTWARE See also BeatWare e-Picture (Computer program) Browsers (Computer programs) Complete Web Studio (Computer program) Freedom (Computer program) HotOffice (Computer program) Napster (Computer program) Shockwave for Director (Computer program) Sorenson Broadcaster (Computer program) Spot On (Computer program) Patents Newest Amazon.com patent concerns industry [Associates Pro – gram] S. M. Zeilchik. Publishers Weekly v247 no10 p9 Mr 6 2000 Patently absurd [applying patents to thoughts and ideas in cyberspace] J. Gleick. il diag The New York Times Magazine p44-9 Mr, 12 2000 Software patents tangle the Web. S. Shulman. graph il Technology Review (Cambridge, Mass.: 1998) v103 no2 p68-72, 74, 76 Mr/Ap 2000 INTERNET TELEPHONY Changes for exchanges: Internet telephony 2000. D. Costa. il Nome Office Computing v18 no3 p39 Mr 2000 INTERNET TELEVISION Tune in, log on, go play. M. Peyser and Y. Chang. il Newsweek v135 no16 p62-3 Ap 17 2000 INTERNET VIDEO See also Sorenson Broadcaster (Computer program) Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language |
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