From: Stephen Gant <gants_at_ils.unc.edu>
Bibliographers interested in collecting references in the US Congressional
Record may find the Congressional Record Filter (CRFilter) helpful for:
1) Comprehensive retrospective search of items in the Congressional Record
Text 1993-current day
2) Streamlining the process of updating bibliographies on these topics.
Service Announcement
A new resource has just been developed for people interested in following
US legislative action on particular topics. CRFilter
(http://ils.unc.edu/crfilter) is a Web-based information filter for the US
Congressional Record text and extends the resources of the Library of
Congress' THOMAS search system. CRFilter creates a personalized search
page for THOMAS, so that users can periodically check to see the latest
developments in their areas of interest as well as search the CR back to
1993.
CRFilter is a free service and should be of particular interest to people
who regularly search with THOMAS, such as legislative assistants,
librarians, journalists, lobbyists, researchers, and students.
CRFilter is part of a doctoral dissertation on the adoption of filtering
technology being run by Steve Gant at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Users are required to fill out a 40 question survey and
agree to have the frequency (but not content) of their use of the filter
measured. Due to its use of advanced Java and JavaScript, the CRFilter
requires NetScape Navigator 3.0 or later and is not compatible with
Internet Explorer.
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Steve Gant
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
gants_at_ils.unc.edu (919)-942-3337
http://ils.unc.edu/gants
Lynn F. Sipe
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, Info. Services Division
University of Southern California, Doheny Library 100
Los Angeles, CA. 90089-0182
LSipe_at_calvin.usc.edu 213/740-2929 FAX 213/749-1221
Received on Wed Feb 11 1998 - 17:54:34 EST