Thursday, January 28, 2010

Dialog Offers Free Searching of Selected Cengage Files Through March 30th

Info courtesy: Dr. John Jaeger, Resourceshelf

"Dialog and Cengage are offering free searching in select Cengage files from January 1, 2010, through March 31, 2010. During this time all DialUnits, Connect Time, and Alert Profile charges will be waived to allow customers to search these files and create and run Alerts profiles at no charge. Output pricing such as full formats and Alert prints will be charged at current rates. The included Cengage databases in the promotion are listed in Table 1.

Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity for unlimited searching in a wide range of business information sources!"

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Facebook Fellowship Program


    What is this: Facebook Fellowship program to support graduate students in the 2010-2011 school year.

Which areas: We are interested in a wide range of academic topics, including the following topical areas:
* Internet Economics; * Cloud Computing; * Social Computing; * Data Mining and Machine Learning; * Systems; * Information Retrieval

Who can apply:
a. You must be enrolled at a U.S. university and meet the eligibility requirements.
b. Students must be in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, System Architecture, or a related area.
See other details @ here
News:
  • Facebook funding Ph.D fellowships San Francisco Chronicle
  • Facebook Launches Fellowship Program For Ph.D. Students : Facebook wants help solving tech problems
    By Mike Sachoff, WebProNews: January 8, 2010
  • Are you a Ph.D. student that's interested in the social web and internet technology? AllFacebook.com
  • Who said Facebook was more centered at fun, brand promotion and a place to fund a campaign only? Sardar Mohkim Khan
  • Facebook turns to the ivory tower - genpop.net
  • Facebook Fellowship Program: Tapping into Bright Minds

  • Bottomline: Spread good word about this program to help your friends.