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A prolific writer on a wide variety of research topics, Mary Ellen Bates is available for by-lined articles on virtually all facets of business research, trends, tips, and what’s going on in this area. What’s more, she offers a crisp, down-to-earth writing style that’s reader-friendly and brings research topics to life.
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"Life Beyond Google: alternative, specialized search engines"
FUMSI magazine
(March 2008)
"Nice Storefront, But What's Behind the Counter?" EContent
(January/February 2008)
"Dating on the Web" Online (January/February 2008), p. 64
"What's That Content Doing?" EContent
(December 2007)
"Intelways" Online (November/December 2007), p. 64
"Unknown Unknowns" EContent
(November 2007)
"Can I Facebook That?" Online (September/October 2007), p. 564
"Wanted: FUMSI Professionals" EContent
(September 2007)
"Blog Searching With Technorati" Online (July/August 2007), p. 56
"Communications Two Point Oh!" EContent
(June 2007)
"SearchMash" Online (May/June 2007), p. 64
"Q & A" EContent
(April 2007)
"Building a Better Search Engine" Online (March/April 2007), p. 64
"Does Anyone RTFM" EContent
(January/February 2007)
"Google Looks Back in Time" Online (January/February 2007), p. 64
"Info Pro on the Edge" EContent
(December 2006)
"Get Your Library Thing On" Online (November/December 2006), p. 64
"Emails and IMs and Feeds - Oh My!" EContent
(November 2006)
"Getting Past the Online Bouncer" Online (September/October 2006), p. 64
"The Information Drought" EContent
(September 2006)
"When Short-Term Memory
Isn't Enough" Online (July/August 2006), p. 64
"Cutting Edge or Over the Edge?" EContent
(June 2006)
"Factiva 2.0"
Online (May/June 2006), p. 64
"Are You Informationally Fit?" EContent
(April 2006)
"Truth and Fiction on the Web"
Online (March/April 2006), p. 64
"The
Future? It Ain't Here Yet!" EContent (January/February
2006)
"Tag—You’re It" Online
(January/February 2006), p. 64
"Bringing the Blogosphere to the Masses"
EContent
(December 2005)
"eSnips" Online
(November/December 2005), p. 64
"You're Searching What?!?"
EContent
(November 2005)
"What Do Users Want?"
Online
(September/October 2005), p. 64
"
You Still Google? That is So Last Week" EContent
(September 2005)
"Getting Directions From Strangers"
Online
(July/August 2005), p. 64
"
When Knowledge Sharing Works" EContent
(June 2005)
"Furl It!"
Online
(May/June 2005), p. 64
"
Illuminating Your Clients’ Blind Spots" EContent
(April 2005), p. 59
"Squishy Boolean"
Online
(March/April 2005), p. 64
"
Supersize That Hard Drive!" EContent
(January/February 2005), p. 59
"A9.com"
Online
(January/February 2005), p. 64
"
Would You Trust Joe Isuzu's Blog?" EContent
(December 2004), p. 59
"What Makes Information 'Public'?"
Online
(November/December 2004), p. 64
"It's
Not Who You Know, It's Who's Linked To You" EContent
(November 2004) p. 64
"Proving
a Negative" Online (September/October 2004),
p. 64
"The
Law of Unintended Consequences" EContent
(September 2004), p. 17
"idEXEC" Online (July/August 2004) p. 64
"Free,
Fee-based and Value-Added Information Services"
Factiva white paper, June 2004.
"Tapping
Into the Brains of the Web" EContent
(June 2004) p. 23
"Marketing
For the Info-Entrepreneur" FreePint Newsletter, May
6, 2004.
"Factiva's
New 'Experience'" Online (May/June 2004) p.
64.
"Now
That You've Fired Your Boss: the five things every new
info-entrepreneur should know" Searcher (May 2004)
p. 8-15.
"Is
Boolean Dead?" EContent (April 2004) p. 28.
"Mooter>"
Online (March/April 2004) p. 64.
"Why
I Love Paper" EContent (January/February 2004) p. 29
"Copernic Summarizer" Online (January/February 2004)
p. 64.
"Are
Your Clients Data-Intolerant?" EContent (December
2003) p. 59
"Archiving
the Web" Online (November/December 2003) p. 64
"Is
That All?" EContent (October 2003) p. 29.
"Blogs:
My New Addiction" Online (September/October 2003)
p. 64.
"Archiving
the Attic" EContent (August/September 2003)
p. 19.
"Net
Snippets" Online (July/August 2003) p. 64.
"Search
Show Offs" EContent (June 2003) p 27.
"That
Darned L-Word" Online (May 2003) p. 80
"Now
They Sell It, Now They Don't" EContent (April
2003) p. 46.
"HotBot"
Online (March 2003) p. 80.
"Are
We Overloaded Yet?" EContent (February 2003)
p. 17
"Dialog's
Domain Names Database" Online (January 2003) p.
80.
"Can
Small Businesses Go Online?: The Professional Online Services
Flirt With Mom and Pop" Searcher (January 2003)
p. 16-25.
"I'll
Take 500 Bytes of Info, Please" EContent (December
2002) p. 72.
"Looking
in From Your Users' Eyes" EContent (November
2002) p. 56.
"The
Wayback Machine" Online (November/December 2002)
p. 80.
"Tips
on Teaching the Web in Under an Hour" LOGON (Fall
2002) p. 1-4.
"'Welcome
to Our Store; That Will Be $19.95, Please'" EContent
(October 2002) p. 56.
"ProQuest
Historical Newspapers" Online (September/October
2002) p. 96.
"Info
Pros Take Over the Government" EContent (September
2002) p. 56.
"Will
Research For Food" EContent (August 2002) p.
56.
"A
Day in the Life of an Information Broker" Searcher
(July/August 2002) p. 24-.
"1
Jump" Online Spotlight column Online (July/August
2002) p. 80.
"Going
Where the (Info) Climate Suits My Clothes" EContent
(July 2002) p. 56.
"Looking
For Information in All The Wrong Places" EContent
(June 2002) p. 56.
"SurfWax"
Online Spotlight column Online (May/June 2002)
p. 88.
"Brother,
Can You Spare $4.95?" EContent (May 2002) p. 56.
"Steal
This Article" EContent (April 2002) p. 56.
"Following
Your Vision" Dialog Quantum2 Case Study (April 2002).
"Using
Dialog's Intranet Toolkit to Mine for Patent Intelligence"
Dialog Quantum2 Case Study (April 2002).
"Dialog's
Connect-Time Pricing" Online Spotlight column Online
(March/April 2002) p. 88.
"Got
the Time?" EContent (March 2002).
"Dialog
Pricing Redux: Deja Vu All Over Again" Searcher
(March 2002).
"What
infurmashion liturasy problem?" EContent (February
2002) p. 56.
"Is
It a Hal-9000 or a Walkman?" EContent (January
2002).
"Amazon.com's
e-Books and e-Documents" Online Spotlight column Online
(January/February 2002).
"But
I Thought This Lunch Was Free!" EContent (December
2001) p. 72.
"Factiva.com"
Online Spotlight column Online (November 2001)
p. 96.
"Take
My Credit Card, Please!" EContent (November 2001)
p. 64.
"Squealing
Tires on the InfoBahn" EContent (October 2001)
p. 64.
"Teoma.com"
Online Spotlight column Online (September 2001)
p. 96.
"Houston,
do you copy?" EContent (September 2001) p. 64.
"Price
Wars: Give Peace a Chance" EContent (August 2001)
p. 64.
"Free
Pint" Online Spotlight column Online (July 2001)
p. 96.
"Stop
Drinking from the Fire Hydrant" EContent (July
2001) p. 64.
"You
Call That 'Research'?" EContent (June 2001) p.
64.
"Eurostat"
Online Spotlight column Online (May 2001) p. 96.
"We
Are the Content" EContent (May 2001) p.
72.
"Can
Content Do That?" EContent (April 2001)
p. 72.
"InfoTrac
OneFile" Online Spotlight column Online (March
2001) p. 88.
"Sharing
Each Other's Pain" EContent (February 2001) p.
72.
"FirstGov.gov"
Online Spotlight column Online (January 2001) p.
80.
"From
CEO to File Clerk: a day in the life of an information
broker" (Dec. 2000).
"Mining
for Gold on the Internet" Searcher (June 2000),
p. 34-39.
"TANSTAAFL:
In Search of the Free Lunch and No-Cost/Low-Cost Full-Text
Archives" Searcher (June 2000) p. 55-59.
"Eat
Your (Almost) Free Lunch on the Web" BiblioData's Price
Watcher (March 15, 2000) p. 1,4.
"Pricing
on the Fly" BiblioData's Price Watcher (February
16, 2000) p. 1, 4.
"Selecting
Business Intelligence Sources: The Public Web vs. Value-Added
Online Services" Factiva White Paper (1999).
"Telecom
Sources Pay Off" BiblioData's Price Watcher (Nov.
29, 1999) p. 1, 4.
"The
Making of a Super Searcher" Searcher (November/December
1999) p. 33-35.
"Dow
Jones Interactive: Yes, they still do windows" Online
(November 1999) p. 45-50.
"Insights
and Suites: BizSuite and InSite 2 Pro" Online (November
1999).
"Shopping
For an Information Broker: 'please don't squeeze the Charmin.'"
Searcher (September 1999) p. 53-56.
"Dialog's
DialUnits: There Is a Great Disturbance in the Force"
Searcher (July/August 1999) p. 52-57.
"Searcher
Savings Tips: setting up speed bumps on Dialog prices"
BiblioData's Price Watcher (April 21, 1999) p.
3.
"The
Future of the Online World: where do we go from here?"
Tidskrift fšr Dokumentation [Stockholm] (February,
1999) p. 3-7.
"What
Do You Really Want to Know: the reference interview"
The One-Person Library (January 1999) p. 1-3.
"Dialog's
DialUnits Revisited: Lassie come home" Searcher
(November/December 1998) p. 48-53.
"@BRINT
Business Information: Where's the Beef?" The CyberSkeptic's
Guide (November/December 1998) p. 5.
"Internet
Search Engines: curiouser and curiouser" Bulletin:
Business & Finance Division, Special Libraries Association
(Fall 1998) p. 9-11.
"Dow
Jones Interactive: business information for business searchers"
ONLINE (September/ October 1998) p. 56-61.
"Dialog's
DialUnits: a price increase in sheep's clothing" Searcher
(September 1998) p. 56-65.
"Head-to-Head
on Snowboards" ONLINE (July/August 1998) p. 44-45.
"Finding the Question
Behind the Question: the art of the reference interview"
Information Outlook (July 1998) p. 19-21.
"Fee-based
Information Services Within Special Libraries" Library
Management Briefings (Spring 1998) p. 1-7.
"Home
Pages for the Rest of Us" Chronicle of Community
(Spring 1998) p. 50-52.
"Management
Databases: not what you expected" DATABASE (June/July
1998) p. 36-40.
"Update
'98: The New Face of Dialog" The Information Advisor
(June 1998) p. 5-7.
"The
Global Road Warrior" Searcher (May 1998) p. 25-27.
"The
Newly-Minted MLS" Searcher (May 1998) p. 30-33.
"How
to Implement Electronic Subscriptions: replacing the routing
list hassle" ONLINE (May 1998) p. 80-86.
"All
13 Yellow Book Directories on CD" Information Today
(April 1998) p. 34-35.
"Caveat
Emptor-Pricey, Repackaged Data" Information Today
(December 1997) p. 24.
"Outsourcing,
Co-sourcing, and Core Competencies: what's an information
professional to do?" Information Outlook (December
1997) p. 35-37.
"Emerging
Trends in Information Brokering" Competitive Intelligence
Review (Winter 1997) p. 48-53).
"Information
Audits: what do we know and when do we know it" Library
Management Briefings (Fall 1997) p. 1-7.
"Solid
Relationships or One-Night Stands?" Information Today
(November 1997) p. 9,54.
"Avoiding
the Ax: how to keep from being downsized or outsourced"
Information Outlook (October 1997) p. 18-21.
"Initial
Public Offerings - DIALOG vs. the Net" Information
Advisor (September 1997) p. 6-7.
"'HTML,
Text, or Fries?': IAC databases on the Web" Searcher
(September 1997) p. 50-59.
"SoftBase:
searching for IT products" Information Today (September
1997) p. 354, 36.
"A
Web Site That Delivers -- in spreadsheet format" Information
Advisor (June 1997) p. 1-3.
"Knight-Ridder
on the Web: a brave new world for searchers?" Searcher
(June 1997) p. 28-37.
"American
Business Information: here, there, and everywhere" DATABASE
(April/May 1997).
"CorpTech
EXPLORE: Hybrid CD" Information Today (April 1997)
p. 36-37.
"Gale's
Ready Reference Shelf on CD-ROM" Information Today
(March 1997) p. 28-29.
"What's
on the Net, anyway?" NFAIS Newsletter (March 1997) p.
1-2.
"ABI/INFORM
Today: a world of options" DATABASE (February/March
1997) p. 65-71.
"Market
Research Made Easy on LEXIS-NEXIS" DATABASE (February/March
1997) p. 22-27.
"The
Internet: threat or asset?" Information Outlook
(January 1997) p. 20-23.
"Online
Tricks of the Trade: when bad things happen to good searchers"
Online User (January/February 1997) p. 40-42.
"The
Internet: part of a professional searcher's toolkit" ONLINE
(January/February 1997) p. 47-52.
"EdgarPlus
Means Value-Added SEC Filings" Information Advisor
(December 1996) p. 1-3.
"Which
Database? Which Service: choosing your home system" ONLINE
(November/December 1996) p. 58-65.
"The
Seven Deadly Sins of Online Searching" ONLINE USER
(November/December 1996) p. 20-27.
"New
Version of National Trade Data Bank on CD-ROM Released"
Link-Up (November/December 1996) p. 29.
"Associations
Unlimited" [product review] Link-Up (November/December
1996) p. 30-31.
"Knowledge
Express Tracks Technologies" Information Advisor
(August 1996) p. 3.
"What's
Behind the Pretty Face?: new user interfaces" DATABASE
(August/September 1996) p. 24-32. Winner of the
1997 IAC Authorship Award for Best Article
"Where's
EDGAR Today: finding SEC filings online" DATABASE
(June/July 1996) p. 41-50.
"Consumer
Online Services: not just for home use anymore" Legal
Information Management Reports (Spring 1996) p. 1-8.
"Using
the Internet for Profit" [review] Link-Up (March/April
1996) p. 16-17.
"New
Database Offers Unique Search Terms" Information Advisor
(January 1996) p. 6-7.
"EyeQ:
the next generation of search software" ONLINE
(November/December 1995) p. 48-53
"Getting
Wired: how to connect to online resources" Online User
(October/November 1995) p. 22-32.
"Quick
Company Information" Online User (October/November
1995) p. 47-48.
"What's
Happening With the EDGAR Database?" The Information
Advisor (October 1995) p. 1-2.
"Compton's
NewMedia" Link/Up (September/October 1995) p. 16-17.
"Disclosure:
for company information" Link/Up (July/August 1995)
p. 8-9.
"10
Tips on Managing Your Internet Searching" ONLINE
(July/August 1995) p. 32-37.
"Telecommunications:
an explosion of information resources on the net" DATABASE
(June/July 1995) p. 21-27.
"Search
Strategies for Dialog's View Fee" ONLINE (January/February
1995) p. 22-31.
"Accessing
SEC Filings via EDGAR" The Information Advisor
(December 1994) p. 1-3.
"Lotus
Notes in Action: meeting corporate information needs"
DATABASE (August 1994) p. 27-38.
"Electronic
Clipping Services: a new life for SDIs" ONLINE
(July 1994) p. 43-51.
"Tracking
Emerging Markets and Trends" DATABASE (April 1994)
p. 34-37
"The
Baby Bells and Information Services" Online (November
1993) p. 30-33.
"Partnering
with Information Brokers" Business & Finance Bulletin
(Fall 1993) p. 7-10.
"Finding
Full-text Market Research" DATABASE (August 1993)
p. 30-36.
"Dialing
up Telecommunications Information" DATABASE (June
1993) p. 68-72.
"Information:
at Your Fingertips" Management Review (October
1992) p 41-44.
"The
Power of Information" NAMA Journal (Summer 1992)
p 1.
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