Friends/ Social Scientists Network Two ... [:-) /Gerry Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. SSRN Research Networks: Accounting Research Network (ARN) Economics Research Network (ERN) Entrepreneurship & Policy Network (ERPN) Financial Economics Newtork (FEN) Health Economics Network (HEN) Information Systems Network (ISN) Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Submitted abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers around the world. We now have hundreds of journals, publishers, and institutions in Partners in Publishing that provide working papers for distribution through SSRN's eLibrary and abstracts for publication in SSRN's electronic journals. The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 188,200 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 151,200 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. The eLibrary also includes the research papers of a number of Fee Based Partner Publications. [more] Links to SSRN features/functions, Stats, and Related Articles Available At [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/06/social-science-research-network.ht... ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/3nrn8w ] Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]