Phil Bradley looks at Country and Regional Search Engines. <a href="/issue29">issue29</a> October 2001 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/534/author-info">phil bradley</a> Brett Burridge investigates the use of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), the XML-based protocol that is taking a leading role in the emerging area of Web Services. <a href="/issue29">issue29</a> October 2001 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/539/author-info">brett burridge</a> Louise Woodcock introduces the new European Studies section for SOSIG and Helen Wharam provides an update on the Resource Guide for the Social Sciences. <a href="/issue29">issue29</a> October 2001 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/648/author-info">louise woodcock</a>