Daily Archives: 26 September 2006

Semantic Indexing Project

Posted on 26 September 2006 by Rick Mason

A group at Middlebury College is working on open-source search tools that, rather than rely on keywords, attempt to deal with the query semantically.  The Semantic Indexing Project goes beyond the “Ask Jeeves” (don’t you kind of miss him?) experience, … Continue reading →

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Siderian Faceted Search at LII

Posted on 26 September 2006 by Rick Mason

Librarians’ Internet Index has installed the Siderian faceted search appliance, and it is a fantastic experience. Think “results clustering”, but more librarian-friendly. Don’t take my word for it, go there and try out a search or two. An excellent way … Continue reading →

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Zotero review

Posted on 26 September 2006 by Rick Mason

Daniel Chudnov, aka One Big Library has a review of the private beta version of Zotero, and man, does he like it! I am very eager to see what this piece of software can do!  Watch for the public beta … Continue reading →

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Firefox 2, Release Candidate 1

Posted on 26 September 2006 by Rick Mason

The next generation Firefox browser is one step closer to general release.  Release candidates mean that they still expect to find a few bugs, but that they will be fewer and less obtrusive.  In other words, if you want to … Continue reading →

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Free Dictionary

Posted on 26 September 2006 by Rick Mason

The Free Dictionary is much, much more than just a word lookup.  Do you know how a word ends, but not the beginning?  Look it up here!  Computer terms?  Medicine?  Acronyms?  All in one place!  Need to cite your results … Continue reading →

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