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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Online Databases
Google Co-op Custom Search Engine
I know, I know… two posts in a row about Google… But you see, they released this new thingamajig called Google Co-op Custom Search Engine that is essentially a do-it-yourself federated search engine creator. One configures it, then copies the … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Online Databases, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged do-it-yourself federated search engine creator, Google, Official, search engine
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Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT)
The Joint Information Systems Committee, an organization based in England, has launched a tool to help libraries and researchers compare and contrast different online databases. The Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT) lets you quickly see the similarities and differences among … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged Joint Information Systems Committee, Online Databases, United Kingdom
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Typo of the Day
At first glance, this seems like it ought to be tagged “Humor“, but take a few minutes to check this against your own catalog, and you won’t be laughing at all: Typo of the Day has a mission… they will … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Software
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Opensecrets.org
If you have this desire to know what is being spent, and by whom, in this year’s political races, then Opensecrets.org is the site for you. from ResourceShelf
Posted in News, Online Databases, Politics, Search
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Two from Billboard, close but no cigars
One: This Day in Music History is a great way of gaining information about particular days and the significant musical events that occurred… except that it only works for the current date, and 15 days before. So much for checking … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Search, Web Design
Tagged Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Mozilla
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Unscramble
One of the frustrations in life is needing to find the spelling of a word when it is the beginning of the word that you aren’t sure of. How does one find “phonetic” in the dictionary if you aren’t thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Google, Libraries, Online Databases
Tagged Google, pretty good site, Unscramble.net
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Wiki WorldCat
In September, OCLC will be trying out a Wiki component to their WorldCat database. This is based on their WikiD project that they have been working on for a while. Those of us familiar with Amazon know the depth that … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Web Design
Tagged Amazon
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Indiana’s Inspire-ation
The state of Indiana has it right: they have a state-wide collection of online databases that they not only make available to all libraries in the state, but to every resident. The Inspire Database contains a lot of fantastic resources, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases
Tagged Indiana, Online Databases
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Indiana’s Inspire-ation
The state of Indiana has it right: they have a state-wide collection of online databases that they not only make available to all libraries in the state, but to every resident. The Inspire Database contains a lot of fantastic resources, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases
Tagged Indiana, Online Databases
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Genealogy and Family History Internet Web Directory
You name it, if it relates to genealogy, it is probably listed on this site. from the Web4Lib Listserv
Posted in Genealogy, Online Databases, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged Internet Web Directory You name
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Advanced Searching on WorldCat.org
WorldCat.org has added an Advanced Search page, allowing the user to search by Title, Author, ISBN, OCLC, Language, Format or Publication Date. This ought to be helpful when searching for items with commonly used words.
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged Author
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Animal Sounds and Video
Cornell’s Macaulay Library has put together a fantastic search tool for locating audio and video of animals. Kids will find this especially neat, and the Advanced Search Page is a great learning tool for naming and locating animals througout the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Online Databases, Search, Video
Tagged Cornell, fantastic search tool, learning tool, Macaulay Library, Video Cornell's Macaulay Library;
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Semantic Indexing Project
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
Posted in Online Databases, Open Source, Search, Software, WebSearch
Tagged desktop search appliance, Middlebury College, open-source search, speech recognition
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Zotero review
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
Posted in Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Open Source, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged aka
One Big Library, aka
One Big Library, Daniel Chudnov
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Encyclopedia of Earth
The Encyclopedia of Earth is a web-based, well there you went and guessed it, encyclopedia of articles relating to Earth science. Their primary purpose is to have a collaborative resource (think Wikipedia) that is also authoritative. To ensure the latter, … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Open Access, Search
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GlobalEdge
Described as “Your Source for Business Knowledge”, GlobalEdge has profiles of 197 countries which include currency converters, articles and essays on a variety of topics, and an Academy section designed to let instructors to use this site as part of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Travel
Tagged Central Intelligence Agency
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Cornell University Witchcraft Collection
Cornell University has a collection of historical literature on witchcraft, including confessions of accused witches, debates about scripture and witchcraft, and instructions for those investigating possible witchcraft. from ResourceShelf (end of post)
Posted in Archival, Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged Cornell University
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Citizendium Project
The Citizendium Project sounds like it is attempting to merge the strengths of Wikipedia and Britannica by creating a more stable and authoritative version of Wikipedia. They are calling it a “Progressive Fork” of Wikipedia, meaning that they are attempting … Continue reading
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Tagged Fork
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Searching Shakespeare
Need to track down a Shakespearian quote? How many times does Juliet say “O Romeo, Romeo“? Want to know where and how many times he used the word “Library“? Shakespeare Searched is a search engine of the bard’s works based … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged search engine
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Wikipedia vs. Britannica – the e-mail debate
The Wall Street Journal set up an interesting and extremely enlightening e-mail debate between Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and Dale Hoiberg, editor-in-chief of Britannica. I expected a polite statement of principles and strengths, and an establishment of the differences … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Open Access, Search
Tagged Britannica, Dale Hoiberg, editor-in-chief, founder, high speed internet connection, The
Wall Street Journal;, Wikipedia
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