Category Archives: Online Databases

LivRe!

Posted on 24 July 2006 by Rick Mason

LivRe! is an open access journal portal.  Need journal articles?  LivRe! will help you locate the journals (they currently list 2,525 journals) for the topics you need. from ResourceShelf

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DIY Social Networking

Posted on 24 July 2006 by Rick Mason

Want to create your own social networking site?  PeopleAggregator could be the software for you! This could be a way for any type of group to form their own networking.  Imagine a town with all of their residents on a … Continue reading →

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WorldCat update

Posted on 19 July 2006 by Rick Mason

Last week I posted a bit of info about some new functionality coming to OCLC’s Worldcat. More info has been made available. It will be an interesting 6 – 9 months! http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb060717-1.shtml I fully expect to place the search tool … Continue reading →

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Toxnet – Toxicology Data Network

Posted on 18 July 2006 by Rick Mason

You don’t need to be searching for toxic substances (I tried a search for Aloe and got some interesting results) when using the National Library of Medicine’s Toxnet, but if you need to find info and articles on chemicals and … Continue reading →

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WorldCat.Org

Posted on 12 July 2006 by Rick Mason

It looks as though OCLC is brewing up some interesting additions to their WorldCat features. http://www.worldcat.org/ (coming in August) OCLC’s information page (with screenshot).

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Da da-da da-da-Dah!

Posted on 11 July 2006 by Rick Mason

Zillow (a real estate mapping service) has created a gallery of famous locations on their site, including the home of Mike and Carol (and Greg and Marcia and Peter and Jan and Bobby and Cindy and Alice and Tiger and…) … Continue reading →

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Scirus

Posted on 6 July 2006 by Rick Mason

Online search for scientific information As an added note, it does patent searching as well. http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/

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CUFTS Resource Comparison

Posted on 6 July 2006 by Rick Mason

Allows you to compare holdings of various online databases side-by-side: http://lib-bladea2.lib.sfu.ca:8088/CUFTS/compare.cgi Credit to http://www.bibliotechweb.com/

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