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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: Search
Worldcat.org
Worldcat.org is arriving, starting next month, and OCLC is letting bits and pieces of info out about it. If they make the interface open enough for people and/or organizations to make adaptations, this could be a big deal in the … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged Google, OCLC, OCLC member library, search box, Yahoo
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Xcavator
Xcavator is a search engine for images that uses a small section of a picture in the same way that regular search engines use keywords. Try the demo on for size. from ResourceShelf
LivRe!
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
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Search
Tagged LivRe!, LivRe! LivRe!, open access journal portal
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Google Accessible Search
Yet another reason to create web pages that are accessible (although we shouldn’t need anything further than making sure that as many people as possible can use them): Google now has a search page for the visually impaired. They rank … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged Google, html, search page
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WorldCat update
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
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Software, WebSearch
Tagged search tool
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Toxnet – Toxicology Data Network
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
Posted in Online Databases, Search, Statistics
Tagged chemicals, National Library of Medicine
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Semacode
Semacode is an open system for generating url encoded barcodes (not the standard striped variety, but the square crossword puzzle-ish variety) for any url you want. Mobile phones would then be able to use these to connect with resources. This … Continue reading
WorldCat.Org
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).
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search
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Da da-da da-da-Dah!
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
Posted in Maps, Online Databases, Search, Statistics
Tagged Alice, Bobby, Carol, Cindy, Greg, Jan, Marcia, Mike, Peter, real estate mapping service
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Googling Google Googlies!
The Xooglers blog (“a gathering spot for ex-Googlers…” – as in former employees of Google) has a post about the increasing acceptance of the use of “google” as a verb. It is a very interesting post, but you don’t need … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Google, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Google
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Google Maps updated
Looks like Larry and Sergey have added some functionality to Google Maps. What I have seen so far suggests that it is closer to Google Earth. Try using your mouse scroll wheel: http://local.google.com/maps?q=3280+northfield+drive+springfield+il Wheee!
Scirus
Online search for scientific information As an added note, it does patent searching as well. http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/