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Established July 2006
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by Rick Mason
Tag Archives: Official
Merck, Elsevier, and Ethics
Ever hear of the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine? Sounds official, as well as medically specific. Did you know it was published by Elsevier? That is is Peer Reviewed? And that it published an article on the effectiveness … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Medical, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged as well as medically specific, Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, Elsevier, Ethics, FDA, journals, Official, peer review, Periodicals, promotional tool, Publishing
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LIFE Photo Archive
About 2 million images from the LIFE Photo Archive have been digitized and are available via Google Image Search. What is even better is that, over the next few months, the remaining 8 million images from the collection will be … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Google, Photography, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Google, image search query;, LIFE, Official, Photography
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Google for Non-Profits
Google has packaged many of its tools into an offering for non-profit organizations. If your group has a 501(c)(3) tax status, and is not political or religious in nature, then you most likely qualify. This is fairly neat. I worked … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Google, Groups, Libraries, Online Services, RFS
Tagged communication tools, free advertising, Google, Official, online workspace
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Google Books API
This is a few days old, but it is still an important bit of news : Google has opened it’s Application Programming Interface (API) to developers. What this means for libraries is that they now have the potential to link … Continue reading
Google Apps Team Edition
Google Apps Team Edition is a new permutation of Google Apps (something I have been using a fair amount during the past couple of months) designed for collaborative projects. You need to register using a work or school e-mail address … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Groups, Online Services
Tagged Google, Official
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Google Code for Educators
Interested in quick and straightforward tutorials for making dynamic websites and such? Check out Google Code for Educators to get a few ideas and examples that you can use to enhance your projects. found on the Official Google Blog
Posted in Google, Tutorials, Web Design
Tagged Google, Official
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Google: Suggest a Better Translation
It is only set up for Arabic, Chinese, and Russian, but Google Translate has developed a nice, social web solution to the problem of awkward translations. from the Official Google Blog
Posted in Google, Online Services, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Google, Official, social web solution
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Google Patents
Yes, another Google beta: Google Patents lets you conduct full-text searches of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. What you get is not only the text of the patent, but the patent filing itself. The Advanced Patent Search page … Continue reading
New features in Google Book Search
Google has updated their interface for reading the books found using Google Book Search. Here is a sample. And another. from Official Google Blog
Scary Stories ready to download
With Halloween just around the corner, the best way to set the mood is with a classic scary story. Check out the Google Scary Stories page (a result of the Google Books project) and see the public domain spookiness that … Continue reading
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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Google for Educators
It seems to be a Google day: Google has put some of their offerings together as an educational platform for K-12 teachers to use for their classes. Google for Educators has nothing that isn’t being offered elsewhere, but it presents … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Google, Software, Training
Tagged Google, Google Teacher Academy, Northern California, Official
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Banned Book Search
Google Book Search has put up a page dedicated to highlighting some of the books that have been challenged over the years, encouraging people to become aware of the controversies and the qualities of these reads. They have several links … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Libraries, Politics, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Google Blog, Monkey Bites, Official
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Google Scholar — Related Articles
Google Scholar has added a feature which, well, makes their service more Google-esque. Do a search, then click on “Related Articles” on a result that is closest to what you are looking for. from the Official Google Blog