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Tag Archives: search terms
Common Chemistry
Common Chemistry is a resource from Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) which allows one to search for chemical information using a variety of search terms, whether the terms be common names (aspirin, table salt), basic chemical names (acetylsalicylic acid, sodium chloride), … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Wiki
Tagged basic chemical names, Chemical Abstracts Service, chemical information, chemical information questions, chemistry, Common Chemistry, search terms, sodium chloride, Wikipedia
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WorldCat and Digital Images Collections
Go to WorldCat and type in a search. The results contain books, video, audio, you name it. One of the more recent additions is the Digital Images Collections, which can be wonderful to view. How to find them, though? Type … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Libraries, OCLC, Online Databases, Photography, Search
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BASE Lab search
BASE Lab is a search site/tool from the Bielenfeld University Library in Germany that has a couple of very interesting features. One feature is that it can translate your search terms into different languages using the Eurovoc thesaurus, and retrieve … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged BASE Lab, Bielenfeld University Library, Germany, search site/tool, search terms, translated search terms, web-based tool
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Cross Language Web Search
Google Translate has a new feature: it will allow you to search foreign language pages using your language’s search terms, and translates the results on the fly. As with all machine translation, the results will vary; the interface is well … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged Google, librarian, machine translation, search terms, Web Search
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Searching while writing
An intriguing idea: As you write a paper/essay/whatever software would scan your text for search terms and run those searches, giving you additional sources and ideas as you write. Write While You Search: Ambient Searching of a Digital Library in … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Search, Software, WebSearch
Tagged paper/essay/whatever software, search terms
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