Tag Archives: search tool

UNdata

Posted on 6 March 2008 by Rick Mason

UNdata is a search tool for the many informational databases that the United Nations maintains. It is straightforward, easy to use, and effective in attaining what you need. If only the UN as a whole worked so well 😉 via … Continue reading →

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Day of the Blog

Posted on 8 February 2008 by Rick Mason

This will be the eighth post today, possibly a record. Not that I was trying… there were just too many interesting bloggable items, and for once there was enough time to post them all. In addition, and the purpose of … Continue reading →

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Intelways

Posted on 12 January 2008 by Rick Mason

Intelways is an interesting search site.  It isn’t a meta search tool, but it does harness multiple search engines to create an improved experience. As with many things on the web, the best way to understand it is to try … Continue reading →

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Google Custom Search Engine

Posted on 27 June 2007 by Rick Mason

The Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) has just been made easier to set up and use. The brief summary: create a page of links to web resources you feel are useful and appropriate for a given topic. Via Google, you … Continue reading →

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Google Book Search and Copyright

Posted on 7 June 2007 by Rick Mason

A blog post by Richard Charkin, Chairman of Macmillan UK, about he and a colleague “stealing” a couple of computers from the Google booth at BookExpo in order to make a point about Google’s placing snippets of books online makes … Continue reading →

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ERIC links to libraries via WorldCat

Posted on 19 March 2007 by Rick Mason

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) search tool has added a “Find in a library” link to many of their search results, which will open WorldCat in a new browser window with detail on which libraries in your area subscribe … Continue reading →

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WorldCat Identities

Posted on 13 February 2007 by Rick Mason

WorldCat Identities is a beta site (don’t web tools all seem to be, anymore? perhaps a good thing, as continual tweaking is good for the soul, as well as a service) that is a focused search tool for authors. The … Continue reading →

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Custom Search of DOAJ

Posted on 10 November 2006 by Rick Mason

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a terrific resource containing, in their words, access to “free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.” If only they had a full-text search tool (they do have a “Find Article” … 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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