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The Canadian Forest Service Library Network has started a meta- search of forestry resources at http://metafore2.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca . This site searches a catalog of over a million documents in the seven libraries in the network (libraries are located in Victoria British...
CCOF Launches New Organic Web SiteAugust 26, 20021901 Census Website Coming Back
After millions of hits and a spectacular crash, the 1901 census Web site is on the way back. According to an article in IT- Director ( http://www.it-director.com/ article.php?id=3120 ), the 1901 Census for England and Wales is currently being tested...
Beer Festivals
I don't drink beer, but if you do you might find this site interesting. Beerfestivals.org ( http://www.beerfestivals.org ) covers more than 300 beer festivals around the world in addition to other beer-related content. From the front page pick a month....
Database of Gambling Research
When I hear the term "grey literature" I think of quasi-legal literature that's sold on street corners. But that's apparently not what it means. Apparently "grey literature" is literature that libraries have a hard time accumulating and tracking. The Alberta...
Scirus Updates Search EngineAugust 21, 2002Forestry Service Research DatabaseThe Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History
A collection of materials about the history of Northwestern Ontario are available at the Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History, http://www.nextlibrary.com/tbpl/home.html . After you get past the "Do you want English or French?" splash page, you'll get to a main page...
Continue reading "The Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History" » August 20, 2002Tools for Webmasters
I know that ResearchBuzz covers a lot of tools for searchers, but tools for Webmasters are important too. Check out the page o' tools at http://www.searchengineworld.com/misc/tools.htm . There are several tools here. One shows how large your page is (HTML...
Digital Archive for September 11 Materials Being Built
You may already know that there's an archive dedicated to saving Web sites as they appeared around the time of the September 11 attacks (and if you don't, it's available at http://september11.archive.org/ .) Now there is an archive being created...
Continue reading "Digital Archive for September 11 Materials Being Built" » Pennsylvania Archives Offers Doc HeritageAugust 15, 2002Ancient Baseball, Saved in Data Files
Retrosheet ( http://www.retrosheet.org/ ) is a site with old baseball information. The goal of the organization behind the site, according to the site, is "computerizing play-by-play accounts of as many pre-1984 major league games as possible." Why? Statistical analysis. From...
Crossword Clues
Looking for crossword clues or other word play? Check out One Across at http://oneacross.com/ . This site offers several tools for the word-fiddler. From the front page you can enter word clues and the "pattern" of the clue for help...
August 14, 2002Who's Who Coming to Cyberspace
Marquis Who's Who announced yesterday has announced its intention to make its database of over a million biographies available online at http://www.marquiswhoswho.com . (Currently that site contains information about the various Marquis titles.) There will be two ways to search...
August 12, 2002Kentucky Releases Huge Database of Oil and Gas RecordsGoogle BiggerAugust 10, 2002Washington Post to Require Some Registration Info
Editor and Publisher is reporting ( http://tinyurl.com/ytp ) that The Washington Post will begin requiring demographic information to read stories on the site. Currently WashingtonPost.com is only asking for readers to voluntarily provide that information, but starting August 14 supplying...
Continue reading "Washington Post to Require Some Registration Info" » Google Toolbar Has Security IssuesAugust 07, 2002Locomotive Picture Gallery
I know I've been working too much when the only lead I can think of is something like, "Choo-choos good. Tor like choo- choos." Anyway, the University of Connecticut Libraries has released "Steam and Electric Locomotives of the New Haven...
Google Teaming Up With the NY TimesAugust 06, 2002Gardening Off the LaunchpadMedical Research for Non-Medical LibrariansAugust 05, 2002ABC News Launches "News On Demand" Premium Service
ABC News announced earlier this week the launch of their news subscription service, "ABC News On Demand". You can subscribe at http://abcnews.go.com/ . For $4.95 a month, this subscription offers access to the following items (from the press release): *...
Continue reading "ABC News Launches "News On Demand" Premium Service" » Search Him Tender
Elvex' search section ( http://www.xs4all.nl/~arpt/elvex/lyrics_welcome.html ) allows you to search for several different aspects of Elvis Presley's music. Search forms on this page allow you to find song titles, lyrics, recording dates (looks like the format for date searching is...
OneLook Adds Features
OneLook dictionaries ( http://www.onelook.com/ ) which allows visitors to search over four million words in over 700 dictionaries, has announced some improvements. Their load speed is apparently faster; I noticed that the front page popped up very quickly and search...
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