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« November 2003 | Main | January 2004 » December 31, 2003The Top Yahoo Searches of 2003
Yahoo has released its most popular searches of 2003. They're available at http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 . Some of these are what you'd expect -- Harry Potter, American Idol, etc -- but there are some unusual categories here too. There's the top diet...
New Stuff At LLRX.com
LLRX.com has updated! Among the new stuff you'll find is a Web Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research ( http://www.llrx.com/features/supremectwebguide.htm ), an Overview of Sources of Canadian Law on the Web, Revised ( http://www.llrx.com/features/canadian4.htm ), A Guide to the Israeli...
State of Maine Now Offering Online Reference Services
The Maine State Library Reference Services department is now offering live chat daily, Monday through Friday, from 9 to 11 AM. You can access this live chat service at http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/ask.htm . It looks like the reference service will require you...
Continue reading "State of Maine Now Offering Online Reference Services" » December 30, 2003Mooter Search Engine Clusters, Even With Opera
Two search engines with weird names in one week. I'm on a roll. Mooter ( http://www.mooter.com ) is a search engine that clusters results. Better: it's a visual cluster. Best: it clusters even in Opera, without relying on IE. Now...
Continue reading "Mooter Search Engine Clusters, Even With Opera" » This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra
Every week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll get news and search resources that you won't find in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article: the fast, cheap, eight step media monitoring setup -- part one. Get more...
Census Available from the State of Maryland
The state of Maryland has four different census searchable from their state archives Web site: 1776 (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Prince George's, Queen Anne, and Talbot Counties), 1778 (Caroline, Charles, and Queen Anne's Counties), 1870 (Allegany, Anne...
Continue reading "Census Available from the State of Maryland" » December 29, 2003Find Out What's Popular With Blogpulse
Hey, how did I miss this? If you're looking for the buzz in blog discussion, you could do a lot worse than Blogpulse. It's still in beta and I found a couple of wonky things on my tour, but some...
A Free ISBN Database
This is still in development, but I think it's an awesome idea. The Free ISBN database has some information in it, though it's still in development. You can browse what's already available at http://isbndb.com/ . There are already over 401,000...
Search Engine Offers Web Search and Site Search
Where do they come up with these search engine names? Is there some kind of law that says the odder and more onomatopoeic the name, the greater chance of the search engine's success? Perhaps so. At any rate, let's talk...
Continue reading "Search Engine Offers Web Search and Site Search" » December 26, 2003Historical Markers In New York
There are over 2800 historical markers in the state of New York, and the state of New York has a searchable database for 'em. Not only can you search for markers here, you can get a history of the historical...
The Online Toothpaste Museum
I love the Internet. It's so immense. It's so interesting. And sometimes, it is so minty-fresh. Thus it is with Toothpaste World, at http://www.toothpasteworld.com/ . This site contains over 1000 samples of toothpaste divided by location, brand name, and year...
December 24, 2003Tracking Santa On Christmas Eve
If you've got some geeky kidlets, you might want to help them track Santa today as he travels around the world drinking sherry and eating pork pies. Whoops, that's the Hogfather. Sorry. As he travels around the world eating cookies...
Electronic Archive of Russian Theses Planned
The Russia Journal is reporting ( http://www.russiajournal.com/print/russia_news_41829.html ) that the Russian State Library is planning to open an electronic archive of theses. The archive will start with the year 1994....
Continue reading "Electronic Archive of Russian Theses Planned" » December 23, 2003Image Database for King County Washington Launched
Twelve Seattle and King County heritage organizations in conjunction with the Museum of History & Industry have launched a new Web site with 12,000 historical images of King County, Washington, it's called KC Snapshots and it's available at http://www.kcsnapshots.org ....
Continue reading "Image Database for King County Washington Launched" » This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra
Every week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll get news and resources that you won't get in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article: finding event information long after the fact (dedicated to the person who e-mailed me...
InjuryBoard Launches Search Engine for Personal Injury Law Firms
InjuryBoard has launched a Web site for personal injury law firms. This site doesn't just search to find personal injury law firms; it searches the sites themselves. It's still in beta but you can use it at http://firms.injuryboard.com . A...
Continue reading "InjuryBoard Launches Search Engine for Personal Injury Law Firms" » December 22, 2003A Collection of Airline Logos
The other day I was doing some work and I was thinking, "You know what I'd really like to see is 75 pages of airline logos." Lucky me! AeroSite.net has them at http://www.aerosite.net/logos.htm . They're arranged alphabetically from 1-2-Fly to...
American Anthropological Association Receives Funding for AnthroSource
The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has received a three-year grant of $756,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch a digitized portal of anthropological materials, dubbed AnthroSource. Sounds like it's going to be pretty extensive: "Although published text will...
Continue reading "American Anthropological Association Receives Funding for AnthroSource" » Merriam-Webster's Words of The Year
Okay, it's not quite a data collection but I thought it was cute. And it's the holiday week so nobody's reading this anyway, right? You all are out there wrapping presents and sipping eggnog and tracking UPS shipments. So perhaps...
December 19, 2003Memories of the Civilian Conservation Corps
The James F. Justin Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, located at http://members.aol.com/famjustin/ccchis.html , is a site containing links, stories, and documents related to the CCC. This site has a surprising amount of depth, more than you'd think from the front page....
Continue reading "Memories of the Civilian Conservation Corps" » Fort Hays State University Plans Space Digital Library
Hey! It's a space library... bet you weren't ready for that. A space library! I'm sure you know where it's at. Sorry. Actually where it is is the Forsyth Library at Fort Hays State University, and they're planning to...
Continue reading "Fort Hays State University Plans Space Digital Library" » December 18, 2003Feedster Now Offering My Feedster for RSS Feeds
Okay, if you were avoiding using RSS feeds because you didn't want to (or couldn't) install any software, you've got a new option. RSS search engine Feedster is now offering My Feedster, a Web-based RSS aggregator. MyFeedster is located at...
Continue reading "Feedster Now Offering My Feedster for RSS Feeds" » What (and Why) In the World Is Google Print?
Google doesn't want you to search inside the book at Amazon. They want you to search inside the book at Google! That's what they're working on, anyway -- get some more skinny about it at http://print.google.com/print/faq.html . From the FAQ:...
Continue reading "What (and Why) In the World Is Google Print?" » December 17, 2003The (US) Government Wants You to Recreate
Why do I always find these links in the winter? Summer rolls around, I can't find a vacation/travel site to save my life. Winter rolls around, I'm combing them out of my hair. What the heck? Anyway, Uncle Sam wants...
Continue reading "The (US) Government Wants You to Recreate" » Drugs.com Adds PDR to Their Database
I've had this information in the review queue for a long time; finally I'm getting around to add it. Drugs.com has added the Physicians Desk Reference to their drugs database, and has slightly revamped their search options for finding any...
Catalog of Information Related to Homelessness
The Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty has an online catalog of over 5,000 publications, Web sites, and other data sources related to homelessness and poverty. It's available at http://www.weingart.org/institute . There is a simple catalog search from...
Continue reading "Catalog of Information Related to Homelessness" » December 16, 2003Surfwax Launches Free Version of LawKT Service
Surfwax has launched a free version of their LawKT service. The free service allows a user to search an index of over 60,000 law firm publications from over 280 law firms. There's also a legal news section that aggregates news...
Continue reading "Surfwax Launches Free Version of LawKT Service" » This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra
Every week on ResearchBuzz Extra you'll find news and resources that you don't get in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article! This week's article: finding information about online auction problems and scams. Get more information about ResearchBuzz Extra...
Asian Resources for Librarians
Aardvark - Asian Resources for Librarians, has thousands of links to Asian university libraries and over 450 links to Asian databases on the Web (most of them free), conference listings, and much much more. You can get to it at...
December 15, 2003Archive of Radio Programs
If you're a fan of old-time radio, you'll enjoy the radio programs at RadioLovers ( http://www.radiolovers.com/ ). Here you can find episodes of radio programs in a variety of categories, from comedies to variety to music. From the front page...
Version 52 of Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
52 ... 52... 52! Version 52 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing bibliography is now available. The bibliography has gotten up to over 2,050 articles, books, and other resources related to scholarly electronic publishing. The HTML version is available at http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html...
Continue reading "Version 52 of Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography" » Google Adds New "Search by Number" Feature
Google is now offering five ways to search for discrete types of classification numbers -- UPS tracking numbers, FedEx tracking numbers, FAA airplane registration numbers, patent numbers, and FCC equipment identification numbers. Three of these numbers require the use of...
Continue reading "Google Adds New "Search by Number" Feature" » December 12, 2003Trademark Assignments on the Web
The US Patent and Trademark Office has announced the Trademark Assignments on the Web System, available at http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/ . This search system allows you to find trademark assignments back to 1995 (before that you're going to have to check with...
New York Times Offers Article Archives from 1851-1995
The New York Times is now offering a complete article archive from September 1851 to December 1995. That's more than fifteen million articles. You can start your search at http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/advancedsearch.html . Searching is free. You can search the full text,...
Continue reading "New York Times Offers Article Archives from 1851-1995" » December 09, 2003Flu Links
It's barely December and already the flu in the United States has reached unhappy proportions. If you haven't gotten your flu shot already, you may have some trouble finding any place that has the vaccine. Here are a few resources...
New Software to Block Sponsored Ad Results
InfoWorld is reporting ( http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/08/HNadsubtract_1.html ) that the new AdSubtract PRO Version 3 will include a feature called "Search Sanity," which will block paid advertisement results on search engines. While you hear of plenty of pop-up blockers, I don't recall...
Continue reading "New Software to Block Sponsored Ad Results" » This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra
Every week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll find news and resources you won't get in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article: local media! Get more information on ResearchBuzz Extra at http://www.researchbuzz.com/buzzex.shtml ....
The Korean American Digital Archive
Consisting of over 13,000 pages of documents, over 1,900 photographs, and over 150 sound files, the Korean American Digital Archive at http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/arc/digarchives/kada/ opens up with a page describing the several different facets of the collection; the search form is accessible...
December 08, 2003Verify Dry Cleaners in Kansas
The state of Kansas has set up a verification form to certify dry cleaners that have a registration in good standing with the KDHE Bureau of Environmental Remediation. It's available at https://www.accesskansas.org/dryclean/verification.html. You may search by facility name, zip code,...
Vivisimo Getting Toolbars and Minibars
Metasearch engine Vivisimo is rolling out the search engine toolbars. The minibar is at http://vivisimo.com/minibar -- you'll need Windows and IE to use it. The toolbar is at http://vivisimo.com/toolbar and offers a few additional features -- again, you'll need Windows...
Northern Light Announces Business Research Library
Northern Light Group (the former Northern Light search engine) announced on December 4 that the Northern Light Business Research Library will be launched on January 15, 2004. The new service will be a paid service for enterprise customers, featuring both...
Continue reading "Northern Light Announces Business Research Library" » December 05, 2003Peter Drucker Archives
Peter Drucker, possibly the most famous management writer of all time, has his own archives at http://drucker.cgu.edu/DruckerArchives/data/index.htm . There's a variety of information about him in the archives, including his life, the titles he's published, and a collection of related...
Antarctic Photo Library
I wish I had found this during the summer when it was a zillion degrees outside and needed to cool off. Do you like pictures of the frozen tundra? Sure, we all do! Trot on over to the Antarctic Photo...
December 04, 2003Handfuls of Handbooks
Yes, you can gather collections of just about anything on the Web. Here we've got a collection of over 950 policy handbooks from 691universities and colleges in the United States. The collection is called the University Policy Handbook Index and...
Blizg for Blog Metadata Information
For a long time I've wondered why search engines didn't promote metadata standards more. I can understand that many metadata tags would be open to abuse by SEOs, but how about something like a metatag that lets a Webmaster indicate...
December 03, 2003Directory of Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
There's a directory of folklore and mythology electronic texts -- interestingly arranged by theme instead of title -- at http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html . Actually this page is A-M. N-Z is on a second page. The theme listing starts at "Abducted by Aliens"...
Continue reading "Directory of Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts" » Kansas Launches Charity Check Site
The state of Kansas has a site for checking charities registered to raise money in Kansas. It's available at http://www.kscharitycheck.org/ . Searching is by simple keyword. A search for Service found what looks like a couple dozen results. Charities are...
December 02, 2003Information Today Launches a Blog
Information Today -- they of the conferences and the magazines and the books -- have started blogging! You can check out their new blog at http://www.infotodayblog.com . Lots of pictures and comments. The first entry of the blog -- from...
This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra
Every week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll get news and resources that you won't get in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article: product manuals! Get more information on subscribing to ResearchBuzz Extra at http://www.researchbuzz.com/buzzex.shtml ....
Database of Child Labor Laws
The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights has started the Child Labor Legislative Database, which is now available at http://www.childlaborlaws.org/projects/database/ . The site contains the searchable child labor-specific text of laws from countries worldwide. There are two big elements...
December 01, 20031555 Edition of La Relación Digitized
Texas State University's Southwestern Writers Collection has digitized and made available online the 1555 edition of La Relación, written by the Spanish conquistador Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca . It's available at http://www.library.txstate.edu/swwc/cdv/ . From the front page of the...
What's New At LLRX
Woo woo! New content at LLRX! Among the latest stuff you can find at LLRX includes The Fourfold Path to Email Enlightenment ( http://www.llrx.com/features/emailenlighten.htm ), Virtual Tours and Law Library Websites ( http://www.llrx.com/features/virtualtours.htm ), European Union Law: An Integrated Guide...
Location Information at the HomeTown Gazetteer
Whether you're looking for location information based on town name, county name, or zip code, you'll find it at the HomeTown Gazetter ( http://Gazetteer.HomeTownLocator.com ). This site provides several search forms for finding location information. You can start with a...
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