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May 31, 2004UK Archives to Make WWII Awards Database AvailableThe BBC is reporting that a new database will "cover all those given awards for bravery in north west Europe between D-Day and the war's end." That's apparently about 12,000...Read the rest of entry "UK Archives to Make WWII Awards Database Available" here. Ask Jeeves WeblogHat tip to Library Stuff, who noticed that there's now an unofficial Ask Jeeves Weblog. This entry will not appear in the newsletter....NARA Offers Records Information for WWII SoldiersNARA, the National Archives and Records Administration, offers several databases related to WWII. There are two in which I think you'll be particularly interested. There's the "ARMY SERIAL NUMBER...Read the rest of entry "NARA Offers Records Information for WWII Soldiers" here. New Stuff on LLRXHey hey, LLRX has plenty of new articles available for your happiness, including Who Downloaded the Spyware? Not Me! ( http://www.llrx.com/features/spyware.htm ), Coming Soon: The Death of Search Engines? (...WWII Government Pamphlets Available at U of Richmond SiteThe University of Richmond (GO SPIDERS!) is offering for Memorial Day a collection of 60 digitized World War II pamphlets. They can be searched and browsed at http://oncampus.richmond.edu/is/library/digital/america_at_war/Gateway.html , while...Read the rest of entry "WWII Government Pamphlets Available at U of Richmond Site" here. May 29, 2004Connecticut Has Vanity Plate LookupThe state of Connecticut has put up a vanity plate lookup at http://www.dmvplate.state.ct.us/VanityPlate.asp. If there is no match to your lookup, you'll get a sample of what the plate would...Read the rest of entry "Connecticut Has Vanity Plate Lookup" here. May 28, 2004TodaysPapers Turns RSS Feeds Into A Big Ol' CommunityEver been rambling through your RSS feed list and want to comment on an item, or find out who's linking to that item, or even read other stories that people...Read the rest of entry "TodaysPapers Turns RSS Feeds Into A Big Ol' Community " here. May 27, 2004FindForward Offers Specialized Google Searches and Some Hackish StuffPhilipp Lenssen, a Web developer from Germany, has used the Google API to create a search interface called FindForward. The site is at FindForward.com but I'm going to point you...McMaster University Researchers Develop Better Medical SearchesResearchers at McMaster University have developed a way to find "relevant and scientifically sound studies" from online medical databases. The article about their effort is found at http://www.medicalpost.com/mpcontent/article.jsp?content=20040523_111944_5200 . From...Read the rest of entry "McMaster University Researchers Develop Better Medical Searches" here. May 26, 2004ADMIN: ResearchBuzz Gets Monthly Archives, Some TweakingI spent yesterday doing some toting and lifting with the Web site. I did some cosmetic stuff and some cleaning, but I also made a couple of major changes that...Read the rest of entry "ADMIN: ResearchBuzz Gets Monthly Archives, Some Tweaking" here. Let's Go Hike A HikeNational Trails Day, is June 5, 2004. If you want to get out and hike a bit, or help take care of trails in the US, visit the American Hiking...Yahoo's Groovy Linkdomain SyntaxYou learn something new every day, and today I learned about Yahoo's linkdomain: syntax. Yahoo's link: syntax finds everything that links to a particular page, but as you might guess...Read the rest of entry "Yahoo's Groovy Linkdomain Syntax" here. May 25, 2004Database of NCAA RecordsThe NCAA and Thomas Technology Solutions have teamed up to digitize the NCAA's archives of sports championship records. Currently the baseball, softball, and outdoor track records are online, with football...This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraEvery 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: Andy or Ain't He?...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra " here. David Rumsey Announces Image Collection PortalDavid Rumsey and Cartography Associates, known for really lovely map sites, has announced Visual Collections, a "digital image collection portal that includes more than 300,000 works from museums, universities and...Read the rest of entry "David Rumsey Announces Image Collection Portal " here. May 24, 2004A Continually-Updated Set of News ImagesBoth Google and Yahoo offer images integrated into their news search, but this site offers nothing but a collection of news images, gathered from all over the Web. NewsImages (...Read the rest of entry "A Continually-Updated Set of News Images " here. State of Nebraska Offers Court InformationToday is Really Cool Stuff on State Web Sites day. Nebraska is now offering searchable trial court information for 92 of Nebraska's 93 district courts, and all 93 county...Read the rest of entry "State of Nebraska Offers Court Information" here. Maine State Archives Launches Online ServiceThe state of Maine last week announced an online service to make it easier for visitors to find documents from Maine's archives. You can access it at http://www.informe.org/sos_archives/. There are...Read the rest of entry "Maine State Archives Launches Online Service" here. May 22, 2004Syndic8 Hits 50KCongrats to Syndic8 for hitting 50,000 syndicated feeds in its database. You go Syndic8, and congrats Jeff! This entry will not appear in the newsletter....WebSite-Watcher Enters 4.0 BetaThose of you who use WebSite-Watch to monitor page changes will be happy to know that it's gone into a version 4.0 beta. Get the details, a download link, and...Read the rest of entry "WebSite-Watcher Enters 4.0 Beta" here. May 20, 2004Factory Tours All Over the USAThe beach? Fiddlesticks! A cruise? Phooey! Take a factory tour vacation. With Factory Tours USA, at http://factorytoursusa.com/ , you'll get pointers to over 450 factory tours around the US. Pick...Read the rest of entry "Factory Tours All Over the USA " here. All Golf Links, All The TimeAll right, all you Happy Gilmores out there, here's your directory of golf courses in the US, and what are described as "carefully reviewed and hand picked Golf only web...Google, Yahoo, and CNN: ARGHMuch has been made of the switch of CNN from Google's search results to Yahoo's. I'll take CNN's word that they switched, but in at least one instance Google's search...May 19, 2004Plenty of Places to Eat Jamaican and Caribbean FoodLove Jamaican and Caribbean food? Do I have the Web site for you. Eat Jamaican ( http://eatjamaican.com/ ) features links to Jamaican and Caribbean restaurants all over the world. Pick...Read the rest of entry "Plenty of Places to Eat Jamaican and Caribbean Food" here. Google's Offering a Local Search Option?There's a story in the NY Times ( http://tinyurl.com/3c86w ) saying that Google will soon be launching a local search option: "Google, the Web search engine, is preparing to introduce...Read the rest of entry "Google's Offering a Local Search Option? " here. May 18, 2004312 One-Minute Portraits Of Famous People At Movietonews PotraitsBritish Movietonews has announced a free Web site of one-minute potraits of famous people divided into categories, including entertainment, personalities, and lifestyle. These portraits go back to 1929 and are...Read the rest of entry "312 One-Minute Portraits Of Famous People At Movietonews Potraits" here. Quick Take: the YP ToolbarBrowser toolbars are extreme love-em-or-hate-em propositions. But if you're in the love 'em camp, let me point you toward the new YP.com toolbar at http://www.yp.com/toolbar.php . This Internet Explorer offers...Google's Now Offering Image AdsGoogle's getting into the image ad business. Now on their Web site, but through their AdSense technology. Now AdSense publishers can not only put text ads on their Web sites,...Read the rest of entry "Google's Now Offering Image Ads " here. This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraEvery week in ResearchBuzz Extra you get news and resources that you won't get in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article: Superchunks. You can learn...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra " here. Marcus Zillman, the UpdateMarcus Zillman must live on coffee or Water Joe or something. He's always putting together those Subject Tracer Information Blogs -- pointers to links on various topics. I'm bringing them...Arkansas Launches Election TrackerThe state of Arkansas has an election tracker, with information on both races and candidates, at http://www.arelections.org/index.php. This entry will not appear in the newsletter....Read the rest of entry "Arkansas Launches Election Tracker" here. May 17, 2004ACM Queue and a Bunch o' Search ArticlesThe April 2004 issue of ACM Queue has several search-oriented articles, including "Building Nutch: Open Source Search", "Why Writing Your Own Search Engine is Hard", and "A Conversation with Matt...Read the rest of entry "ACM Queue and a Bunch o' Search Articles" here. Google Labs Offering Google Groups 2Google Labs has launched Google Groups 2. When you think Google Groups, you think Usenet, but Google Groups 2 is also offering the ability to create, join, and search mailing...Read the rest of entry "Google Labs Offering Google Groups 2" here. Another Search Engine for Finding RSS FeedsRSS! RSS! I won't ever shut up about it! Whoopee! Okay, I'm better now. If you're looking for more RSS feeds, you might want to take a look at CompleteRSS,...Read the rest of entry "Another Search Engine for Finding RSS Feeds" here. DMOZ Category for Google WeblogsThere is now an Open Directory Project category for Google Weblogs. There are five at this count. The URL is dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Searching/Search_Engines/Google/News_and_Media/Weblogs/ This entry will not appear in the newsletter....Read the rest of entry "DMOZ Category for Google Weblogs" here. May 16, 2004Alabama Citizens Can Ask: Dude, Where's My Refund?The State of Alabama is now offering a free online tool for citizens to check the status of their tax refund. You can either get to it through the Online...Read the rest of entry "Alabama Citizens Can Ask: Dude, Where's My Refund?" here. May 14, 2004The Dictionary of Playground SlangYou think I'd learn with the Electric Company Archive, but nooooo, instead I've got to go straight to the Online Dictionary of Playground Slang at http://www.odps.org/ . This site actually...Read the rest of entry "The Dictionary of Playground Slang" here. Classic Horror Movies In a Big Ol' Set of ReviewsWe all have different levels of scary movies that we can tolerate. If you're into serious scary, lots of horror, whatever you want to call it, check out Classic-Horror at...Read the rest of entry "Classic Horror Movies In a Big Ol' Set of Reviews" here. May 13, 2004New York Times Updates Travel SectionThe New York Times announced last week that they've updated their travel section with free archived content and some different search options. The New York Times travel section is available...Read the rest of entry "New York Times Updates Travel Section " here. Bookmarklet for Searching Google NewsI am always messing around making tools for Google. And when I make them (and they work) I want to share them with you. First because you're the greatest readers...Read the rest of entry "Bookmarklet for Searching Google News " here. The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Hits Version 53The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is up to version 53 and now features over 2100 articles, books, and other resources related to scholarly electronic publishing on the Internet. The HTML...Read the rest of entry "The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Hits Version 53" here. May 12, 2004Surfwax Is Helping You Find Health NewsNot too long ago I mentioned Surfwax' new news search. They now have a Web site with that groovy little "look ahead" feature that's oriented towards finding health news. You...Read the rest of entry "Surfwax Is Helping You Find Health News " here. New Google Bookmarklet for Google Web AlertsI've written about bookmarklets in the past. As you may remember, they're small snippets of JavaScript that you save as a bookmark. Then you click on them and they do...Read the rest of entry "New Google Bookmarklet for Google Web Alerts" here. May 11, 2004Opera Releases Version 7.5 of BrowserBreak out the root beer and crank up the zydeco, Opera Software has released version 7.5 of Opera for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. You can download it at...Read the rest of entry "Opera Releases Version 7.5 of Browser" here. Google Launches a WeblogAfter noting a test URL, and then noting when it went poof, I should probably note that I was out of town when the Google Weblog, now at http://www.google.com/googleblog/ ,...May 10, 2004Not What's On TV, Who's On TV?Sometimes you're less interested in TV shows than you are in TV stars. You want to see when so-and- so is on TV, or when whoosis is guest-starring somewhere. In...Read the rest of entry "Not What's On TV, Who's On TV?" here. Reuters Offering RSS FeedsHey hey! Reuters has got some RSS feeds going. You can get them at http://reuters.com/newsrss.jhtml . There are about sixteen channels here, covering a variety of topics including US News,...May 08, 2004May 07, 2004Quick Aside(Dear Phil, thanks! and sure, you can if you want, though ResearchBuzz has the most boring privacy policy ever. I think we used a wizard to generate it. Have a...May 06, 2004Pearl Street Software Announces New Genealogy Sub SitePearl Street Software, the folks behind the Family Tree Legends software, this week announced a new subscription-access genealogy site that they claim offers over 400 million records from a variety...Read the rest of entry "Pearl Street Software Announces New Genealogy Sub Site" here. Quick Take: AntiPhishing Toolbar for IE and FirefoxIt sorta sounds like it ought to go on your armpits, but SpoofStick is instead a browser extension designed to minimize the impact of phishing. You can download it for...Read the rest of entry "Quick Take: AntiPhishing Toolbar for IE and Firefox " here. May 05, 2004Get Your News In a Big Rectangular Flash AppMy visual acuity is limited to "Lookit pretty colors" but representing Google News stories as a Flash app full of rectangles which vary in color according to topic and age...Read the rest of entry "Get Your News In a Big Rectangular Flash App " here. New On LLRXLLRX.com has updated again! Among the new goodies you'll find there are Business Filings Databases -- Updated ( http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup29.htm ), Burney's Gadgets for Legal Pros - The Fabulous Life of...Search Engine and Subject Index for the Meat IndustryVegetarians, don't look. I'll try to find you a hummus or Veat or Gardenburger Riblets search engine. In the meantime, if you're interested you will find both a pretty good...Read the rest of entry "Search Engine and Subject Index for the Meat Industry " here. May 04, 2004Gary Price Launches List of Google-Related DomainsGary Price has a very cute list of Google-related domains available at http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/google_names_1.htm . Note that these are not domain names necessarily REGISTERED by Google, but domain names which have...Read the rest of entry "Gary Price Launches List of Google-Related Domains" here. This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraEvery week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll find news and resources that you won't get in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article: The Adventures of Thyroid...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra" here. USDA Makes A Database of Agriculture Exporters AvailableThe US Department of Agriculture has launched a free online database of over 3,800 US-based agriculture exporters. The database is available at http://www.fas.usda.gov/agexport/exporter.html ; choose the "Online Searchable Database" link...Read the rest of entry "USDA Makes A Database of Agriculture Exporters Available " here. May 03, 2004Text Tool Analyzes Several Different Word FactorsI'm fascinated with those tools that allow you to enter a paragraph or other data and get a whole ton of information. Textalyser ( http://textalyser.net/ ) allows you to analyze...Read the rest of entry "Text Tool Analyzes Several Different Word Factors" here. CNET Announces "Music Discovery Service"CNET has announced a new "music discovery" and download service, now available at http://music.download.com . With the dismantling of MP3.com I was very happy to see a new alternative available,...Read the rest of entry "CNET Announces "Music Discovery Service" " here. May 02, 2004 |
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