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September 30, 2004UT El Paso/UT Austin Web Site About Medicinal HerbsThe University of Texas at El Paso and UT Austin Cooperative Pharmacy Program have teamed up to create an Herbal Safety Web site at http://www.herbalsafety.utep.edu . The site is available...Read the rest of entry "UT El Paso/UT Austin Web Site About Medicinal Herbs" here. New At LLRXNew stuff at LLRX includes Rich Site Services: Web Feeds for Extended Information and Library Services ( http://www.llrx.com/features/richsite.htm ), Jessamyn West's Commentary: A Librarian Blogger at the DNC ( http://www.llrx.com/features/dncblog.htm...Vivisimo Launches New Search EngineVivisimo has launched a new search engine, Clusty. I'm going to get in a lot of trouble because I keep wanting to type "Crusty" instead of "Clusty" but let's continue...Read the rest of entry "Vivisimo Launches New Search Engine " here. Page O' Moreover RSS FeedsMoreover has a page of its RSS feeds at http://w.moreover.com/categories/category_list_rss.html. RSS feeds are advertising supported but free for non-commercial use. There are over 300 feeds on this listing....How Much Page Does Yahoo Index?One of the lesser-discussed facets of Web searching is the spidering limits of search engines. Even if a search engine is a full-text engine, it may not search the entirety...Read the rest of entry "How Much Page Does Yahoo Index?" here. ResearchBuzz Will be Published TomorrowThe ResearchBuzz newsletter will be sent out tomorrow; lots of news stories and items will be added to the site today. Thanks for your patience....Read the rest of entry "ResearchBuzz Will be Published Tomorrow" here. September 29, 2004Australian Government Planning Thesis DatabaseAn article in The Australian describes the upcoming expansion of the Australian Digital Theses Program from the current 2600 theses to records of information about up to 130,000 theses --...Read the rest of entry "Australian Government Planning Thesis Database" here. September 24, 2004Weblog Post on GMail AppsIf you're looking for some guidance on good GMail apps, Aimless Words has a blog post that might be able to help you....Yahoo API Wish List">Jeremy asks about what Web services Yahoo should offer.. Hm. Assuming they offer an API, I'd: * Offer search access to their special collections -- images, news, etc. (this...Countrywide Flu Shot LocatorThe American Lung Association has a flu shot locator at http://www.lungusa.org. Enter your zip code and it'll give you a list of facilities and dates for flu shots. A search...Read the rest of entry "Countrywide Flu Shot Locator " here. September 22, 2004Isolating Google's Printed Material in a Google Search FormThis form doesn't work any more since Google has separated out its Google Print material from its main search engine index. Google has digitized a certain amount of printed material...Read the rest of entry "Isolating Google's Printed Material in a Google Search Form" here. Biographical Database: Who2I have seen many almanac reference-type biography resources on the Internet. I have never seen one which bothered to assemble a fact list of actors and famous people who have...Get or Give Gmail Invites With GMailOMaticI heard about this last week, but when I tried to send it a couple invitations, it didn't work. It worked yesterday so I'll mention it. GmailOMatic ( http://isnoop.net/gmailomatic.php) allows...Read the rest of entry "Get or Give Gmail Invites With GMailOMatic" here. September 21, 2004Ask Jeeves Kicks Out A Big RedesignYou know, everybody thinks it's Yahoo vs. Google, Yahoo vs. Google -- and eventually Yahoo vs. Google vs. Microsoft when they get around to jumping into the search wars. But...Read the rest of entry "Ask Jeeves Kicks Out A Big Redesign " here. Google Local CanadaI must have missed it somewhere, but Google is also offering an Canadian version of its Google Local search. Google Local Canada's available at http://local.google.ca . Searches are provided within...September 20, 2004Put RSS Feeds On Your Web PageIf you're interested in putting RSS feeds on your Web page but you don't have a lot of server/programming expertise, you might want to try the RSS Digest tool at...Read the rest of entry "Put RSS Feeds On Your Web Page " here. Big Collection of Roger Ebert Movie ReviewsFor someone who counts herself lucky if she manages to see one movie a year, I find myself fascinated with movie reviews. Now I have a giant archive of reviews...Read the rest of entry "Big Collection of Roger Ebert Movie Reviews" here. AP Article on Web Sites Tracking Campaign GivingAnick Jesdanun of the AP has a roundup article covering sites which track election campaign giving. Read it at http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,51548213,1466,f/....Read the rest of entry "AP Article on Web Sites Tracking Campaign Giving" here. September 19, 2004Arr Mateys, Happy Talk Like A Pirate DayArrrr, happy Talk Like a Pirate Day. Yus....Read the rest of entry "Arr Mateys, Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day" here. September 18, 2004Past Catalogs from U of TenneseeThe University of Tennesee is building an online archive of past catalogs. It's available at http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/dlc/catalog/index.html. Currently it holds catalogs back to the 1994-1995 seasons, but plans are afoot to...Read the rest of entry "Past Catalogs from U of Tennesee" here. Power Google CourseReg Aubry, who is NOT related to Reg Shoe or the Flying Aubrys, but who is the discoverer of the phonebook: syntax, is offering an online course called Power Google:...September 17, 2004The Search Engine Watch BlogCongratulations to the good folks at Search Engine Watch! They've started a new 'blog at http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/. Contributors include Gary Price (hey man!) and Danny Sullivan....Yahoo Finance Kicks Out a Weekend EditionYahoo Finance announced this week a weekend edition, which launched this evening at the usual http://finance.yahoo.com and also at http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/ . The new weekend material includes "Smarter Cars Are Safer...Read the rest of entry "Yahoo Finance Kicks Out a Weekend Edition " here. Squirrels On CampusSquirrels. Are they adorable little critters who look so cute as they romp through your yard, or are they rampaging little butterbeans who eat your wooden birdhouses because they're too...September 16, 2004Firefox Goes to 1.0Mozilla's Firefox browser has gone to a 1.0 release and is now available for download at http://www.mozilla.org/ . I've been sticking to the regular Mozilla thus far, but I decided...Google Enhances Google Local ServiceGoogle has announced enhancements to its newish Google Local service at http://local.google.com . When you go to the page you'll see a space for what you're looking for and another...Read the rest of entry "Google Enhances Google Local Service" here. A9 Offers Search Results From Five SourcesA9, the search engine from Amazon.com, has relaunched its search engine. It now offers search results from several different sources, including the IMDB and of course, Amazon.com. It's available at...Read the rest of entry "A9 Offers Search Results From Five Sources" here. September 15, 2004Connecticut Distance Learning DirectoryConnecticut has a distance learning directory at http://www.ctdlc.org/Student/index.html. Courses range from accounting to theology. Also included on this site are educational links, job and career help, and distance learning FAQs....Read the rest of entry "Connecticut Distance Learning Directory" here. Camp Ruston Information Now Available OnlineCamp Ruston was one of the largest prisoner of war camps in the US during World War II. At its peak the camp held over 4,300 prisoners. Information about the...Read the rest of entry "Camp Ruston Information Now Available Online" here. Test Drive a Bunch of Open Source Content Management SystemsNow THIS is a marvelous idea. Put a bunch of content management systems online with screenshots, and descriptions. Make the admin passwords public so that anyone can log in and...Read the rest of entry "Test Drive a Bunch of Open Source Content Management Systems" here. September 14, 2004Another Buzz-Checking Application -- BlabbleThis is the second buzz-checking application I've covered in a week or so. Is the next big blog problem going to be buzz spaham? Are we going to have...Read the rest of entry "Another Buzz-Checking Application -- Blabble" here. This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraEvery week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll find news and resources that you won't find in the regular ResearchBuzz. This week: news photos. Get more information on subscribing to ResearchBuzz Extra...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra" here. A Personal Web Site Full of Agricultural DataI rarely cover personal sites that are explicitly defined as personal sites, but in the case of Paul ten Hove I'll make an exception. Paul ten Hove worked for Euroconsult...Read the rest of entry "A Personal Web Site Full of Agricultural Data" here. September 13, 2004Checking the Political Buzz with Campaign RadarIf you're interested not only in the US political campaign but what folks are saying about the US political campaign, you want to check out Campaign Radar. A variant of...Read the rest of entry "Checking the Political Buzz with Campaign Radar " here. Findory Offers Personalized-News-Alerts-Inna-BoxFindory ( http://www.findory.com ) has been mentioned in ResearchBuzz before; it's a Web site that provides personalized news based on the headlines you view. Now it offers personalized news based...Read the rest of entry "Findory Offers Personalized-News-Alerts-Inna-Box" here. What's New With Google NewsGoogle News has added a whole bunch of features while we weren't lookin'. First off there's a new pull-down menu at the top of the page which easily allows you...September 12, 2004National Hurricane Center Offering RSS FeedsPropburgers with a side of propfries to reader GM who sent me a note about the National Hurricane Center offering RSS feeds. There are three available at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutrss.shtml -- Atlantic...Read the rest of entry "National Hurricane Center Offering RSS Feeds" here. Track Campaign Donations to Illinois CandidatesThe Illinois Sunshine Database (Illinois Sunshine Database?) offers information about over 150,000 recent contributions to Illinois political candidates. It's updated through June 30, 2004 and is available at http://www.ilcampaign.org. (Look...Read the rest of entry "Track Campaign Donations to Illinois Candidates" here. September 09, 2004CliffsNotes Now Available for Free Online ViewingCliffsNotes has announced that they've got 180 literature guides online for free viewing. The snag is that viewing is the only thing that's free. Downloading and printing the guides will...Read the rest of entry "CliffsNotes Now Available for Free Online Viewing" here. Peerbot Offers Searching by FaviconYou know what favicons are? They're little teeny icons that show up on the address bar in at least Opera, Mozilla, and Internet Explorer. You can get information on what...Read the rest of entry "Peerbot Offers Searching by Favicon" here. Redball Search Engine Rolling in Austria On October 1I see lots and lots of press releases about new search engines. But this one from Redball ( http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040907/uktu004_1.html ) from September 7 was most intriguing. Don't go running to...Read the rest of entry "Redball Search Engine Rolling in Austria On October 1" here. September 08, 2004Seven Ways to Save Time SearchingAnother freebie from Web Search Garage: Seven Ways to Save Time Searching....Read the rest of entry "Seven Ways to Save Time Searching" here. State Library of Connecticut Updates History PageThe State Library of Connecticut has updated their history page. More annotation, more sources, and what looks like just generally more stuff. Good stuff! http://www.cslib.org/history.htm....Read the rest of entry "State Library of Connecticut Updates History Page" here. Yahoo Previewing Travel Search Tool, IE OnlyYahoo is previewing a new travel search tool. Remember when they bought FareChase? It was just a couple months ago -- see http://www.internetweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=26806466 for details. Anyway, they've got a new...Read the rest of entry "Yahoo Previewing Travel Search Tool, IE Only " here. Agricultural Research Service Launches Plant Nutrient Database (Sorta)The Agricultural Research Service has launched a plant nutrient database containing information on phytonutrients in 206 different foods. It's available at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/PA/PA.html . I put the sorta in the headline...September 07, 2004Track News Buzz By NameIf you like sites like Yahoo Buzz which tell you about the most popular people and topics in searches, you'll like NewsbyName. It scans news for names and ranks name...Wotbox Rolls Out Country-Specific Search EnginesSearch engine Wotbox, last covered by ResearchBuzz about a year ago ( http://www.researchbuzz.org/archives/000352.shtml ) has announced that they've started country-specific sites. Here's the list: Australia - http://www.wotbox.com.au Canada - http://ca.wotbox.com...Read the rest of entry "Wotbox Rolls Out Country-Specific Search Engines" here. Gmail-Powered BloggingGallina version 0.1, a proof of concept to post to a 'blog with Gmail messages. Gmail doesn't have an API, I don't think, so I wonder why all the brainpower...Happy Sixth Birthday Google!Google celebrates its sixth birthday. Unfortunately that logo doesn't link to query. "WOO HOO!" perhaps?...New User's Guide to ResearchBuzzNew User's Guide to ResearchBuzz is finally available. I did a few more things. Probably the biggest thing is now there's a JavaScript implementation for adding the site's RSS feed...Read the rest of entry "New User's Guide to ResearchBuzz" here. September 06, 2004Speaking of WiFiEverybody's been talking about Philadelphia thinking about going to an all-city, WiFi, so I thought I'd mention a press release at Michigan's Web site. Michigan has deployed WiFi at two...State of Idaho Starts Business SiteThe state of Idaho has started a new site for business information at http://business.idaho.gov/. Information lookups available on this site include commercial and industrial properties, business entity search, and UCC/Lien...Read the rest of entry "State of Idaho Starts Business Site" here. September 03, 2004Get Information on Lawyers In OhioThe state of Ohio now has a site where you can look up information on lawyers. The site is free and it's available at http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/atty_reg/Public_AttorneyInformation.asp . You may search...Read the rest of entry "Get Information on Lawyers In Ohio" here. September 02, 2004Gooooooooogle Google WhoopsYou may have noticed that Google AdSense ads now say "Ads by Gooooooooogle". When I saw this I thought, "Okay, that's cute, so if you go to Gooooooooogle.com you'll get...All Your Avibase Are Belong To UsAre All Your Base jokes passe? Really? Drat; I do enjoy them. If you like birds you'll enjoy AviBase at http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp , information on 10,000 species and over 20,000 subspecies...Read the rest of entry "All Your Avibase Are Belong To Us" here. Department of Agriculture Has Quick Stats AvailableLooking for information on agriculture in the US? Quick Stats will help you. The 2002 Census of Agriculture page has a feature that'll let you query the data in several...Read the rest of entry "Department of Agriculture Has Quick Stats Available" here. Google Code Jam 2004Yesterday opened the registration for the Google Code Jam 2004. You can register at http://www.google.com/codejam/ . Finals are on October 15. First place winner gets ten grand!...September 01, 2004PubSub Rolls Out SidebarPubSub, which I mentioned back in March ( http://www.researchbuzz.org/archives/001530.shtml, is now offering a sidebar for IE. The sidebar sits on your browser and keeps you updated on your 'blog subscriptions....A Google to RSS ImplementationIf you wanted to get Google search results as an RSS feed but didn't want to a) install software on your server or b) get an account at Google Alert...Read the rest of entry "A Google to RSS Implementation" here. FindArticles Adds a Premium ComponentI went over to FindArticles ( http://www.findarticles.com ) yesterday to look for an article, and I noticed that they have something that seems to be new -- or at least...Read the rest of entry "FindArticles Adds a Premium Component " here. UK Immigrant Records to Go OnlineKablenet is reporting ( http://www.kablenet.com/kd.nsf/Frontpage/80F78772D6FA3CD780256F01003860A4?OpenDocument ) that the records of over 50,000 immigrants to the UK are going online by March 2005. The naturalizations listed will span from 1844-1930 and...Read the rest of entry "UK Immigrant Records to Go Online" here. LOC Releases Final for Frederick Douglass PapersThe Library of Congress has announced the final release of the Frederick Douglass Papers. They're available at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/ . The final count for the collection is about 7,400 items relating...Read the rest of entry "LOC Releases Final for Frederick Douglass Papers" here. |
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