Archive for October, 2006
Friday, October 27th, 2006
Ms. Dewey
There’s a new search engine out. This one’s different in that it attempts to be a virtual librarian or reference service, except she’s not your stereotypical librarian!
It’s called Ms. Dewey and she’s a real person. Well, okay, she’s a virtual person in that you’re not interacting with a live person, but they did [...]
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Thursday, October 26th, 2006
WorldCat.org
If you’ve ever used online resources from a library, there’s a good chance that you’ve used WorldCat. Using WorldCat is like using the online catalog for your library, except that it includes materials from thousands of libraries around the world (mainly North America, but still!). It’s a great way to find what’s “out there” and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Libraries, Technology by pfitz
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Wikimapia
Here’s yet another cool web tool. And, yes, it’s from our friends at Google! It’s a Google map! It’s a wiki! It’s WIKIMAPIA!!
Just find a location, add a description, even put in a hyperlink if you want. This is really cool!
Say you want to add your local library to the map (just to pick something [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Technology by pfitz
Thursday, October 19th, 2006
Citizendium
The Chronicle of Higher Education just posted an article about a new scholarly version of Wikipedia that’s coming out soon. It’s called Citizendium, is being started by one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, and the biggest difference between it and Wikipedia is that it will be “responsibly managed” by having academic editors guiding each entry. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Technology by pfitz
Monday, October 9th, 2006
Unscramble
Here’s another great website that can be very useful for paper-writers and puzzle-solvers alike. It’s called Unscramble.net and it does just what it sounds like. Here are some of the things you can do with it:
Look up words in a dictionary and get not just definitions but also synonyms and hypernyms
Find words with given letters [...]
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
INSPIRE
The state legislature of Indiana has provided a very gracious gift to the residents of Indiana. It’s called INSPIRE. I’m still surprised at how many people in Indiana don’t know about this. It’s already there and free for everyone who lives in the state. INSPIRE has actually existed since 1998 but the last couple of [...]
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