Search Engines & Research Tools

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Information Today November 3, 2003 Barbara Quint	'Search Inside the Book': Full-Text on Amazon Tapping into over 33 million pages from over 120,000 non-fiction and fiction titles supplied by over 190 publishers, Amazon.com has launched a major online access service to the full text of publications.
ONLINE Nov/Dec 2003 George R. Plosker	The Information Industry Revolution: Implications for Librarians Does the word "library" adequately convey the utility and value of what librarians, and in this case, corporate or special librarians, contribute to their organizations?
ONLINE Nov/Dec 2003 Rick Noble	Putting "Information" First in Information Technology IT professionals must continue to keep their focus on the improved access and enhanced use of information rather than the implementation of gadgetry. Hopefully, they can use some library/information science experiences to keep them on track.
ONLINE Nov/Dec 2003 Greg R. Notess	Unusual Power Web Searching Commands These are tools that you may never use or may only try once in a year of searching. But for those who like to dig deeper, who seek the hard-to-find information nuggets, using these commands can help you mine the Internet for information in ways that others will never consider.
ONLINE Nov/Dec 2003 Deborah Lynne Wiley	Recommended Reading on Webmastering, Classification, and Legal Issues A look at a book to get you into Webmastering, if you haven't dabbled yet; a quick look at the state of classifying electronic resources; and some legal issues for libraries and e-mail management.
ONLINE Nov/Dec 2003 Marydee Ojala	The Power of Information Bumps into Diminishing Returns Data, in and of itself, is nonjudgmental -- it's how the human looking at the data adds meaning to it that can result in errors.
Searcher Nov/Dec 2003 Bill Becker	Library Grant Money on the Web: A Resource Primer What if a library -- a public, academic, school, government, special, private/corporate, or research library -- seeks corporate, foundation, individual, or government grants? How can a professional searcher help?
Searcher Nov/Dec 2003 David Mattison	Information on the Seven Seas: International Ocean Science Web Resources (Part 2) A look at three areas of international cooperation in ocean science research: the physical and chemical ocean, meteorology, and marine life.
Information Today December 2003 Richard Poynder	Speaking Up The patent information industry was created by innovative folks who were inspired by the potential of the Information Age. Then the big corporations took over, and the obsession shifted to ROI and marketing budgets. Now there's a new generation of creative patent information entrepreneurs.
Information Today December 2003 Paula Hane	Stable and Poised for Growth Ingenta is marking its 5-year anniversary of serving the scholarly publishing community. Founded in 1998 through a public/private partnership with the University of Bath, the U.K.-based Ingenta has grown quickly and is now close to profitability. An interview with Ingenta CEO Mark Rowse.
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