Search Engines & Research Tools

Magazine articles on search engines, research tools, libraries, and museums.

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InternetNews May 13, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Search Engines: What's the Difference? Yahoo! Google and Ask Jeeves go toe-to-toe in frank discussion of which technology yields the best results.
Search Engine Watch May 12, 2004 Danny Sullivan	Is It Really Personalized Search? Both search and social networking are hot! But don't assume that new sites offering both types of services necessarily provide something else that's hot -- search personalization.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 Selena Maranjian	How Google Does It Secrecy and understatement have worked well for Google.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004	K-12 Search Engine Enriches the Teaching and Learning Process of Memphis City Schools Memphis City Schools utilizes netTrekker, a product that helps alleviate the problem of Internet safety and student use, while also serving as a valuable resource that enables teachers to integrate technology and the state's curriculum standards into their daily curricula.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004	News Briefs - LAUSD's Library System The Los Angeles Unified School District has recently chosen Sagebrush to centralize the district's library system by implementing the company's Web-based centralized library automation system, or CLAS, this spring.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004	News Briefs - TVOntario Canada's TVOntario is providing students and teachers in the U.S. with subscriptions to its video and print-on-demand service, CRB (Curriculum Resource Bank), which offers more than 100 hours of core-curriculum content available for streaming to any desktop computer or projector.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004	News Briefs - World Book Online Reference Center To make its Web content accessible to all students, World Book has announced changes to its subscription-based World Book Online Reference Center that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Search Engine Watch May 11, 2004 Danny Sullivan	Google Launches Official Google Blog, Not Blog Search Google has launched its own official blog, promising much insight about the company though not yet delivering much. The company also says it has no news about long-discussed plans to offer blog or web feed searching at Google.
Information Today May 10, 2004 Paula J. Hane	OneSource to be Acquired by infoUSA Subsidiary OneSource, the business and financial information provider will be acquired by a wholly-owned subsidiary of infoUSA, Inc. for $8.85 per share in cash and has terminated its merger plan with ValueAct Capital Partners and its affiliates.
Search Engine Watch May 6, 2004 Chris Sherman	All Music, All But Invisible The All Music Guide is one of the most comprehensive, extensively cross-linked and easy to use musical resources on the web. It's also, unfortunately, largely invisible to search engines.
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