Search Engines & Research Tools

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Searcher February 2010 Barbara Quint	Searcher's Voice - Homecoming What drove me into severing my long membership with the Special Libraries Association was its decision to launch its second century by joining the opposition to Google Books.
Information Today January 28, 2010 Barbara Quint	EBSCO Exclusives Trigger Turmoil Major among the listings were the magazines produced by Time, Inc. as well as Forbes. The contracts for these acquisitions were exclusive to EBSCO for the library "marketspace."
Information Today January 28, 2010	Elsevier Launches Digital Learning Platform for Health Science Education: Pageburst The Pageburst platform is designed specifically for nursing and health professions students in North America who require anytime/anywhere access to course material and utilize texts as reference guides throughout their careers.
InternetNews January 27, 2010	Semantic Web Already Having an Impact Microsoft Bing head Scott Prevost said search engines are getting smarter thanks to Semantic Web technology.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	Google's China Stand Might Not Be That Costly ComScore's latest data shows that Google's hit might not be as bad as feared if it is banned in China.
ONLINE Jan/Feb 2010 Laura Gordon-Murnane	Creative Commons: Copyright Tools for the 21st Century Copyright laws in the U.S. have been around since 1790, but two 20th-century revisions, coupled with the internet's fostering of a read/write culture, have had a significant impact on the use, reuse, and distribution of digital media and content in this century.
ONLINE Jan/Feb 2010 Marydee Ojala	Ghost Authors, Teachable Moments What impact do Google Scholar's algorithmic misunderstandings have on actual research? Do they provide teachable moments for librarians?
Information Today January 25, 2010	EOS International Offers Electronic Resource Management Module It provides a single solution to control how electronic resources are found by patrons and how the information is presented through the web OPAC.
Information Today January 25, 2010	Open Book Alliance Urges a Public Guardian for Digital Book Database--Not Google The Open Book Alliance has asked Congress to help establish a digital book database that provides greater access to books, respects the rights of authors and publishers, and doesn't grant undue power to any single company.
InternetNews January 22, 2010	Google Talks China Plans, iPhone Loss Rumors Schmidt and others respond to talk that Microsoft's Bing might replace Google on the iPhone, and what the search leader thinks about its future in China.
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