Search Engines & Research Tools

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

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Searcher September 2002 Marylaine Block	Doing it Right How some universities encourage the creation of prime research web sites
Searcher September 2002 Barbara Quint	The Eternal Watchdog What exactly will information professionals -- librarians or professional searchers or whatever you want to call us -- do in the future? What set of skills will we possess that will both identify us to our clients and earn us the big bucks?
Searcher September 2002 Tara Calishain	URL Inclusion Programs New Revenue Generator for Search Engines
Information Today August 12, 2002 Paula J. Hane	EBSCO Releases EBSCOhost Web 6.0 Following months of research and field testing, EBSCO Publishing has announced the release of EBSCOhost Web 6.0, an enhanced version of its flagship EBSCOhost interface.
Information Today August 5, 2002 Miriam A. Drake	Is the GPO Endangered? For the Government Printing Office, dissemination of government documents is a nonpartisan, virtually automatic process, which has been enhanced in recent years by expanded reliance on the Internet and other new technologies. Now the GPO's hands have been tied.
Information Today July 29, 2002 Paula J. Hane	divine Launches Integrated Search and Classification Solution divine, Inc., a company that offers information solutions for the "extended enterprise," has announced a new integrated search and classification solution that promises better search results for users and fast implementation for the enterprise.
Information Today July 22, 2002 Barbie E. Keiser	Sage Publications Withdraws Titles from EBSCOhost, ProQuest Access to electronic journals is in a state of flux. There are many options on the customer side and just as many avenues for the publisher. The appropriate mix, with adequate compensation for publishers' efforts and access provided by intermediaries, is a continuing experiment.
Salon.com August 29, 2002 Farhad Manjoo	Meet Mr. Anti-Google A crusading webmaster says the popular search engine's page-ranking algorithm is "undemocratic."
Inc. September 1, 2002	Search: He Said, She Said Where to find resources for extracting meaningful information from mutual fund reports, for contemporary quotations on a host of themes, and for comprehensive analysis of the government's data on demographics.
Information Today August 26, 2002 Barbara Quint	divine Launches Virtual Reference Desk Software A new player has entered the burgeoning field of virtual reference support. divine, Inc., a relative newcomer to the information industry, has announced that it will start marketing Virtual Reference Desk software built around NetAgent, its customer interaction management software.
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