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For some reason, it always seems a little odd to me to see books about online tools. Have you, for example, seen all of the eBay books that have been published? There have been a few Google books published and this recent one looks intriguing to me: 55 Ways to Have Fun with Google. You can order a print version of the book ($$) or you can download it online (free!). Check it out and you’ll learn all about the Google Snake Game, Googledromes, Googlesport, the Google Calculator, Googlepark, even Google Weddings!
From LISNews:
“The AP Says The National Archives and Records Administration has made it easier to search online through tens of millions of the electronic records it holds. The revamped Access to Archival Databases site - www.archives.gov/aad - allows the public to search for free through 85 million documents in 475 files amassed by more than 30 federal agencies. The updated site went live Monday but remains in test mode, said David Kepley, executive assistant to the assistant archivist for record services at the agency.”
RedLightGreen is a search tool designed to help people find library books. It was developed by RLG, a library organization in California. The database is a “union catalog” and includes bibliographic information for over 120 million books. It also includes lots of other interesting features. Check it out!
Discovered that you can find some really great Web sites in WorldCat. Had a patron asking for info about contemporary author “Albert Bandura” and decided to try WorldCat after getting a bio for him from the Literature Resource Center database. There were some books by him, articles about him and 4 Web sites with images, linked pages, and tons of biographical information. I’m going to share all of this with my patron and Liz suggested I share it all with you, as well. Gotta love it when you can find a reason to use the state databases! Handed out a KS Library Card today to a community college student, too…for info about Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson.
WorldCat > FirstSearch Home > (insert search term) > Hit list or “List Databases by Topic > Click on “WorldCat” > Click on Search (redundant!) > Hit list or “WorldCat List of Records” > “Internet” tab to see a list of the web sites > click on the link to see the web page within the OCLC frame
Sharon
This is a little older article, but one whose point is well taken: school kids use search engines too, and they need to know how to evaluate the information they find. Librarians, it’s time to step in and teach those kids how to use these tools!
Search Engine Journal » Hey Yahoo, Google and MSN - School Kids Use Search Engines Too
I don’t know about you, but I’ve gotten so Google-dependent that I sometimes forget about all of the other search tools that are out there. Search-22 is a handy resource when you want to look beyond Google for information on the web. There’s also a Search-22 news multisearch engine (it actually serves as an interface to 24 news search tools).