November 18, 2009 – 1:33 pm
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Time traveling is coming to an Internet browser near you.
A new Web site called Memento Web will allow anyone curious about what the Internet used to look like to plug in a date and then browse the World Wide Web as it was on that day.
The site is already live with limited use. ….
source: Chronicle [...]
September 11, 2009 – 10:16 am
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Finding embargoed article citations in PubMed Central (PMC) is now as easy as 1-2-3! [Note: "Embargoed" articles comprise those which are not immediately free on publication, but only after a specified time period.] With the implementation of a new PMC search option, you can easily retrieve both the citations for embargoed articles and their corresponding [...]
August 24, 2009 – 3:19 pm
The ARROW Discovery Service has been rebranded Australian Research Online. This follows the conclusion of the ARROW Project in December last year and reflects a broadening of the service to include new sources of Australian research output.
Australian Research Online includes all of the features and functionality of the ARROW Discovery Service, and retains the same [...]
nbsp;http://davidrothman.net/2009/08/03/medli…
The biomedical literature is represented by millions of abstracts available in the Medline database. These abstracts can be queried with the PubMed interface, which provides a keyword-based Boolean search engine. This approach shows limitations in the retrieval of abstracts related to very specific topics, as it is difficult for a non-expert user to find all [...]
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by Paula J. Hane
While the masses of web searchers remain glued to using the search box on general search engines, savvy users and researchers who want more bang for their search buck know that vertical search portals can help them hone in on relevant sources more quickly and can tap deep web sources that [...]
Thomson Reuters, Research4life in deal to bring scientific research information resources to developing nations – 17 Jun 2009
The Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that it is joining Research4Life to provide the developing world with access to critical scientific research. Special editions of ISI Web of Knowledge that include Current Contents [...]
Dear Colleague,
We’re pleased to announce that the National Library has just released the first prototype of its new Single Business Discovery Service for comment by key stakeholders.
The prototype is available at http://sbdsproto.nla.gov.au/ and provides integrated access to over 42 million metadata and text resources from a range of the National Library’s collaborative services and from [...]
nbsp;http://www.infonortics.eu/searchengines/…
Bjørn Olstad, Microsoft Corp, Washington
Why Today’s Search Engines are not Prepared to Drive Tomorrow’s Information Experiences
Dmitri Soubbotin Semantic Engines, New York
The Variety of Goals and Applications of Semantic Approach to Search
Diane Burley Nstein, Canada
A Pragmatic Look at the Semantic Web
Frank Bandach Eeggi, California
Semantic Coherence and a New Search Paradigm
Kathleen Dahlgren [...]
nbsp;http://metajuris.ittc.ku.edu/
metasearch engine for open access legal researchers
source: OAN
nbsp;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/80…
A web tool that “could be as important as Google”, according to some experts, has been shown off to the public.
Wolfram Alpha is the brainchild of British-born physicist Stephen Wolfram.
The free program aims to answer questions directly, rather than display web pages in response to a query like a search engine.
source: BBC
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