The Government Domain: A Cornucopia of Government Search Engines
Peggy Garvin’s column compares and contrasts the features of FirstGov Search, Google Government Search and GovMine.
Category «Search Engines»
Features – Its Not Rocket Science: Making Sense of Scientific Evidence
It’s Not Rocket Science: Making Sense of Scientific Evidence
By Paul Barron
Paul Barron is the Director of the Library and Archives at the George C. Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia. This is a revised version of an article published in the Virginia Lawyer in December 2005[1]
Features – The Google Library Project: The Copyright Debate
The Google Library Project: The Copyright Debate
American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy Brief, January 2006
By Jonathan Band
Got Competitive Intelligence? Tips, Tools, Techniques for the Savvy Marketer
Donna Cavallini and Sabrina I. Pacifici’s guide has again been completely revised and updated to include new recommendations ranging from free websites, news alerts, RSS and blogs to fee- based subscriptions and licensed enterprise applications.
Beyond Google and Yahoo: New, Nifty Search Engines to Optimize Your Research
Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici‘s recommendations focus on subject area and issue-centric sites to facilitate obtaining search results that are better targeted to the scope of your requests. Whether you are looking for government data, blogs, RSS feeds, video, podcasts, news or scientific papers, this guide will serve you well.
Indecisive Decision: An Examination of the Greenberg and Faulkner Cases and their Impact on Libraries
Sharon Whitfield examines the conflicting decisions made by the Eleventh Circuit Court in the case of Greenberg v. National Geographic and the Second Circuit Court in the case of Faulkner v. National Geographic and the impact that these court decisions may have on libraries that are looking to reformat their copyrighted material into digital media.
Beyond Google and Yahoo: Advanced Search
Looking for innovative, comprehensive, focused and reliable alternatives to the limited number of search engines that you have become all to used to relying upon for your research? If so, then Tom Mighell and Sabrina I. Pacifici‘s guide from their ABA TechShow 2006 presentation should be on your reading list.
Gumshoe Librarian 2006
Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici recommend 70 sites whose content and features will enhance your research on subjects that include: news, people finders, U.S. and international competitive intelligence data, state and federal government resources, cybersecurity, blogs, health, finance, locating audio, music and videos online, and accessing open source scholarly literature.
Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys – Maximize Your Browsing Experience: Toolbars, Bookmarklets, and Extensions
Frederick L. Faulkner IV recommends a range of applications, easy to install and use, that extend the versatility and enhance the value of your browsing experience as you search the web throughout the course of the day.
The Government Domain: New GPO Catalog of Government Publications
Peggy Garvin reviews the new searchable catalog of current and historical federal congressional, executive, and judicial publications that are in print, electronic, and other formats.