I knew about the regular Wikipedia, but I didn’t know about the Simple English Wikipedia until I stumbled across it at http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page . As you might suspect, the Simple English Wikipedia is […]
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Fun With Google News’ Source Syntax
Google recently announced that you can view all the comments that Google News is offering from expert sources. (There’s not too many so sometimes it’s hard to find them.) That’s interesting, but […]
ResearchBuzz Roundup 032108
Google News now has a help center. Annoyed Librarian on the future of cataloging. I laughed very hard at “Digitization is seeexxy, unless you’re actually doing some.” Then it’s tedious and eyestraining. […]
Gigablast Announces Site Search Technology
Search engine Gigablast ( http://www.gigablast.com ), which seems to have taken the recent Microsoft/Yahoo/Ask news as a big ol’ kick in the pants, has announced Gigablast Site Search. This service means you […]
Scottish Film Archive Puts 1000 Clips Online
Oh, National Library of Scotland, you’re so cool. I want to be like you when I grow up. The latest offering from the NLS is the Scottish Screen Archive’s 1000 clips online, […]