NEW RESOURCES The Guardian: British Library’s collection of obscene writing goes online. “Together with an 18th-century directory of sex workers in the Covent Garden area of London, and the violent erotic works […]
ResearchBuzz
News and resources covering social media, search engines, databases, archives, and other such online information collections. Since 1998.
Microbe Search Engine, Google, Genealogy, More: Tuesday ResearchBuzz, February 5, 2019
NEW RESOURCES EurekAlert: The web meets genomics: a DNA search engine for microbes . “The search engine, called Bitsliced Genomic Signature Index (BIGSI), fulfils a similar purpose to internet search engines, such […]
NYC Evictions, Flickr, Firefox, More: Monday Evening ResearchBuzz, February 4, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Curbed NY: Interactive eviction map shows where landlords are booting tenants. “A new interactive map tracking eviction rates across the five boroughs paints a stark portrait of the city’s housing […]
Instagram, State of the Union, RSS Feeds, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 4, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Ubergizmo: Self-Harm Images Will Be Hidden Behind ‘Sensitivity Screens’ On Instagram. “Instagram wants to clamp down on images that depict suicide or self-harm. The Facebook-owned company has now decided […]
Bird Bones, Ireland Singing, Google Assistive Tech, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, February 4, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Read an article about this but it didn’t include the URL, so I’m going straight to the source to tell you about Fauna Toolkit: Bird Bones. From the home page: […]
