Searcher articles from July 2007

Searcher archives from July 2007

A great idea!!(Searcher's VOICE)
July 1, 2007... In May 2006, Google introduced a new service called Google Co-op, now just Google Coop. At the time, I thought the idea had marvelous potential for information professionals, but then I didn't hear much more about it. However, while researching...

Who cares about whois?
July 1, 2007... What is a whois? According to that intrepid and often accurate online resource, Wikipedia, a whois is "a TCP-based query/ response protocol which is widely used for querying a database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP...

Entertainment advisory: book, movie, and television reviews and news on the Web.(INTERNET EXPRESS)(Website list)
July 1, 2007... As media morphs and proliferates in our technological age, it becomes increasingly difficult for us to decide what we actually want to spend our leisure time watching or reading. What's worse, anyone with an Internet connection can express an...

Citations and aberrations.
July 1, 2007... In today's Webbed-up world, the subject of bibliographic citations may seem dreary at best. Writing teachers may love to pick citations apart, but creating them is tedious. Students detest them. Editors' assistants routinely suffer nightmares...

LibraryThing.com: The Holy Grail of book recommendation engines.(WEB MASTERY)(Interview)
July 1, 2007... I started a book club when I was pregnant with my first child, worrying I wouldn't make time to read. Years later, the book club is still going strong, but we struggle, as many clubs do, to find great new selections. I create a list of possible...

Online social networks, virtual communities, enterprises, and information professionals.
July 1, 2007... Part 1. Past and Present Most organizations... ours included... are just beginning to experiment with meaningful social networking. What will it take for most of us to make the transition from business-as-usual... to business in a...

The high risk of free: state law on the Web.(THE SIDEBAR)
July 1, 2007... In the April 2006 issue, my column warned of the dangers in trusting too much in free sources of legal information online ["The People's Law: Free Legal Help and Legal Research on the Web,"...

Open access: the yellow brick road, its walls, and speed bumps.
July 1, 2007... The road to open access is paved with bricks, stones, and speed bumps. Open access has its pioneers, advocates, fighters, and protesters. Access to the world's scientific, technical, and medical (STM) research results and data is...

Contacts.
July 1, 2007... AbeBooks, Inc. #4-410 Garbally Road Victoria, BC V8T 2K1 Canada (250) 412-3258 URL: http://www.abebooks.com Aint It Cool, Inc. P.O. Box 1641 Austin, TX 78767-1641 (512) 784 6876 URL:...