Searcher articles from July 2008

Searcher archives from July 2008

Searcher's voice: the winds of change.(Editorial)
July 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As I have often told you, beloved readers, I am never wrong--occasionally inaccurate--but never wrong. Of course, changes in my advice due to changes in circumstances don't count. For many years, I have tended to...

Using the web to weather tough times: during the last 20 years in the U.S., increased worker productivity and easy credit have meant that many people felt prosperous in spite of stagnant wages. We bought real estate, big cars, and luxury goods that were made affordable by the dynamics of the global economy.(Live Links: INTERNET EXPRESS)
July 1, 2008... Those halcyon days have abruptly ended. Essentials such as housing and health insurance have grown unaffordable even for middle class workers. Energy and food prices have suddenly skyrocketed. Many people have built up considerable debt. What...

Value databases for business valuation research.(Live Links)(Cover story)
July 1, 2008... The majority of the 20-million-plus businesses in the U.S. are privately held, meaning they do not trade on a stock exchange. Many of these private businesses need to be valued at one point or another: The business owner wants to give shares to...

The 51st state: the state of online: monitoring what they say: accountability and tech tools: Part I. mainstream press.(Live Links)
July 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the articles written in this series, "The 51st State: the State of Online," the central theme describes the growing importance technology is playing in our presidential and congressional campaigns and elections....

Federated search: one simple query or simply wishful thinking?(Live Links)
July 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Federated search systems are developed to search multiple databases, regardless of location and structure, with one query and to display the results packaged in the most relevant way. Development efforts are directed...

Researching the America's first peoples: sources and searching problems.(Live Links)
July 1, 2008... Recently, archaeologists uncovered fossils in Oregon which appear to indicate that the first peoples in North America were here more than 14,000 years ago [1]. Scientists theorize that tens of thousands of years ago, these peoples crossed a...

Digital convergence: building blocks or mud bricks?
July 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We talk about an ocean of information. The more poetical describe a tsunami of data. The marketers--ever clever--explain that their systems will keep you "from drowning in data." Language fails us when we speak...

After all the agony, has site search become a free lunch?(Live Links: TOOLS OF THE TRADE)
July 1, 2008... Thanks to Google--and, yes, even the dramatic improvement of Yahoo! Search and Microsoft's Live Search over the past few years--people now use search whenever and wherever they find it. Studies show that more than 50% of users go straight to...

Contacts.(Directory)
July 1, 2008... American Anthropological Association (AAA) 2200 Wilson Boulevard, Ste. 600 Arlington, VA 22201-3357 (703) 528-1902 (703) 528-3546 (fax) URL: http://www.aaanet.org Annenberg Political Factcheck Annenberg Public...