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Google Speeds Up

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Barbara

Tired of waiting for your Google search results? Well, Google read your mind! According to the CNN Tech article “New Google Instant shows search results as you type,” Google rolled out Google Instant in the U.S. yesterday. As you type … Continue reading →

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Notable Internet News Bites

Posted on August 8, 2010 by kyle

A couple of interesting Internet-related news bites that came out last week. Not surprisingly, Google is involved with both: Net Neutrality Was Fun While It Lasted News broke on Wednesday of a deal between Verizon and Google that would create … Continue reading →

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New Google Scholar Feature

Posted on July 9, 2010 by kyle

One of the ways of judging the impact of an article/author is to look at the numbers of times that article/author has been cited by others. If you’ve used Google Scholar before, you may have noticed that part of the … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 9

Posted on March 9, 2010 by kyle

Beginning Google Maps Mashups with Mapplets, KML and GeoRSS: From Novice to Professional by Sterling Udell G70.212 .U34 2009 New Book Island, 2nd floor Last week as I worked with a class on a research project, the question came up … Continue reading →

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Orientation Week Events

Posted on August 24, 2009 by kyle

The Library is involved in several events during Orientation Week and we’d like you to know about them! Google for Scholarly Research Presented by Martha Stephenson, Reference & Instruction Librarian 27 August 2009 (Thursday) — 9-10 AM — UC 261 … Continue reading →

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Play Google Image Labeler

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Barbara

When you have some time to kill, you can spend it helping Google “improve the quality of Google’s image search results.” Go to Google Image Labeler. They’ve made this into a “game.” When you start labeling you are paired with … Continue reading →

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Search Engines: Bing v. Google

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Barbara

So I saw on Twitter recently a site where you can compare Bing search results to Google results: http://www.bing-vs-google.com/ Bing, in case you haven’t heard (or seen the many TV ads), is Microsoft’s new web search engine, which is being … Continue reading →

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Jux2 v. Google v. Yahoo

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Barbara

I admit that my computers have Google search boxes at the ready all the time. But recently I read something about jux2, which tries to combine the best results from Google, Yahoo, and MSN/Live Search. These search engines had the … Continue reading →

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Books and Now Magazines Too!

Posted on December 15, 2008 by kyle

We’ve talked about the Google Book Search and its partnership with libraries – you know the one where Google is scanning millions of books and making them searchable. All in all, a pretty sweet project. Well, they haven’t stopped with … Continue reading →

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Making the Most of Google workshop

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Barbara

Orientation Week Special: Faculty & Teaching Staff are welcome to attend the “Making the Most of Google” LEARN Center-sponsored workshop. When: Thursday, August 28th, 9:15am-10:30am Where: University Center Room 262 Learn about iGoogle, Google Gadgets, Google Books, Google Scholar, Google … Continue reading →

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