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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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YouTube, Privacy, & Copyright

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Barbara

Ever post a video to YouTube? Ever embed a YouTube video in your blog or webpage? Have you ever viewed a YouTube video that may have come from a movie or television show protected under copyright? Viacom, owner of movie … Continue reading →

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Tracking Online Usage

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Barbara

There is plenty of interest in knowing what we’re doing online–what we’re searching, where we’re surfing–by marketers, researchers, educators, and others. Here are some examples of available resources: Google Trends allows you to compare up to 5 words or phrases … Continue reading →

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Has your brain been Googled?

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Barbara

Is Internet use affecting our brains, and should that should worry us? Read Nicholas Carr’s provocative article “Is Google making us stupid?” in the July/August Atlantic Monthly (also available via the Academic Search Premier database). Carr suggests that our use … Continue reading →

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