28 November 2006
A Research Guide for Students - Site Map
by jlesage
a very large portal for students and teachers, including how to search, formatting of research papers, and many content links
24 November 2006
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need
by jlesage & 9 others
how to refine a topic and its searches; updated for web 2.0 and specialty searching; good for anyone starting to do Internet research on a topic and will take you to some previously unused search tools
Writing Demonstrations
by jlesage
interactive demonstrations of Conducting Electronic Searches; useful both for the information contained and as a demo of web design and writing instructional media in a library context; the larger site is a resource for writers.
20 November 2006
Listology: "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
by jlesage
lists like this give me ideas of what to look for in the library; the whole idea of "listology" is whacky and fun
18 November 2006
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison
by jlesage
an entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used
13 November 2006
Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb
by jlesage & 7 others
The invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web and comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines can't index.
06 November 2006
02 November 2006
LibraryThing | Catalog your books online
by jlesage & 56 others
You sign up, enter the name of a book, then find out what other folks who liked that book also liked; a tag cloud for the book leads to other books on this topic. Quite addictive, and I just used it to look at the info. around one book.
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