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Google Book Search 
 A searchable archive of the full texts of books scanned from publishers and libraries. The site includes a discussion of what portions of materials are available for books that may still be under copyright protection: "you'll only see snippets of text directly around your search term. This snippet view is designed to help users ... make a decision about whether to go find a physical copy of the book." Formerly known as Google Print. http://books.google.com/ Topics: Industries, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Nov 17, 2005 Google Cheat Sheet
A quick reference guide to the most popular special operators for Google, including Boolean and adjacency operators, definitions, mathematical calculators, date search, site "info," and more. http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Nov 9, 2004 Google Librarian Center: Newsletter Archive
A newsletter from Google for librarians, featuring "articles contributed by librarians and library supporters, links to library-related web sites, and updates on Google products and services that can help you in your work." The Jan. 19, 2006, issue includes an article about evaluating websites by LII's own Karen G. Schneider. Published irregularly, approximately every five weeks. Free email subscription. http://www.google.com/librariancenter/librarian_newsletter.html Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools, Librarianship Last updated Apr 30, 2006 Google Maps Mania
"An unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, ideas and tools being influenced by Google Maps" and the applications known as "mashups," in which Google maps are combined with other information. The site also provides links to information about creating mashups and to mashup sites on topics such as current events, transportation, weather, city information, real estate, recreation, and tourism. http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com Topics: Geography, Maps Last updated Nov 16, 2005 Google Scholar
Beta version of this Internet search tool that "provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations." From Google. http://scholar.google.com Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Mar 8, 2006 Google Suggest
This is a test version of a Web searching system in which "as you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you're typing and offers suggestions in real time." Type a query very slowly, one character at a time, and see a list of suggestions from Google. Includes a FAQ and a discussion forum. http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Google Video
Test version of a Web browser that "enables you to search a growing archive of televised content — everything from sports to dinosaur documentaries to news shows." Google Video searches "the closed captioning text of all the programs in our archive for relevant results." Includes a discussion forum. http://video.google.com Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Feb 2, 2005 |
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