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Beyond Google:
The Next Generation of Scholarly Information Retrieval Tools


Contents:  Recommended Readings | Clustering Search Engines | Invisible Web | Evaluated Directories & Portals | Other Scholarly, Subject-specific, or Special Search Engines, Databases, & Directories | Google Book Search (formerly, "Google Print") & Amazon.com's Search Inside!™ | Image Search Engines & Directories | Old Pages & Postings | Features & Updates |

See also:  Google | KnightCite Bibliography Machine: MLA, APA, Chicago styles (For more information see: Citation, Documentation, & Footnotes) | Copyright & Fair Use | CyberPlagiarism | Internet ArchiveWayback Machine |

Recommended Readings

Google Scholar Beta
Péter Jacsó
Péter's Digital Reference Shelf
December 2004
Google Scholar (Redux)
Péter Jacsó
Péter's Digital Reference Shelf
June 2005
Better search results than Google?
Next-generation sites help narrow Internet searches
CNN Technology January 5, 2004
Will Google's Keyword Searching Eliminate the Need for LC Cataloging and Classification?
Dr. Thomas Mann
Library of Congress
Search Engines Ready to Learn
MIT Technology Review
Stephen Aquino
April 24, 2001
"Yahoo! and the Abdication of Judgment"
Laura B. Cohen. American Libraries January 2001: 60-62
(Missouri State use only)
"Spelling and Searching the Internet"
Edward Proctor
Journal of Academic Librarianship, Sept-Oct, 2002: 297-305
(Missouri State use only)
"Boolean Operators and the Naďve End-User"
Edward Proctor, ONLINE, July/August, 2002: 34-38
(Missouri State use only)
"Beyond 'Cool': Analog Models for Reviewing Digital Resources"
James Rettig, ONLINE

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Clustering Search Engines

Clustering Search Engines
Teacher Librarian
Vol 31, No 1, Oct 2003
Clustering With Search Engines
Tara Calishain
Law Library Resource Xchange
Vivisimo Some Cautionary Notes on Vivisimo Clusty
(Beta)
iBoogie KillerInfo

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The Invisible (or Deep or Hidden) Web

"The Invisible Web"
Chris Sherman
In search of the deep Web
Alex Wright
Salon.com
March 9, 2004
The Invisible Web: Searchable Databases and Hidden Sites
Chris Sherman
CompletePlanet
70,000+ searchable databases
Direct Search
Links to resources w/ data not easily searchable/accessible by Search Engines
Invisible Web
About.com
Invisible Web Directories-
Portals to the Deep Web

About.com
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
What is the Invisible Web?
Paul Gil

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Evaluated Directories & Portals

BUBL LINK / 5:15
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas (UK)
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections Internet Scout Project Librarian's Internet Index Selected Internet Resources

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Other Scholarly, Subject-specific, or Special Search Engines, Databases, & Directories

archaeologic.com/Search ChemFinder.Com
Database & Internet Searching
Classics Page FictionFinder
HighWire Press
(Scientific & Medical)
HotBot search of Internet History Sourcebooks & Historical eText Sites International Children's Digital Library Internet Movie Database
IMDb
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE
PubMed
(Medical)
Poets.org
The Academcy of American Poets
RePEC
(Economics)
Scirus
"For scientific information only"
Starpages
(Celebrity Gossip)

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Google Book Search )
&
Amazon.com's Search Inside!™

Google Book Search
(formerly, "Google Print")

"Search the full text of books (and discover new ones)"
"Google Out of Print"
Roy Tennant
Library Journal
Feb 15, 2005
Search Inside the Book FAQ
Amazon.com
How It Works
Amazon.com
The Best Search Idea Since Google - How Amazon can make money from books you already own
Slate
[Pro]
Amazon Re-Ranks Intellectuals
Slate
[Con]
The Great Library of Amazonia
Wired
December, 2003
Amazon's 'Search Inside the Book'
LISnews.com
[Collaborative Blog]
"Search Inside the Book" - and scare an awful lot of people!
Blogcritics.org
Amazon's New Feature a Service or a Scam?
Audio file
NPR
Google Book
"Search the full text of books (and discover new ones)"
"Google Out of Print"
Roy Tennant
Library Journal
February 15, 2005


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Image Search Engines

Ditto.com Google Image Search Graphics, Images, Photographs & Pictures

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Old & Disappeared Web Pages & Listserv Postings

Internet Archive
(aka Wayback Machine)
1996 -
Cached Links
Google
N.D.
Google Groups
Listservs, UseNet, NewsGroups
1981 -

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Features & Updates

Features Chart
Search Engine Showdown
Search Engine Watch Internet Search Engine Update
ONLINE
Greg R. Notess
Searchengineblog.com Search Engine Guide
Updated daily
Search Engine News
Pandia Search Central
MIT Technology Review Internet News
Gwen Harris


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