Tag Archives: search results

Middlespot Search Interface

Posted on 31 December 2008 by Rick Mason

Think of Middlespot as a Zotero-like organization tool for web searches.  Perform a search, and you have several ways to explore the search results, as well as saving collections of results in what they call a “Workpad”. The fastest way … Continue reading →

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Wikia Launched

Posted on 7 January 2008 by Rick Mason

Wikia, the search engine designed around the concept of wikis, has been launched in alpha.  This means that a) it isn’t going to work as well as anyone wants, and b) no fair comparing it to Google et. al., except … Continue reading →

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LENS – University of Chicago

Posted on 19 December 2007 by Rick Mason

LENS is an AquaBrowser online catalog installation at the University of Chicago library that has just gone live, albeit in beta. It is an impressive catalog interface, showing what can be done with our existing cataloging, good software, and an … Continue reading →

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ERIC links to libraries via WorldCat

Posted on 19 March 2007 by Rick Mason

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) search tool has added a “Find in a library” link to many of their search results, which will open WorldCat in a new browser window with detail on which libraries in your area subscribe … Continue reading →

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MasterKey

Posted on 2 March 2007 by Rick Mason

MasterKey is an interesting prototype of a new meta-search engine.  I like search tools that generate metadata (in the form of subjects, authors, etc. to narrow one’s search) on the fly.  Vivisimo was the first of these that I encountered, … Continue reading →

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