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
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.
EasyRGB - The first RGB and COLOR search engine on the Web!
by jlesage & 11 others
practical suggestions about real life colors matching computer generated RGBs.
similicio.us - find similar sites
by jlesage
this toolbar extension lets you see what other related sites might be, what delicious users looked at the site you are at; works best with smaller, more specific sites; I got good leads in photography, looking for surprises
Overview Map "digital enlightenment: research"
by jlesage
a visual map, with links, of how to use metasites for knowledge acquisition, research, and reading online; author has other such maps on his site; useful for students as mode of presenting info and for info itself.
Four Nets for Better Searching
by jlesage
how to best use Google's advanced search feature; spend less time getting better results
Internet Search, Web Design, Online Marketing & more ...
by jlesage
an overview search site that gives information on various kinds of search engines and how to improve search; very useful for teaching; can do search from this site, too
Pandia Powersearch, all-in-one list of search engines and directories
by jlesage & 1 other
new search engine that also has useful tutorial on how to search and explanations of all the major search engines; good for college students to learn how to use Internet most effectively
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.
October 2006
September 2006
World Wikia - World Wikia
by jlesage & 1 other
new developments in wikis, an open source travel guide that users can edit. Will it rival the megasite, Lonely Planet?
August 2006
July 2006
Clusty the Clustering Engine
by jlesage & 56 others
This is a top-notch new kind of search engine (Web 2.0). My test case for searches is "film theory" as the search term, and such a search brought me many new resources I was previously unaware of.
Marshall Kirkpatrick » How to find good blogs on almost any topic
by jlesage & 2 others
threading your way if there is too much information or too much noise
