Posts Tagged ‘Search’
Access is Key
ProQuest is teaming with a variety of other information providers to improve access to dissertations and theses. The company’s massive database of graduate works will be discoverable in context with other relevant content in such research tools as Ei Compendex, The Philosopher’s Index and others. Library Technology brought this information to us in their article, “ProQuest Collaborations…
Read MoreSearching with Style
Organizations continue to spend an increasing amount of financial, technological, and human resources on production of videos and multimedia. But what is the shelf life on these videos? This interesting topic came from AV Network in their article, “Smarter Searching & Managing Metadata to Optimize ROI.” Put those video libraries to good use. Presentations can be…
Read MoreGoogle Expands Data Centers
Google is planning to build another data center in Clarksville, Tennessee. This will make the eighth data center for the technological giant. This interesting information came to us in The Tennessean and their article, “Google to invest in new Clarksville data center.” With an investment of $600 million for this data center, Google will create about 70 full-time…
Read MoreFindable Data on Facebook
Facebook has unleashed a new function that will make everything you post publicly to the site searchable. This interesting information came from Tech Insider in their article, “Facebook is going to make everything you post publicly easily searchable.” This function is called Search FYI and will organize search results hierarchically. This way, users can see what news sources, friends…
Read MoreComprehensive Search
Google search has made it possible to look for information not just based on text, but also including websites, images, videos, books, locations, etc., using the same Google search engine. Not everyone may find this information useful, but for those who work with images, graphics, and copyright infringements, it is a huge help. We found…
Read MoreLooking for the Data
The Perseus Book Group and R. R. Donnelley have partnered together to improve the management and distribution of the metadata of Perseus titles and those of its 600 publisher distribution clients. Publishers Weekly brought this news to us in their article, “Perseus, R.R. Donnelley Team Up to Create Global Metadata Platform.” The new joint metadata platform…
Read MoreNew and Old Search
Search is not new. Finding the data you seek is not a new challenge. How this happens and the tools used to accomplish it, has changed. Business 2 Community brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Brave New World: The Future of Search.” It’s important to understand the evolution that has happened in search…
Read MoreWhere are you searching?
Social media is no longer just for entertainment. It is an important source of information for many purposes. Creditors and potential employers are starting to rely on information found in social media to determine reliability and honesty. But few industries are using it as much as in legal cases. It can often yield the most…
Read MoreFuture Collections and Search
The future holds many secrets. As humans, we spend an inordinate amount of time pondering and wondering what it will mean to us. It will be different on many levels. What about libraries? They have seen and experienced so much change in the past few decades that one has to wonder what they will look like,…
Read MoreUsing Semantic Technology to Locate Data Fast
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has launched its free Semantic Scholar service, which will allow scientific researchers to quickly search the millions of scientific papers published each year to find those most relevant to their work. PRNewswire brought this information our way in their article, “Semantic Scholar Utilizes Artificial Intelligence Methods to Transform Scientific…
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