Tag Archives: search engines

April 2, 2012

Google’s Advanced Search…MIA

For those of you who love and use Google’s Advanced Search, you might have been scratching your head wondering to where such a great tool has disappeared.  A few months ago Google revised its home search page, and in the … Continue reading →

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August 25, 2009

Search Engine Taste Test

Remember the soft drink challenge taste tests in the 1980s where consumers would blindly sample name brand colas and decide which they liked best without the influence of brands and logos? Something similar has been making its way around the … Continue reading →

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February 24, 2009

Visual Preview Search with Ask and Viewzi

It’s hard not to be blinded by search giant Google’s dominance over the web search industry. However, a deeper look at other engines shows much innovation and experimentation taking shape especially by companies within the “alternative search engine” movement. Two … Continue reading →

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February 3, 2009

Metasearch w/ OhioLINK!

Two helpful search tools freely available to all currently enrolled students, staff, and faculty are OhioLINK’s Quick Search and Multi-Database Search.  These tools function like a metasearch engine, allowing you to quickly search across multiple research databases and formats (e.g., … Continue reading →

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