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Hsieh-Yee, I.: ¬The retrieval power of selected search engines : how well do they address general reference questions and subject questions? (1998)
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- Abstract
- Evaluates the performance of 8 major Internet search engines in answering 21 real reference questions and 5 made up subject questions. Reports on the retrieval and relevancy ranking abilities of the search engines. Concludes that the search engines did not produce good results for the reference questions unlike for the subject questions. The best engines are identified by type of questions, with Infoseek best for the subject questions, and OpenText best for refrence questions
- Date
- 25.12.1998 19:22:51
- Footnote
- Part of an issue devoted to electronic resources and their use in libraries, from the viewpoint of reference services, with an emphasis on the Internet and Geographic Information Systems
- Source
- Reference librarian. 1998, no.60, S.27-47
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Duval, B.K.; Main, L.: Searching the Internet : part 2 trail-blazers (1997)
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- Abstract
- Presents a guide to searching for information on the Internet covering Research-It; familiar quotations: a collection of passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature by John Bartlett; the Internet Public Library Reference Center; SearchERIC Database; Britannica Online; Britannica's Lives; The complete works of William Shakespeare; Flicks/Movie Schedules and Reviews; the Electronic Newsstand; CNN Interactive; Time Warner's Pathfinder; Electronic Newspapers from all 50 States; Yahoo, News; Newspapers; Techweb; ZDNet; the On-line Books Page; Columbia University Bartleby Library; the Children's Literature Web Guide; National Institutes of Health; US Census Bureau; Earthquake Info; US Postal Service Zip+4 Lookup; the Federal Web Locator; World Wide Web Virtual Library; US Government Information Sources; Index of the Constitution of the US; US States Code; Find California Code; Dearch for Bills; California Tenant's Rights; The Online Career Center; QuickAID Home Page; City.Net; Netscape's Destinations Button; International Telephone Directory; World Alumni Net; Archives of Adoptees and Birth Parents; and World Wide Registry Matching Adoptees with Birth Parents
- Date
- 6. 3.1997 16:22:15
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Taylor, M.: Using the Google search appliance for federated searching : a case study (2005)
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- Abstract
- This article discusses the University of Nevada, Reno's experiment of federated searching with version 4.1 of the Google Search Appliance. The project's testbed included locally held CONTENTdm and geospatial data collections and a sample of records from EBSCO's Academic Search Premiere database. The latter set of records revealed the GSA's limitations in being able to index and retrieve content that is dynamically generated and that requires third party authentication.
- Series
- Internet reference services quarterly. 10(2005) nos.3/4
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Callicott, B.; Vaughn, D.: Google Scholar vs. Library Scholar : testing the performance of Schoogle (2005)
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- Abstract
- How does the content of Google Scholar, a.k.a. "Schoogle, compare to that of subscription databases and the library catalog? Five sample research topics indigenous to undergraduate libraries were searched in Google Scholar, the College of Charleston online catalog, EBSCO's Academic Search Premier database, and a subject-specific subscription database. Points of consideration included document type, availability of full-text materials, local availability of materials (either in print or online), and relevance of materials to the research topics. Results showed that Google Scholar, while a substantive supplementary research tool, does not provide the same quality in terms of relevance for many research topics.
- Series
- Internet reference services quarterly. 10(2005) nos.3/4
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Sandler, M.: Disruptive beneficence : the Google Print program and the future of libraries (2005)
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- S.5-22
- Series
- Internet reference services quarterly. 10(2005) nos.3/4
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Lackie, R.J.: Google's Print and Scholar initiatives : the value of and impact on libraries and information services (2005)
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- Abstract
- Google regularly makes headlines with new Web-based tools, but two recent projects promise to have profound implications for the future of librarianship. With Google's recent big push to add content from books and journals into its database via its expanded Google Print and new Google Scholar initiatives, today's academic libraries and publishers, among others, are taking notice. Many are sitting back and watching how others deal with these initiatives, while some are raising their voices in question, praise, or protest.
- Series
- Internet reference services quarterly. 10(2005) nos.3/4
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Kimmel, S.: WWW search tools in reference services (1997)
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- Abstract
- Gives an introduction to the WWW search tools for reference services, including robot generated services, review/rating services, metasearch engines, and subject directories
- Footnote
- Contribution to an issue devoted to reference sources on the Internet
- Source
- Reference librarian. 1997, no.57, S.5-20
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DeZelar-Tiedman, C.: Known-item searching on the World Wide Web (1997)
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- Abstract
- Aims to discover whether known item searches are possible with some of the most popular search engines on the WWW and if the results retrieved using such a search would be satisfactory to users. 4 major search engines (InfoSeek, Excite, AltaVista and Lycos) were tested and compared, using the most sophisticated search techniques available. 39 Web sites were selected and searched by title, and ranked according to the relevance and order of the displayed results. Concludes that these search engines were clearly not designed with known item searches in mind and most users searching the Web are unschooled in the intricacies of database searching and do not know how to construct complex search queries or used advanced searching techniques to the fullest potential. Infoseek Guide was rated the best with Excite and AltaVista also achieving satisfactory results. Lycos A2Z was not ot rated as being well equipped for this type of searching
- Source
- Internet reference services quarterly. 2(1997) no.1, S.5-14
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Schmetzke, A.: ¬The utility of German WWW search services for North American users (1998)
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- Reference services review. 26(1998) no.1, S.43-50
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Lewandowski, D.; Spree, U.: Ranking of Wikipedia articles in search engines revisited : fair ranking for reasonable quality? (2011)
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- Abstract
- This paper aims to review the fiercely discussed question of whether the ranking of Wikipedia articles in search engines is justified by the quality of the articles. After an overview of current research on information quality in Wikipedia, a summary of the extended discussion on the quality of encyclopedic entries in general is given. On this basis, a heuristic method for evaluating Wikipedia entries is developed and applied to Wikipedia articles that scored highly in a search engine retrieval effectiveness test and compared with the relevance judgment of jurors. In all search engines tested, Wikipedia results are unanimously judged better by the jurors than other results on the corresponding results position. Relevance judgments often roughly correspond with the results from the heuristic evaluation. Cases in which high relevance judgments are not in accordance with the comparatively low score from the heuristic evaluation are interpreted as an indicator of a high degree of trust in Wikipedia. One of the systemic shortcomings of Wikipedia lies in its necessarily incoherent user model. A further tuning of the suggested criteria catalog, for instance, the different weighing of the supplied criteria, could serve as a starting point for a user model differentiated evaluation of Wikipedia articles. Approved methods of quality evaluation of reference works are applied to Wikipedia articles and integrated with the question of search engine evaluation.
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- 30. 9.2012 19:27:22
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Egger-Sider, F.; Devine, J.: Google, the Invisible Web, and librarians : slaying the research goliath (2005)
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- Abstract
- Effective Web research must include both Visible and Invisible Web resources and reference librarians have an important role to play in mediating the research process. The Google search engine is the public's tool of choice and dominates Web searching even though it accesses a limited portion of the Web. The Invisible Web is less well-known to the public and harder to access but contains a greater wealth of resources. Reference librarians should help guide people to the best solutions for their information needs: at times Google. at other times the diverse tools that access the Invisible Web.
- Series
- Internet reference services quarterly. 10(2005) nos.3/4
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Wiley, D.L.: Beyond information retrieval : ways to provide content in context (1998)
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- Database. 21(1998) no.4, S.18-22
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Miller, W.: Libraries and their interrelationships with Google : introduction (2005)
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- Internet reference services quarterly. 10(2005) nos.3/4
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McKiernan, G.: Beyond bookmarks : a review of frameworks, features, and functionalities of schemes for organizing the Web (1998)
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- Internet reference services quarterly. 3(1998) no.1, S.69-82
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Sherman, C.: Reference resources on the Web (2000)
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Bates, M.E.: Quick answers to odd questions (2004)
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- "One of the things I enjoyed the most when I was a reference librarian was the wide range of questions my clients sent my way. What was the original title of the first Godzilla movie? (Gojira, released in 1954) Who said 'I'm as pure as the driven slush'? (Tallulah Bankhead) What percentage of adults have gone to a jazz performance in the last year? (11%) I have found that librarians, speech writers and journalists have one thing in common - we all need to find information on all kinds of topics, and we usually need the answers right now. The following are a few of my favorite sites for finding answers to those there-must-be-an-answer-out-there questions. - For the electronic equivalent to the "ready reference" shelf of resources that most librarians keep hidden behind their desks, check out RefDesk . It is particularly good for answering factual questions - Where do I get the new Windows XP Service Pack? Where is the 386 area code? How do I contact my member of Congress? - Another resource for lots of those quick-fact questions is InfoPlease, the publishers of the Information Please almanac .- Right now, it's full of Olympics data, but it also has links to facts and factoids that you would look up in an almanac, atlas, or encyclopedia. - If you want numbers, start with the Statistical Abstract of the US. This source, produced by the U.S. Census Bureau, gives you everything from the divorce rate by state to airline cost indexes going back to 1980. It is many librarians' secret weapon for pulling numbers together quickly. - My favorite question is "how does that work?" Haven't you ever wondered how they get that Olympic torch to continue to burn while it is being carried by runners from one city to the next? Or how solar sails manage to propel a spacecraft? For answers, check out the appropriately-named How Stuff Works. - For questions about movies, my first resource is the Internet Movie Database. It is easy to search, is such a popular site that mistakes are corrected quickly, and is a fun place to catch trailers of both upcoming movies and those dating back to the 30s. - When I need to figure out who said what, I still tend to rely on the print sources such as Bartlett's Familiar Quotations . No, the current edition is not available on the web, but - and this is the librarian in me - I really appreciate the fact that I not only get the attribution but I also see the source of the quote. There are far too many quotes being attributed to a celebrity, but with no indication of the publication in which the quote appeared. Take, for example, the much-cited quote of Margaret Meade, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has!" Then see the page on the Institute for Intercultural Studies site, founded by Meade, and read its statement that it has never been able to verify this alleged quote from Meade. While there are lots of web-based sources of quotes (see QuotationsPage.com and Bartleby, for example), unless the site provides the original source for the quotation, I wouldn't rely on the citation. Of course, if you have a hunch as to the source of a quote, and it was published prior to 1923, head over to Project Gutenberg , which includes the full text of over 12,000 books that are in the public domain. When I needed to confirm a quotation of the Red Queen in "Through the Looking Glass", this is where I started. - And if you are stumped as to where to go to find information, instead of Googling it, try the Librarians' Index to the Internet. While it is somewhat US-centric, it is a great directory of web resources."
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Adlington, J.; Benda, C.: Checking under the hood : evaluating Google Scholar for reference use (2005)
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- Series
- Internet reference services quarterly. 10(2005) nos.3/4
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Ardo, A.; Lundberg, S.: ¬A regional distributed WWW search and indexing service : the DESIRE way (1998)
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- Abstract
- Creates an open, metadata aware system for distributed, collaborative WWW indexing. The system has 3 main components: a harvester (for collecting information), a database (for making the collection searchable), and a user interface (for making the information available). all components can be distributed across networked computers, thus supporting scalability. The system is metadata aware and thus allows searches on several fields including title, document author and URL. Nordic Web Index (NWI) is an application using this system to create a regional Nordic Web-indexing service. NWI is built using 5 collaborating service points within the Nordic countries. The NWI databases can be used to build additional services
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- 1. 8.1996 22:08:06
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Fischer, T.; Neuroth, H.: SSG-FI - special subject gateways to high quality Internet resources for scientific users (2000)
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- Abstract
- Project SSG-FI at SUB Göttingen provides special subject gateways to international high quality Internet resources for scientific users. Internet sites are selected by subject specialists and described using an extension of qualified Dublin Core metadata. A basic evaluation is added. These descriptions are freely available and can be searched and browsed. These are now subject gateways for 3 subject ares: earth sciences (GeoGuide); mathematics (MathGuide); and Anglo-American culture (split into HistoryGuide and AnglistikGuide). Together they receive about 3.300 'hard' requests per day, thus reaching over 1 million requests per year. The project SSG-FI behind these guides is open to collaboration. Institutions and private persons wishing to contribute can notify the SSG-FI team or send full data sets. Regular contributors can request registration with the project to access the database via the Internet and create and edit records
- Date
- 22. 6.2002 19:40:42
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Nicholson, S.; Sierra, T.; Eseryel, U.Y.; Park, J.-H.; Barkow, P.; Pozo, E.J.; Ward, J.: How much of it is real? : analysis of paid placement in Web search engine results (2006)
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- Abstract
- Most Web search tools integrate sponsored results with results from their internal editorial database in providing results to users. The goal of this research is to get a better idea of how much of the screen real estate displays real editorial results as compared to sponsored results. The overall average results are that 40% of all results presented on the first screen are real results, and when the entire first Web page is considered, 67% of the results are nonsponsored results. For general search tools such as Google, 56% of the first screen and 82% of the first Web page contain nonsponsored results. Other results include that query structure makes a significant difference in the percentage of nonsponsored results returned by a search. Similarly, the topic of the query also can have a significant effect on the percentage of sponsored results displayed by most Web search tools.
- Date
- 22. 7.2006 16:32:57
