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Making the grade
Change. It’s inevitable, right? So it should come as no surprise that even the web giant Wikipedia has had to make some changes to its operating procedures. The following NYT article describes n… more →
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Making the grade
Paul Betty wrote 3 months ago: Change. It’s inevitable, right? So it should come as no surprise that even the web giant Wikip … more →
Whose words exactly?
Paul Betty wrote 9 months ago: I’ve linked to a few blogs below about some controversy surrounding the authorship of posts in … more →
Libraries and the Deep Web
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Paul Betty wrote 9 months ago: The New York Time recently published the following article: Exploring a ‘Deep Web’ That Google Can’t … more →
Accountability and Wikipedia: Know the score!
Paul Betty wrote 1 year ago: Check out Wired Magazine’s article Wikipedia Sleuths Win Journalism Award for Wired.com, which … more →
Primary versus secondary sources
Paul Betty wrote 1 year ago: When conducting research on your topic, it is often helpful to consider the type of documents you ne … more →
Find E-books with OAIster
Paul Betty wrote 1 year ago: Looking for publicly available electronic books on the web. Try using the OAIster search engine! OAI … more →
Search engines and precision
Paul Betty wrote 1 year ago: We all know how the story goes when searching the web using tools like Google and Yahoo. Type in you … more →
Complex questions and simple answers
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Paul Betty wrote 1 year ago: Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian at Temple University, has written a thought provoking po … more →
Google Scholar: What is it?
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: Nearly all of you have probably used Google to search the web, but did you know that Google offers s … more →
Search tips for the internet
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: If you’ve been an avid reader of this blog, then you’ll find some repetition in this art … more →
Recommended websites
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: A reminder that each subject guide on the library website includes a list of recommended websites. T … more →
INTUTE: Social Sciences
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: Here at the library, we’re big on what we like to call information portals. These are research … more →
Educational open access repositories
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: Academics and scholars are increasingly publishing their research direct to the Web instead of waiti … more →
Guess the Google
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: This highly addictive game gives a great lesson in thinking about search terms. In particular, think … more →
Library Advocate: Ted Koppel
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: Ted Koppel does an excellent job in this video explaining the need for information literacy. Simply … more →
Who's in control?
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: More news about Wikipedia. Cal Tech graduate student Virgil Griffith has created a now rather famous … more →
A web of knowledge?
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: Wired magazine has a interesting article that examines the average American’s knowledge of cur … more →
What is Social Bookmarking?
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: Another great video from Lee Lefever and the folks at Common Craft. This time they cover the subject … more →
The participatory Web and you.
Paul Betty wrote 2 years ago: An interesting chart from the Business Week website about internet users and their characteristics. … more →
