Another influential librarian in our search world is Mary Ellen Bates, who offers tips to help her fellow info pros get their bearings. This week, a new searching mechanism was announced by the OpenLibrary project, with the audacious goal of...
And major kudos to Robert Clough of SearchEngineGuide for providing the links to discussions for the Search Engine Forums Spotlight every Friday.I'd also like to thank everyone who contributed articles to SearchDay over the years, including: Matt...
NationMaster also recently rolled out StateMaster.com, a sister site that offers similar data mining on US state statistics, using sources such as the US Census Bureau, FBI, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and a variety of non-profit...
One area in which it is evident that information comes with a price tag is news from more than a month or two ago. If you want truly historical information, News Archive is a fine place to start -- and often provides an interesting glimpse into...
Mary Ellen Bates is the principal of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business based in Boulder, Colorado. RSS feeds offer a great way to pull in interesting, relevant information—but finding good feeds can be a challenge.
Mary Ellen Bates is the principal of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business based in Boulder, Colorado. The search results page also provides information on the number of citations to each article within the Google Scholar...
Building & Running a Successful Research Business is the latest outstanding book from the prolific Mary Ellen Bates. Building & Running a Successful Research Business, Mary Ellen Bates The Skeptical Business Searcher, Robert Berkman Super Searchers...
Guest writer Mary Ellen Bates revisits two of the best web directories in today's SearchDay article, A Pair of Web Pathfinding Gems. Using a search engine to find information on the web is virtually reflexive for most of us these days.
Mary Ellen Bates is the principal of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business based in Boulder, Colorado. Though we rely heavily on search engines these days, sometimes a good "old fashioned" human edited directory is a better...
There are many approaches to sharing information you've found on the web, but a new free tool called eSnips is one of the most useful and intriguing yet seen. Net Snippets, the company that developed a product for post-search information management...
The first thing you need to do is start using your "peripheral vision," writes Mary Ellen Bates in today's SearchDay article, Thinking Outside the Search Box. Turning to our favorite search engine has become reflexive for most people seeking...
Mary Ellen Bates is the principal of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business based in Boulder, Colorado. Sometimes, looking beyond search engines is the best, if not only way to find the information you're looking for.
Mary Ellen Bates is the principal of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business based in Boulder, Colorado. Interfax Information Agency May 23 2005 5:41AM GMT Information Week May 23 2005 3:01PM GMT
In today's SearchDay article, Just the Facts, Please, guest writer Mary Ellen Bates writes about two free, comprehensive and usually reliable sources that can help you find quick answers to factual questions in a hurry.
While the major search engines continue to dabble with shortcuts to reference sources, Wikipedia and Answers.com have quietly evolved into two of the most comprehensive online search resources for quick, free and reliable ready reference information.
Mary Ellen Bates is the principal of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business based in Boulder, Colorado. Another resource for lots of those quick-fact questions is InfoPlease, the publishers of the Information Please almanac.
Try these techniques for conquering info glut from internationally renowned super searcher Mary Ellen Bates. Most of the world's knowledge is not on the internet, so if you want to be hip and hot about locating information, you'll understand how to...
Mary Ellen Bates is the principal of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business based in Boulder, Colorado. Type the airline name and the flight number in the search box, and you will see a link to the arrival/departure...
Mary Ellen Bates is the principal of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business based in Washington, DC. Although the web is rife with bogus pages and deceptive "information," it's surprising that even content from typically...
Mary Ellen Bates is the principal of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business based in Washington, DC. Who cares about reliable, up-to-date information? I needed to find information on Acute Interstitial Pneumonia for a...
