Guest writer Mary Ellen Bates takes a closer look at the news archives in today's SearchDay article, Google As News Archivist. Google launched its News Archive Search with little fanfare in September, and I found it to be an interesting, useful...
Guest writer Mary Ellen Bates has found a new tool that helps you search for feeds from a variety of souces and easily aggregate them for reading. RSS feeds offer a great way to pull relevant content from blogs, news sites and many other sources...
Guest writer Mary Ellen Bates looks at a number of these highly focused services in today's SearchDay article, Finding Articles Online. When you're looking for magazine or journal articles, search engines can be helpful, but other specialized...
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.
Guest writer Mary Ellen Bates has been using a new tool from Net Snippets that has multiple features bundled into a single package that make it a seriously cool (and fun) addition to her web research arsenal, she reports in today's SearchDay...
Another new search engine worthy of your attention is Exalead, writes guest writer Mary Ellen Bates in today's SearchDay article, Introducing a New Web Search Contender. You don't see many new general purpose search engines emerge these days—the...
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.
Try these techniques for conquering info glut from internationally renowned super searcher Mary Ellen Bates. Search Engine Showdown is produced by writer and Montana State University Reference Librarian Greg R.
High-Value Online Services Without the High Price by Mary Ellen Bates, Guest Writer In this guest article, noted super searcher Mary Ellen Bates describes the relatively low-cost options and how (and when) to use them for maximum benefit.
