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Library News & Notes —
September 5, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

Anonymous Surfing 101
http://websearch.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/a/anonymous.htm

Being Wired or Being Tired: 10 Ways to Cope with Information Overload
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue56/houghton-jan/
(Sources: Library Web; beSpacific)

Big Data
http://www.nature.com/news/specials/bigdata/index.html

Download a Web App to Your Desktop
http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/Download (Shortened url)

Drug Error Finder Tool
http://www.usp.org/hqi/similarProducts/choosy.html
(Source: beSpacific)

Era of Scientific Secrecy Near End
http://www.livescience.com/culture/080902-open-science.html

Evolution to Revolution to Chaos?: Reference in Transition
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep08/Abram.shtml
(Source: Library Web)

Fed gives mixed report on Massachusetts economy
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories (Shortened url)

Google Chrome
http://www.google.com/chrome
(Source: Washington Post)

See also: With Web Browser, Google Launches Volley at Microsoft
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article (Shortened url)

Browser is good for Google, perhaps Googlers, too
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles (Shortened url)
(Source: j's scratchpad)

Serious Potential in Google's Browser
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/technology (Shortened url)

Inside Chrome: the Secret Project to Crush IE and Remake the Web
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-10/mf_chrome

Google tweaks Chrome licence text
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7597699.stm

Gut Decisions May Not Be Smart
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1835431,00.html
(Source: SciTechDaily)

He's giving you access, one document at a time
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080903/NEWS/809030309/1350
(Source: Boing Boing)

How the Large Hadron Collider Might Change the Web
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-lhc-may-change-internet
(Source: Science in the News)

How to Disguise Your Email Address in Newsgroups, Forums, Blog Comments, Chat
http://email.about.com/cs/spamfightingtips/qt/et012701.htm

Increasing Impact of Scholarly Journal Articles: Practical Strategies Librarians Can Share
http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v09n01/mullen_l01.html
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Laboratree
"A place conducive to experimentation, observation, collaboration, and anything related to science."
http://laboratree.org/pages/home
(Source: ResourceShelf)

Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My! New Ways to Sift Data
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/technology (Shortened url)
(Source: ResourceShelf)

patents.com
http://patents.com

Putting the Library in Wikipedia
http://www.infotoday.com/online/sep08/Pressley_McCallum.shtml
(Source: ResourceShelf)

See also: The pros and cons of Wikipedia
http://www.jg-tc.com/articles (Shortened url)
(Source: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian)

Research Sharing Gets New Tools and Goes Trendy
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=50584
(Source: ResourceShelf)

A Social Network Where You Can Be Too Social
On Facebook
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ (Shortened url)

US National Arboretum Fall Foliage Photo Gallery
http://www.usna.usda.gov/PhotoGallery/FallFoliage/
(Source: Librarians' Internet Index)

The weekends are more rainy - and it may be our fault
http://environment.newscientist.com (Shortened url)

Why the world is a happier place
http://www.newscientist.com/channel (Shortened url)

12 Sly Web Tricks That Put You in Control
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ (Shortened url)

20 Free eBooks About Social Media
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/20-free-ebooks-about-social-media/
(Source: Library Web)

The 50 greatest arts videos on YouTube
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/31/youtube.jazz
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Net)

 

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Received August 30 - September 5, 2008