Rowland Institute Library Blog

Jimmy Atkinson of OEDb pointed me to his collection of lists that
document more than a hundred sources of information in the “invisible
web.”  Most are freely available sites.

“Can Wikipedia ever make the grade” examines the accuracy of the online
encyclopedia, having several academics evaluate articles in their area
of expertise.  (source; j’s scratchpad)

In “thinking outside the search box,” Mary Elen Bates offers a number
of choices for searching on a topic, from news sites to weblogs. 
“Go where you think the information will be.” (Source: The Virtual
Chase)

Forbes has a “Best of the Web” directory of more than 3000 sites in
categories such as investing, blogs, health, travel and others. 
(Source: beSpacific)

ISI’s Science Citation Index access from 1900 to date is now available to Harvard users.  (Source: Kristin Stoklosa)

Reference Book of the Day offers reviews of various reference titles,
from new to early in the last century.  Topics include language,
philosophy, education, national parks, crime and others.  (source:
Library Juice)

Mary Ellen Bates gives some tips on how to use Wikipedia as a gateway
to finding authoritative sources.  (Source: The Virtual Chase)

Didn’t see this in time for the holidays, but lii.org points out a USPS
Customer’s Guide to Mailing, which explains different mailing options
and links to postage rate tables. 

(Source: SciTechDaily Review)

Lycos offers a beta version of a new search engine that purportedly
limits its scope to “discussion groups” or “web-based
conversations.”  This does not include newsgroups, and supposedly
is not meant to include blogs, although some blog pages will show up in
search results.  After executing a search, you can limit to a
specific kind of forum, such as Yahoo groups.  No advanced search
options as of yet, only a few limiters which appear on the results
page.  (Source:  Pandia Search World)