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Link of the Week: Nov. 17 - 23
Price Is Right!
Gary Price, MLIS, is one of the world’s leading authorities
on the Invisible Web—the part of the Internet that search engines such
as Google usually miss. He’s dedicated countless hours to cataloging the
Invisible Web, and you can take advantage of his hard work by using the tools
he has compiled at Direct
Search. “Direct Search is a growing compilation of links to the search
interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely searchable/accessible
from general search tools…” he explains on his
site. There’s a special search engine on his home page that lets you
more easily navigate the Invisible Web, and the reference lists he has compiled
himself. For example, there is a page with News
and Information available via Streaming Audio & Video, including a Speech
and Transcript Center, mostly with news about Iraq. There’s links to
a full-text online
book search engine, Gary’s List
of Lists (useful industry/reference lists) and ResourceShelf
(Gary’s information resources and news).
Media
Forum Links
The
handouts that were distributed by journalists
at our media forum are online. Journalist contact
information is posted also, if you want to follow up with any of the people
you met at the forum (or if you live in the Asheville area and want to see what
you missed!).
Link/Article
of the Week Archives
For your convenience, we've begun archiving past
weeks' featured links and articles.
The Missing
Link
Have any suggestions for us regarding next week’s
link? Or is there information you seek, but you can’t find a helpful link?
Let us know! If others would benefit from
the information, we just may track down a link for you, or use your suggestion
as Link of the Week.
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