Thursday, September 18, 2008

CSC 105 &106

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Or search the following Library databases individually to find articles on your topic:

ABI/Inform

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Lexis-Nexis

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On the Public Web:
Need additional help with:
Microsoft Office 2007? Try the University of Wisconsin's site.
Visual Basic? Look at the sites listed on the ARC website.
Writing a paper? Try the OWL at Purdue.

Want to know how a search engine works? Look at this How Stuff Works page.

If you want some details on Google's search algorithm, try How Google Works.

Check a few of the "human-powered" directories like the Librarian's Index to the Internet or Infomine to locate a few credible sites on computer science topics.

Try using a different search engine like Ask, Kartoo, Quintura or Exalead. Try an "unusual" one like Ms Dewey, or some search engines that are still in Beta like Powerset or Hakia, or metasearch engines like Dogpile, Ixquick or Mamma.

Investigate some interesting tools: Mint, iLighter, MyNoteIt, Ning, Spokeo, Jott, Delicious, NetVibes, SecondLife, OpenOffice, Mozilla, LibraryThing, EasyBib, SecondLife, and, last but not least, a game that does some good-FreeRice.

Take a look at the top 10 searches (in several categories) for July 2008. How many of these terms did you use?

Finally, take a look at the Search Engines Relationship chart.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Dance

Start off by using the Assignment Calculator at U of Minnesota Libraries.

Below are suggested sources for information on topics in Dance:

You can search 19 of our databases all at once, by using 360 Search. Note that the default is to search the words in the title, but it may give you a good idea of what databases would work best. (Titles with an asterisk are in 360 Search).

LIBRARY DATABASES

Biography Reference Bank

Academic Search Premier

Lexis-Nexis

Historical Newspapers- The New York Times- 1851-2004

Project Muse

WEBSITES
Professional Associations & Organizations

Dance Companies

Mega Sites & Misc. Dance Related Sites
McCarter Theatre - Princeton
New York Magazine Classical & Dance Events
NYC Dance Connection (Ballroom and Latin Dance in the Tri-state area)
Star Ledger Arts & Events Calendar ( search "Dance")
State Theatre - New Brunswick.

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