Archive for January, 2007

Searching the Internet Quick Tips 005: Scandoo.com

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

In Searching the Intenet Quick Tips number 5 we cover Scandoo, a way to ensure the sites you find with Google, Yahoo, MSN or Ask are safe sites based on preferences you control. The results are displayed with a green checkmark for sites that are okay, a red sign with an X if they violate one of your setting in your preferences and an orange question mark if scandoo doesn’t know the site or hasn’t scanned it.

STIQT005-2007-01-30_Scandoo.mp3


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Searching the Internet 014: Government Information Sources (enhanced AAC)

Friday, January 12th, 2007

Episode 014 discusses US Government sources of information including the CIA World Factbook, the Congressional Research Service, the former Office of Technical Assessment (OTA), National Archives, FirstGov search engine, American Factfinder, FedStats, THOMAS, Govtrack, and Free Government Information.

00:00 Intro
Search Engine News
01:55 AskCity
02:43 Google Zeitgeist 2006
04:13 Google Mapping Europe
04:55 Google Searches US Patents
06:06 MapQuest Mobile Enhanced
06:54 Wikipedia Founder to Take On Google
08:20 Podzinger Does YouTube
09:23 Live Search Books in Beta

10:56 Government Information Sources
11:22 CIA World Factbook
13:08 Congressional Research Reports zFacts
14:29 Congressional Research Reports State Department
15:17 Congressional Research Reports Open CRS
17:42 Office of Technical Accessment (OTA)
19:41 Firstgov.gov (now USAsearch.gov)
21:20 National Archives
23:36 US Census Factfinder
26:10 FedStats Search
27:26 Library of Congress THOMAS
28:43 Govtrack.us
30:57 Free Government Information
32:12 Wrapup

STI014-2007-01-06_Government Information Sources.m4a

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Searching the Internet 014: Government Information Sources

Friday, January 12th, 2007

Episode 014 discusses US Government sources of information including the CIA World Factbook, the Congressional Research Service, the former Office of Technical Assessment (OTA), National Archives, FirstGov search engine, American Factfinder, FedStats, THOMAS, Govtrack, and Free Government Information.

00:00 Intro
Search Engine News
01:55 AskCity
02:43 Google Zeitgeist 2006
04:13 Google Mapping Europe
04:55 Google Searches US Patents
06:06 MapQuest Mobile Enhanced
06:54 Wikipedia Founder to Take On Google
08:20 Podzinger Does YouTube
09:23 Live Search Books in Beta

10:56 Government Information Sources
11:22 CIA World Factbook
13:08 Congressional Research Reports zFacts
14:29 Congressional Research Reports State Department
15:17 Congressional Research Reports Open CRS
17:42 Office of Technical Accessment (OTA)
19:41 Firstgov.gov (now USAsearch.gov)
21:20 National Archives
23:36 US Census Factfinder
26:10 FedStats Search
27:26 Library of Congress THOMAS
28:43 Govtrack.us
30:57 Free Government Information
32:12 Wrapup

STI014-2007-01-06_Government Information Sources.mp3

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