Knowledge Handler

Information Sources & Information Sifting Techniques

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I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Web 20.11 From DiscoveryEducation.com

DiscoveryEducation.com has listed some nifty educational for school educators.
-DD

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Digital Hoarding

Bob Sprankle has raised the issue "Are We Digital Hoarders?" With over a thousand emails in a couple of my accounts, I need to evaluate myself.


-DD

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Browsys

Browsys.com is a metasearch tool with a chaotic group of tools. It promises to "folders" of searches to be shared without requiring a login, which should help librarians and scholars in passing information to one another. It also offers links to a number of sites I have not previously explored.


-DD

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Microsoft on YouTube

Microsoft's YouTube Channelwas hacked on October 22, according to an article by Computerworld reporter Lucian Constantin. It appears that someone had or obtained a password to the site and replaced Microsoft's content with their own. Constantin encourages readers to use strong passwords and to check their user profiles periodically.


-DD

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Monday, October 24, 2011

SWEETSEARCH

Sweetsearch.com is advertised as a search engine for students. I believe it uses Google as its search engine, but limits results to those judged to be quality sites.


-D.D.

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Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Retreiving Erased Data

Network World has been offering videos on technical issues, such as this one on restoring lost files.





-D.D.

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