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1 Aug

Local search makes it to crime mapping

The National Institute of Justice maintains a frequently updated list of links to cities and counties nationwide that have online crime mapping. Some sites, such as the one operated by Oakland, California, are searchable by date, zip code, police beat...
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29 Jun

Searching for Answers

I’ve previously mentioned the research service, Google Answers, a low cost public Internet exchange in which researchers bid to respond to questions. The questions, answers and the fee paid are all posted. A few weeks ago someone parted with $15...
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12 Jun

Locate telephone numbers on Google Maps

Take the first 6 digits of a North American telephone number and instantly plot it on a map. The NPA-NXX Geolocator, USA/Canada phone prefix location lookup tool, is useful for quickly finding the town in which the phone number is...
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4 Apr

New York Times online expands business research features and adds video

The redesigned New York Times website integrates the indepth news and cultural stories that are the core features of the newsprint paper with practical tools that make use of the Internet advantages. The NYT site has added a Video section,...
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28 Mar

California census data mapped

Census Trax has amassed U.S. Census housing and demographic data, displaying it in pop-up boxes by Census block or zip code. Search by street or zip code to find population numbers and characteristics, housing types, vacancies and other data. Move...
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25 Mar

Questions? – Answers from the Internet

The Library of Congress Ask A Librarian is a free service that connects you by phone or the Internet to a reference librarian who will answer your general or topic specific questions. One of their new categories is the law....
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28 Feb

Search text within TV video

Not everything that’s on the web can be found through a general search engine. A fairly new development being utilized by TVeyes enables keyword searching of text in video that’s posted on the...
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25 Oct

The 60 Second Answer

[UPDATE: 2014; Google Answers no longer takes questions but answers provided to past questions are still searchable.] You may be familiar with the Google fee service that connects you to a live person to answer any type of question you...
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