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Google public data explorer

by Will on April 6, 2010

As a reference librarian I am frequently asked about different types of statistics. Most of the statistics that patrons want are freely provided by government or nonprofit agencies and can therefore be found on the web. The data is usually in the form of a simple table or a data file that one can download [...]

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Finding Legal Opinions and articles in Google Scholar

by Will on January 15, 2010

Students often ask about finding “court cases” when they need to read legal opinions from State and/or Federal courts. Google Scholar now offers a special “Legal opinions and journals” search. Users can limit their searches to a particular State or retrieve only Federal Court opinions. Search results will also display articles from law journals. It [...]

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Google music search

by Will on December 14, 2009

You may not have noticed that searches for artists or songs in Google have recently changed. The top results are now links to samples of music that can be streamed for free. Let’s say you had a hankering to listen to Pete Seeger’s version of Oh Freedom, a quick search will get you there. Check [...]

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