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25 Awesome Beta Research Tools from Libraries Around the World

25 Awesome Beta Research Tools from Libraries Around the World
If you're tired of using the same old search box on your local library website for research projects, it might be time to broaden your horizons. Try out one of these in-the-works betas sponsored by world-class libraries around the world. From academic libraries like that at MIT or renowned research centers like the Library of Congress, the following beta research tools feature innovative tricks to connect you with the most relevant, valid results on the Internet and in their card catalogs. Melvil Dewey would be proud. Tools Used at College and University Libraries Check out this list for academically-minded beta search tools sponsored by universities around the world. Vera Multi-Search: MIT: This new tool is still in the works, but once it's officially approved, students and researchers can use Vera Multi-Search as a way to find material in several different databases with one single search.

online graphical dictionary and thesaurus Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary — Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate. Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. It's a dictionary! Visuwords™ uses Princeton University’s WordNet, an opensource database built by University students and language researchers. The Visuwords™ Interface To use the applet you only need to type a word into the search query at the top of the page and press 'Enter'. You can zoom the model in and out by rolling the wheel on your mouse. Understanding the links between Synsets "is a kind of" — hyponym/hypernym pair With regards to "wheat" and "grain", we see a cyan link from "wheat" pointing towards "grain" we can understand this to mean that wheat "is a kind of" grain.

AionArmory - Aion Database Brooklyn Public Library - Local History Collections What's New Tweets by @Brooklynology Hours and Location Check out our Programs and Exhibitions page and the Brooklynology blog for more details. Contact Us Brooklyn Collection Central Library 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238 Phone: 718.230.2762 Fax: 718.857.2245 Email: Ask a Librarian Image of the Week It took long enough, but Spring is finally here, and with it comes another baseball season. About the Brooklyn Collection The Brooklyn Collection is Brooklyn Public Library's local history division, providing a range of information and services about anything and everything Brooklyn. Photographs View and/or purchase more than 20,000 Brooklyn photographs. Digital Collections Brooklyn Collection 2.0 For a daily dose of Brooklyn history, follow the Brooklyn Collection on the Brooklynology blog, Twitter, and check out (and tag!) Brooklyn Connections Learn more about Brooklyn Connections, our unique research project partnerships for 6th through 12th grades. Meet the Brooklyn Collection

Seven innovations in air travel : Travel Tips Between 5 and 7 September hundreds of representatives from airlines and airports around the world will visit Vancouver for the 2012 Future Travel Experience, an annual conference that showcases the latest technologies for making air travel easier. Getting ahead of the event, I checked in with major airports and airlines to find out about some of the previously presented travel tech innovations that they’ve been testing this year. Do-it-yourself boarding at gatesOn 27 June, Las Vegas' McCarran Airport opened a third terminal for domestic and international flights. Other airlines are eyeing the same technology as a replacement for gates overseen by personnel. Never lose another piece of luggageMcCarran’s third terminal has also put in place a high-tech baggage-handling system, where airport workers attach a tag embedded with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip to each checked bag. But facial scanning can also be used to achieve other efficiencies.

Newspaper archives and newspaper articles at HighBeam Research After many years of successfully serving the needs of our customers, HighBeam Research has been retired. Because HighBeam Research has closed down we have taken you to our sister website Questia, an award-winning Cengage Learning product. Located in downtown Chicago, Questia is the premier online research and paper writing resource. The Questia library contains books and journal articles on subjects such as history, philosophy, economics, political science, English and literature, anthropology, psychology, and sociology. In January 2010, Questia was acquired by Cengage Learning, the leading provider of innovative teaching, learning, and research solutions for professional, library, and academic audiences worldwide. Questia at a glance More than 500,000 students have used Questia since its launch. Testimonials “This is the best online library I've come across on the net! — Shari E., Philosophy graduate student at UCLA “This is a great research tool.

Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture Future by Airbus  Through innovation, and out-of-the-box thinking, Airbus will continue to meet its eco-efficiency goals, and ensure that air travel continues to be one of the safest, and most eco-efficient, means of transportation. As the air transport sector continues to grow, Airbus believes that the industry as a whole must concentrate on technological advances, while also advancing solutions that will meet passenger and market demands, the growing population and its demographic profile, and respect all aspects of the environment. After celebrating its own four decades of innovation, Airbus now is looking to the next 40-plus years – actively working with other industry stakeholders and experts to anticipate the global needs of a better-connected and more sustainable world. However, it all begins with one question: “what will air transport look like in the year 2050?”

Aion Mmorpg-Life - Aion: the Tower of Eternity Fansite The New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC): Towards Radical Collaboration Librarians are natural collaborators—we share materials through interlibrary loan, data through cataloging cooperatives, and our subject and technical expertise on numerous listservs and professional committees—but moving beyond these traditional modes of collaboration is challenging. Collaboration is hard because it often requires an institutional shift; it is time-consuming and relies on effective communication, teamwork, consensus-building and a healthy dose of respect. Last week, Brooklyn Museum hosted a discussion on collaboration led by representatives from NYARC to talk about the future of art museum libraries and used the consortium’s activities as an example of how museum libraries are working together. Arcade launch party held in the Reading Room of the Frick Art Reference Library, February 24, 2009. From left to right: Ken Soehner, Arthur K Watson Chief Librarian at the Thomas J.

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