Searching and Researching Tools

Check out the latest in search engines and related research tools.

Resources in this category:

Connotea: free online reference management
http://www.connotea.org/

Keep track of your research resources, including bibliographic information, assign tags, download information to desktop applications, share resources with colleagues or browse the libraries of other researchers. Since Connotea is Web-based, access your information from any computer with a Web connection. Free registration required.

Elf | Your Personal Email Library Reminder Service
http://www.libraryelf.com/

"A web-based and email tool for library users to keep track of their library borrowings . . .like a personal assistant, whose task is to help with keeping track of what one has on loan from the library. Designed with the busy or avid library user in mind, Elf is ideal for families with multiple library cards or for individuals (writers, researchers, students, readers, etc.) who have cards from different libraries." Free registration required.

Google Custom Search Engine
http://www.google.com/coop/cse/

"Have a website or collection of sites you'd like to search over? With Custom Search Engine, you can harness the power of Google to create a search engine tailored to your needs." In addition, you can also see examples, review documentation and peruse the blog for more information.

Scribd
http://www.scribd.com/

Easily share your original documents online. "Think of Scribd as a big online library where everyone can publish original content, including you! Part of the idea behind Scribd is that everyone has a lot of documents sitting around on their computers that only they can read." Scribd provides a platform through which you can share your docs with the world!

Search people in video | Reuters Labs
http://reuters.viewdle.com/searchm

"Search People in Video is powered by Viewdle, a pioneering facial recognition-based video indexing and search technology that recognizes true, real-time and contextually-relevant appearances of people on screen." Simply type in the name of the person you want to find and be amazed by the results.

Tasty Data Goodies - Swivel
http://www.swivel.com/

Upload and visualize your spreadsheet data - then compare it with data that others have loaded. A great place to review a variety of data visualization examples and to create your own. Note that any data uploaded for free at Swivel becomes available for all visitors at Swivel to view.

TerraFly Geo Databases at FIU sponsored by NSF, USGS, NASA and IBM
http://terrafly.com/

"Navigate the map, doubleclick it to get local point-data, easily geo-query vast databases, and fly with TerraFly® Web tools, from autopilots to pro viewers. View Imagery and Data anywhere in the United States and in much of the World."