Category: Electronic Reference
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Google Scholar and EZProxy
Yesterday I mentioned that we were going to introduce Google Scholar (aka Schoogle) to our EZProxy authentication server to see if our distance students could then gain access to resources we’ve licensed, and I’m happy to report that it works like a charm! I logged in from home and was able to gain access to…
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How to make Google Scholar work for the distance students
OK, I haven’t had a chance to try it from off campus, but we’re introducing Google Scholar to our EZProxy server in the hopes that if we authenticate our students first, they will be able to access the content we have licensed when using Google Scholar. Of course this would mean the student would have…
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Google Scholar Bookmarklet
Haven’t seen anyone else pop up with this yet, but I was able to modify the Google Bookmarklet (which they call the Google Button) and make it search Google Scholar instead. Here’s one for Mozilla / Firefox / Opera: Google ScholarHere’s one for Safari: Google Scholar (thanks to Steve DiDomenico)And here’s one for IE: Google…
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To Chat or Not to Chat – part 2
About a month ago I posted about Steve Coffman and Linda Arret’s InfoToday article, To Chat or Not to Chat. Part 2 of this article is now online as well and I finally got a chance to give it a read. This part boils down to a warning not to just jump on the virtual…
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Skype for DE?
Could Skype be used instead of a toll free number for your distance students? I’ve been hearing about Skype for many months now, and the NY Times just ran a story on in, and it struck me that this would be a good alternative if you couldn’t offer your distance students a toll-free number. Or…
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Chatango
Just plugged this nifty-looking little Flash app into my library’s distance ed homepage (Library Connection). It places a small window on a web page that allows a visitor to immediately initiate a chat session. On my end, there’s a small desktop application that allows me to indicate if I’m available or not, and that also…
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Compare and contrast – NOT
So I’ve had an article sitting on my to-read pile for a couple of weeks, and when an article with a similar topic showed up I thought it would be an interesting chance to compare and contrast, as they promised to come to different conclusions. Ah well, at least my idea forced me to read…
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Most Depressing Moment of the CIL Conference
This post about Instant Messaging reminded me that I need to experiment with offering IM as a service for my students. No idea really if they’d use it – nobody’s asked me, but lots of people (Jenny) seem to think lots of other people use it! I tried setting up a Trillian account a while…