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Publisher: Google Summer Games 2008 
 Can't make it to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing? "Now, you can follow the Summer Games no matter where you are. Explore stadiums in 3D, track medal counts, and view live sport results on Google Maps and Google Earth." From Google. http://maps.google.com/help/maps/2008summergames/ Topics: The Olympic Games: Past, Present, Future Last updated Aug 13, 2008 Holiday Logos and Events: Google Style!
Galleries of Google logos commemorating holidays and events. Use the search tool to rummage for logos for occasions such as Alfred Hitchcock's birthday, Earth Day, and Chinese New Year. Archives back to 1999 include early logos customized for Thanksgiving and the Burning Man festival. http://www.google.com/logos/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Oct 26, 2009 Blogger
A site for creating free blogs (sometimes called Web logs or Weblogs), "a place to collect and share things that you find interesting -- whether it's your political commentary, a personal diary, or links to web sites you want to remember." Learn more about blogging, browse blogs, and see examples of incorporating this online journaling tool into business and personal use. Some blogs may have mature content. https://www.blogger.com/start Topics: Blogs & Podcasts, Internet Last updated Jun 6, 2007 Google Guide: Calculator
A tip sheet for Google's built-in calculation function. Learn how to use Google to "add up a list of numbers, convert from miles to kilometers, or evaluate some other mathematical expression." From Google Guide. "Google Guide is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Google." Also includes links to Google's own online help for the calculator. http://www.googleguide.com/calculator.html Topics: Mathematics, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jul 21, 2005 google.org: Flu Trends
This tool "uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity." View data for the U.S. (national and states) and several other countries, and download raw data for current and historical estimates. Provides an overview of the tool and a FAQ. From Google. http://www.google.org/flutrends/ Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Nov 4, 2009 Google Zeitgeist
Track "search patterns, trends, and surprises according to Google." Features top popular searches across the board as well as in categories such as celebrities, musicians, seasonal topics, and more. Includes an annual summary and timeline, and archived weekly and monthly search reports back to 2001. Also find search patterns for some specific countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Brazil, Australia, and Japan. http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist/index.html Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Sep 15, 2009 Google Groups
A "free online community and discussion group service that offers the Web's most comprehensive archive of Usenet postings (more than a billion messages)." http://groups.google.com/ Topics: Internet, Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Aug 31, 2005 Google Groups: 20 Year Usenet Timeline
A timeline of "especially memorable articles and threads" in Usenet discussion groups from 1981 forward, compiled from several significant Usenet archival resources. Includes first mentions of MTV and Star Wars, early references to emoticons, the first thread about AIDS, and more. http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html Topics: Computers, Computers, Internet, Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Jan 12, 2005 Google U.S. Government Search
Use this facet of Google to search for "U.S. government information, and for keeping up to date on government news. You can choose to search for content located on either U.S. federal, state and local government websites or the entire Web." http://www.google.com/unclesam Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Government, Government, Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Dec 18, 2008 Google News Search
News from a variety of major publications and newspapers, updated as events unfold. Searchable; browsable by major categories such as sports, business, technology, regional, and Headline News . http://news.google.com/ Topics: News Last updated May 4, 2005 Google (Klingon Version)/Google tlhIngan Hol
A version of the Google search engine in Klingon, a language originally developed for use in Star Trek movies. http://www.google.com/intl/xx-klingon/ Topics: Humor, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Languages, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 23, 2004 Google Cheat Sheet
A quick reference guide to the most popular special operators for Google, including Boolean and adjacency operators, definitions, mathematical calculators, date search, site "info," and more. http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Nov 9, 2004 Google Maps
Drag-and-drop online mapping from Google. Provides options to search for locations, businesses, and driving directions, and a general search box to key in your destination. Results may be printed or emailed. http://maps.google.com Topics: Maps Last updated Feb 26, 2006 Google Image Search
"Google analyzes the text on the page adjacent to the image, the image caption and dozens of other factors to determine the image content." Results pages contain thumbnail images with name and size of image included, plus a link to the Web page on which the image is located. Filtering is available at moderate and strict levels. http://images.google.com/ Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Jun 26, 2007 Google Labs
This experimental site from the Google search engine "showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time." Play with keyboard shortcuts, telephone searching, a glossary (thesaurus), and more. http://www.googlelabs.com/ Topics: Computers, Computers, Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Oct 6, 2009 Google Suggest
This is a test version of a Web searching system in which "as you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you're typing and offers suggestions in real time." Type a query very slowly, one character at a time, and see a list of suggestions from Google. Includes a FAQ and a discussion forum. http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Google Video
Test version of a Web browser that "enables you to search a growing archive of televised content — everything from sports to dinosaur documentaries to news shows." Google Video searches "the closed captioning text of all the programs in our archive for relevant results." Includes a discussion forum. http://video.google.com Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Google Alerts
"Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic"; Google will check for updates "as-it-happens," daily, or weekly. Several types of alerts available: news, Web, blogs, video, and groups. http://www.google.com/alerts/ Topics: News Last updated Oct 5, 2007 Google Book Search
A searchable archive of the full texts of books scanned from publishers and libraries. The site includes a discussion of what portions of materials are available for books that may still be under copyright protection: "you'll only see snippets of text directly around your search term. This snippet view is designed to help users ... make a decision about whether to go find a physical copy of the book." Formerly known as Google Print. http://books.google.com/ Topics: Industries, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Nov 17, 2005 Google Librarian Center: Newsletter Archive
A newsletter from Google for librarians, featuring "articles contributed by librarians and library supporters, links to library-related web sites, and updates on Google products and services that can help you in your work." The Jan. 19, 2006, issue includes an article about evaluating websites by LII's own Karen G. Schneider. Published irregularly, approximately every five weeks. Free email subscription. http://www.google.com/librariancenter/librarian_newsletter.html Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools, Librarianship Last updated Apr 30, 2006 Google Scholar
Beta version of this Internet search tool that "provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations." From Google. http://scholar.google.com Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Mar 8, 2006 Google: News Archive Search
This is "an easy way to search and explore historical [news] archives." Some news articles are free, while the remainder are fee-based. Note: Before purchasing news articles, users are cautioned to check with their libraries to see if these articles are already available to them at no added cost. From Google. http://news.google.com/archivesearch/ Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools, Newspapers Last updated Sep 12, 2006 Celebrate Your Freedom to Read: Explore Banned Books
This site from 2006 celebrates the 25th anniversary of Banned Book Week by listing 42 books that have been challenged or banned in the U.S. Includes links to catalog records for the books and to citations for books about the banned books for titles such as "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Lolita," "The Great Gatsby," "1984," "Catcher in the Rye," "Satanic Verses," and "The Color Purple." From Google Book Search. http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/ Topics: Librarianship, Literature & Books, Special Months Last updated Sep 20, 2006 Google Patent Search
This patent search "covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO -- from patents issued in the 1790s through ... [the present. It does not] currently include patent applications, international patents, or U.S. patents issued over the last few months." Search by keyword, patent number, inventor name, issue and file dates, and other factors. Results include abstract, drawings, and other associated material. From Google. http://www.google.com/patents Topics: Business & Consumer Law Last updated Dec 21, 2007 Google Moon
This site provides "a mosaic of landing site images and a tour of the Apollo landings" on the moon. Click to zoom in on the landing sites for the "six missions of the Apollo Program, which lasted from 1963 to 1972." Also includes a FAQ and a relief map showing moon elevations. From Google, in partnership with scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center. http://www.google.com/moon/ Topics: Astronomy Last updated Sep 25, 2007 Google Finance
Links to news and analysis about financial matters in the U.S. Includes material about the stock market and industry sectors such as heath care, technology, and utilities. Also, as of June 2008, includes real-time stock quotes for NASDAQ securities. From Google. http://www.google.com/finance Topics: Finance Last updated Sep 15, 2009 Google Language Tools
Collection of language tools from Google. Includes typing in a phrase in one language and finding web pages in another language, text translation, using the Google interface in dozens of languages, and a list of international Google domains. http://www.google.com/language_tools Topics: Language Last updated Aug 20, 2008 Google 10th Birthday
Material related to the commemoration of the 10th anniversary in 2008 of this search engine. Features a timeline back to 1995, video clips and stories on how people use Google, and information about the 10^100 project, in which users have until October 20, 2008, to submit ideas for helping other people. "10^100 is another way of expressing the number 'googol,' a one followed by one hundred zeroes." From Google. http://www.google.com/tenthbirthday/ Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Oct 29, 2008 Google 2008 U.S. Election
Links to news and updates related to the 2008 presidential elections. Find links to material on the six presidential candidates (Baldwin, Barr, McCain, McKinney, Nader, and Obama), and to topics such as the presidential debates, quotes, and analysis by political commentators. Also features a mapping function where you can learn and locate your voting place. From Google. http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/2008election/ Topics: 2008 Presidential Election Last updated Dec 2, 2008 Life Photo Archive
"Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google." Searchable by keyword, or browse by decade (1860s to 1970s) or featured people, places, events, sports, and culture. From Google. http://images.google.com/hosted/life Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Nov 24, 2008 Google PowerMeter
Background about this tool that "shows consumers their electricity consumption in a secure Google gadget." As of summer 2009, Google is "testing the product with utility partners in the US, India and Canada" and has plans for expansion. Find videos, links to articles and reports, policy statements and testimony, a FAQ, listing of partners, and energy saving tips. From Google. http://www.google.org/powermeter/ Topics: Energy Last updated Jun 15, 2009 |
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