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Google and the USPTO are making patents and trademarks available at no charge:

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Want to see what someone’s (maybe your own) ’social networking profile’ is? You may want to try Flowtown.com. That’s what private investigator’s use.
Turn an Email Address into a Social Profile. / Flowtown / Flowtown

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Good50.com is an interesting search engine that may be of value to those who eye sight is not 20/20.  In its own words,
‘Good50.com : A search engine for older adults, seniors, and young children. Powered by Google.’    I would add, ‘and for the visually impaired’.    When you arrive at the sight you’ll see a large [...]

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Today I have to share another great Website introduced to me by KimKomando.com.   This Website is especially designed for the mobile Internet user (ie: iPhone and Blackberry).  TidyRead.com strips all of the graphics and ads providing the articles and posts only.    You can either

type in the entire url of the Website you want to [...]

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OnlineUniversities.com offered a useful list of Search Engines.   The site says that:
‘ Undergraduates and grad students alike will appreciate the usefulness of these search engines that allow them to find books, journal articles and even primary source material for whatever kind of research they’re working on and that return only [...]

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I learned about the ‘The Google Public Data Explorer‘ from ResearchBuzz.org.   Very interesting!  Might be of use in the classroom or for doing a research project or paper.
In Google’s own words, the resource subtitled,’Data visualizations for a changing world’:
‘makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate [...]

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The About.com article, ‘47 Alternatives to Wikipedia: 47 Websites You Can Use Instead of Wikipedia‘, indeed offers some great research Websites.  The article says:
‘Wikipedia is perhaps the most popular reference site online, with millions of high quality articles available on virtually any topic. However, there are limits to what Wikipedia can offer. Here are 47 [...]

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Woman’s Day published two articles related to the value of public libraries:

How the Public Library Can Save You Money:  Read essays by four women who saved a bundle thanks to their local branches
ALA Contest Info & Rules

‘What makes your library special to your community? How does it enrich the lives of you and your neighbors? [...]

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I learned about Quintura for Kids from ResearchBuzz.com.    Check out their review of it.  My success was mixed.  I was satisfied with results from ‘ukulele’, ‘football’, and a couple of other keywords.  I was not satisfied with the results from ‘drawing’ - the first result was about ‘Drew Barrymore’.
I see a lot of potential in [...]

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Did you know that Google shows Twitter ‘Tweets’ under ‘Updates’ and will soon show searches from Facebook?  How much do you really want to share?  With friends?  With the world?
KimKomando.com says,
‘Facebook has long been known for its excellent
privacy tools. But it recently made changes that expose more of your
information. Search sites can find your [...]

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