[LM_NET] Fwd: Fw: Current Cites, February 2005

[Robert-Koreis -FW <rkoreis@FWPS.ORG>]

Government information sources get a lot of use in my library, so I found
the article from the following citation interesting.  It came to me from
Current Cites.  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/  While much is
outside our realm, I'd recommend subscribing to their monthly mailing list.

Bob Koreis
Feederal Way High School
Federal Way, WA
rkoreis@fwps.org
>


>>   Garvin, Peggy. "[9]Why Google Uncle Sam?"  [10]LLRX.com  (13 February
>>   2005)(http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain2.htm). - Google's
>>   [11]Uncle Sam search has evolved into the most popular search tool for
>>   the .gov and .mil domains. Garvin, author of [12]The United States
>>   Government Internet Manual, questions this popularity, pointing out a
>>   number of deficiencies. For one thing, it doesn't include all the
>>   information that the federal government makes available online, since
>>   some sites don't have .gov or .mil domains (e.g., [13]usps.com,
>>   [14]ndu.edu). Also, the Uncle Sam service does not offer an advanced
>>   search form; if you click on advance search, you'll be sent to
>>   Google's generic version. Garvin also takes a look at the federal
>>   government's own search engine, at [15]firstgov.gov. Although it, too,
>>   has some limitations, it does offer some features that Uncle Sam does
>>   not. Bottom line -- "When searching the federal government niche,
>>   follow the same recommended practice as in general searching: use more
>>   than one search engine." Also listed are two additional tools for
>>   federal government research: [16]Department of Defense Search and
>>   [17]Vivisimo's FirstGov cluster search. - [18]SK
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