The world on your desktop
As the internet becomes intertwined with the real world, the resulting “geoweb” has many uses. (The Economist, 6 september 2007)
woensdag 12 september 2007
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A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries
Beautiful Libraries of the World. (Curious Expeditions, 6 september 2007)
Beautiful Libraries of the World. (Curious Expeditions, 6 september 2007)
Nieuwe website met historische informatie over Nederland
Wie geïnteresseerd is in de historische achtergrond van zijn omgeving, kan terecht op een nieuwe website: Watwaswaar.nl. De site, ondersteund door het ministerie van OC&W, biedt historische gegevens, luchtfoto's en oude kaarten van verschillende plekken in Nederland. (Nu.nl, 8 september 2007)
Wie geïnteresseerd is in de historische achtergrond van zijn omgeving, kan terecht op een nieuwe website: Watwaswaar.nl. De site, ondersteund door het ministerie van OC&W, biedt historische gegevens, luchtfoto's en oude kaarten van verschillende plekken in Nederland. (Nu.nl, 8 september 2007)
Your Own Google Books Library, and More
Google Books personaliseert: Reviews, RSS, 'Mijn Bibliotheek' en embedding van passages. (Google Blogoscoped, 6 september 2007)
Google Books personaliseert: Reviews, RSS, 'Mijn Bibliotheek' en embedding van passages. (Google Blogoscoped, 6 september 2007)
Find a needle in a feedstack with Google Reader
Google Reader krijgt zoekoptie. (Official Google Blog, 6 september 2007)
Google Reader krijgt zoekoptie. (Official Google Blog, 6 september 2007)
Scientific citations in Wikipedia
The Internet–based encyclopædia Wikipedia has grown to become one of the most visited Web sites on the Internet, but critics have questioned the quality of entries. An empirical study of Wikipedia found errors in a 2005 sample of science entries. Biased coverage and lack of sources are among the “Wikipedia risks.” This paper describes a simple assessment of these aspects by examining the outbound links from Wikipedia articles to articles in scientific journals with a comparison against journal statistics from Journal Citation Reports such as impact factors. The results show an increasing use of structured citation markup and good agreement with citation patterns seen in the scientific literature though with a slight tendency to cite articles in high–impact journals such as Nature and Science. These results increase confidence in Wikipedia as a reliable information resource for science in general. (First Monday, augustus 2007)
The Internet–based encyclopædia Wikipedia has grown to become one of the most visited Web sites on the Internet, but critics have questioned the quality of entries. An empirical study of Wikipedia found errors in a 2005 sample of science entries. Biased coverage and lack of sources are among the “Wikipedia risks.” This paper describes a simple assessment of these aspects by examining the outbound links from Wikipedia articles to articles in scientific journals with a comparison against journal statistics from Journal Citation Reports such as impact factors. The results show an increasing use of structured citation markup and good agreement with citation patterns seen in the scientific literature though with a slight tendency to cite articles in high–impact journals such as Nature and Science. These results increase confidence in Wikipedia as a reliable information resource for science in general. (First Monday, augustus 2007)
Beyond Google: How do students conduct academic research?
This paper reports findings from an exploratory study about how students majoring in humanities and social sciences use the Internet and library resources for research. Using student discussion groups, content analysis, and a student survey, our results suggest students may not be as reliant on public Internet sites as previous research has reported. Instead, students in our study used a hybrid approach for conducting course–related research. A majority of students leveraged both online and offline sources to overcome challenges with finding, selecting, and evaluating resources and gauging professors’ expectations for quality research. (First Monday, augustus 2007)
This paper reports findings from an exploratory study about how students majoring in humanities and social sciences use the Internet and library resources for research. Using student discussion groups, content analysis, and a student survey, our results suggest students may not be as reliant on public Internet sites as previous research has reported. Instead, students in our study used a hybrid approach for conducting course–related research. A majority of students leveraged both online and offline sources to overcome challenges with finding, selecting, and evaluating resources and gauging professors’ expectations for quality research. (First Monday, augustus 2007)
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