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Sherman, Chris – Online, 2000
Compares three Web-based online reference services that are described as a cross between a traditional database service and a Web search engine: Ask Jeeves (http://www.ask.com), The Electric Library (http://www.elibrary.com), and Information Please (http://www.infoplease.com). Concludes that each has strengths and weaknesses and aren't directly…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Online Systems, Reference Services
Sherman, Chris – Online, 2000
Examines trends in Web searching, including the proposed AOL and Time Warner merger; minibrowsers; micropayments for information; inability of search engines to keep up with Web growth; distributed search engines; human-compiled directories; increasing relevance to meet user needs; browser-free searching; whole document queries; and introducing…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Retrieval, Mergers, Programming
