[Sigia-l] integrated catalogues?

[Skot Nelson]

On Oct-25-2005, at 12:00 AM, Eric Scheid wrote:

> heh, at least the answer you are searching for could be found on  
> lots of
> pages...

sure. that's kind of the point right? It's out there. I know it's out  
there. You know it's out there. Google knows it's out there.

Every search I've tried comes up with a miss though. I may be looking  
for more than one needle, but I'm still searching a haystack.

And this is the status of modern search? It'd be more efficient for  
me to search multiple targeted databases, except apparently the  
market for "Guys to Cheap to buy Modern Motorcycles" doesn't merit a  
focused engine. I know the solution to this problem, and it starts  
with Ducati.

By contrast, there are any number of databases that index the full  
content of new periodicals, often accessible for free through local  
libraries. Searching them is extremely productive.

I've often wondered why anybody would bother paying to access the  
online archives of the New York Times at all, given that the content  
is all made available in these databases within days of being  
published. I suspect ease of use if the main reason for this working  
on the Times' behalf.
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Scott Nelson
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