Education–Database
Testing–Database
ERIC/AE Abstracts in Progress Database Now Available
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
“The ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation (ERIC/AE) now offers an experimental database of abstracts of the most recent articles and papers on assessment, evaluation, research methods, and learning theory. The database is updated weekly and enables you to search for recent materials not yet posted to the ERIC database.”

Internet Usage–United States
Source: Wired
“Study: U.S. Loves, Fears Net”
A new study released by the Markle Foundation today. Here is a key quote from a Wired article reporting on the study. “The report found that 63 percent of Americans — and 83 percent of all Web users — have a positive view of the Internet. Among those polled, 45 percent said their dominant image of the Internet is that of a library, as opposed to other choices of comparison, like a shopping mall or banking and investment office.”

Info Industry–Dialog
Research Tools–Add-Ons
Hello to Dialog IQ
From the site, “The Dialog IQ application is an easy-to-use desktop search application…” It’s free to download and use. You do need to be a Dialog, DataStar, NewsLine or Profound customer.
See FAQ for Additional Details

Web Search–Google
Source: Business Week
“Google’s Successful Search”
From the article, “…Google, which handles 100 million Web searches everyday — including all of Yahoo!’s search queries — is zeroing in on profitability for this year’s third quarter. That’s a remarkable feat for a company that has raised just $25 million in one venture round and relies on Internet advertising for nearly half of its business. “Google’s doing the best job with search out there,” says Scott Gatz, Yahoo’s general manager of search and directory.”

Search Engines–Research
Researchers Tackle Search Engine “Information Overload”
From the release, “Researchers at Newcastle University have found a way of tackling a major world wide information retrieval problem – information overload. The team, in commercial partnership with the Newcastle upon Tyne-based NBS, have developed a search engine powered by complex techniques called ‘data mining’, which enables busy professionals to quickly find very specific information via a user friendly interface.The new search engine is being applied commercially for the first time and is being exclusively licensed to an electronic information service for construction industry professionals – architects, surveyors, contractors and engineers – the Construction Information Service (CIS). This is available in both online and CD-ROM formats on a subscription basis.”

Professional Reading–Web Search
Source: First Monday
“E-Commerce Web Queries: Excite and Ask Jeeves Study” by Amanda Spink and Okan Guner
From the abstract, “Web queries are a key process in e-commerce. Web queries are a primary means for translating people’s business product, service and information needs for e-commerce. This paper reports a study of business related queries submitted to the Excite and Ask Jeeves Web search services. We sampled a log of 10,000 Excite queries and 10,000 Ask Jeeves question format queries from 20 December 1999 to examine the business queries. Findings include: (1) business queries often include more search terms, are less modified, lead to fewer Web pages viewed, and include less advanced search features, than non-business queries; (2) company or product name queries were the most common form of business; and, (3) Ask Jeeves business queries in question form were largely limited to the format “Where can I buy …” or the request “I want to buy …”. The study provides insights into the beginnings of e-commerce Web searching.”

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