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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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------