[LM_NET] TECH: Information consolidator

[Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM>]

Someone just called my attention to :
http://www.wolframalpha.com
It is more than a search engine.  It consolidates information on one
page... doesn't give you a listing of sites.  It is the brainchild of
Wolfram hence the strange name.  It is a work in process.  Once you
get used to the syntax needed to search, it provides some interesting
information in a clear layout.  What is interesting, not only does it
give a nice presentation of the information, it gives a kind of
bibliography at the end.  It needs a lot of work (in my mind) but it
should be something we should be following as consumers of
information.

-- 
Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
mullinator52@gmail.com
My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
My book review blog is at http://MullerInTheMiddle.blogspot.com

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