Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Thing #15- Custom Search Engines

This feature actually turned out to be more useful than I thought it would. I created a "Rare Books" search engine in Rollyo with a number of booksellers that I consult when trying to find specific titles. Instead of having to search for "The Winter of our Discontent" on eight separate sites, this search engine retrieved results from all of them with only one search. Of course, there may be some entries it missed that I could find by going to the ABAA site specifically, but in general, it seemed like a good start for a book search. This could be a useful tool for librarians or professors who want to quickly guide their students in the right direction. It can be frustrating to weed through tons of search results that have little relevance to the topic you're researching!

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