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- SearchResearch Challenge (7/8/20): Gomphotheres... in Panama? The other day I was thinking about gomphotheres, as one does on nice spring afternoons... ... remember them? They're a kind of elephant-like animal that lived in North America during the Pleistocene? We mentioned them in an earlier SRS post about avocado seed dispersal. I remembered that they were native to North America (or Siberia, depending on how […]
- Even more collections... and a thought about Pasteur's Quadrant I couldn't resist... ... an addendum to my previous post about Collections.The thing about collections is that there are so many of them. And yet, if you don't think about searching for a collection, you might miss a huge treasure trove of salient content that's exactly on target. This leads me to a general SearchResearch heuristic: Whe […]
- Answer: How to find collections of online content? While collections are fundamental... ... the organization of them is just as important. AND, for our purposes, searching for a collection that contains the stuff you seek is just as important. What's a SearchResearcher to do? For our purposes, a great online collection with a decent search interface is just fantastic! Engraving of the Museum Wormi […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (7/8/20): Gomphotheres... in Panama?
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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Ben H. Winters’ “The Last Policeman”…what would YOU do?
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters; published May 13, 2013 [9781594746741] What would you do if you knew that the Earth had less than six months until it was either completely or mostly destroyed by an asteroid? Would you stay … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse, asteroid, end-of-world, mystery, police procedural
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Reviews of great books coming…the dry spell is over
Have you ever had a span of time when it seemed that you chose books that just never satisfied that itch that a good story scratches? Over the past few months, this has been my experience. At first I thought it was … Continue reading
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