Nicholas Carr of Rough Type has posted an interesting quick look at a new feature of Google called news archive search. This allows you to search not only by subject matter but by date allowing you to find information relative to the period you are inquiring about. Very neat tool!
Google today unveils an outstanding new service called news archive search. Arguably the single greatest research tool yet to appear on the web, it allows you to search back through more than a century’s worth of source material, from the Washington Post to the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, from Time Magazine to Loislaw Federal District Court Opinions, from the Encyclopedia Britannica to the World Almanac. You can narrow your search by date or create a timeline of mentions of your key words. Depending on the source, the documents you uncover may be available for free, through subscription, or as pay-per-view. All transactions are carried out directly with the source on the source’s site.This a boon for researchers as well as for anyone looking to follow a subject back in time.
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Searching in time
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