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Vine, Rita. [Review of Google Scholar] Journal of the Medical Library
Association (in press).
Vine,
Rita. "Where does information live on the web (and how would I
find it)? Presentation to the Quebec Library Association, Montreal,
April 30 2005.
Vine,
Rita. "Search
savvy: Tips and techniques to help you find the best Web search tools."
Information Highways, March-April 2005. 
Vine, Rita. "The
hype and reality of new web search tools." (evaluation techniques
for web search tools). Presentation delivered at Information
Highways Conference 2005, Toronto, April 7 2005.
Vine, Rita. "Coming soon: the death of search engines?"
LLRX.com, May 24, 2004. In this article, Rita ponders the Google's
public offering, shareholder pressures, the public's increasing search
weariness, and speculates on the future of mass-market paid content.
http://www.llrx.com/features/deathsearchengine.htm
Vine,
Rita. "Staying Up To Date in the Ever-Changing
Web Search World." Presentation and handout from the panel
discussion with Steve Cohen, Gary Price, and Rita Vine. Computers in
Libraries conference, Washington DC, March 10, 2004.
An
article on the same topic was published in Information Outlook vol.
8 no. 3 March 2004, pp.30-34.
http://www.workingfaster.com/uptodate_infooutlook2004.pdf
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Vine, Rita. "The Business of Search Engines: How Advertising,
Partnerships, and the Race for Market Dominance Affects Search Tools
and Search Results." Computers in Libraries
conference, Washington DC, March 12, 2004.
A much longer article on the same topic was published in Information
Outlook (Information
Outlook, vol. 8 no. 2 (February 2004), pp. 25-31.)
http://www.workingfaster.com/2004_business_of_search_engines.pdf (
, 124K)
Vine,
Rita. "Think like a web page: 5 tips for smarter search engine
searching." Informed Librarian Online, September 2003.
http://www.workingfaster.com/think_like_a_web_page.htm
Vine,
Rita. "Selecting Web Sites for Beyond-Google Resource Discovery."
LLRX.com, July 21, 2003.
Using examples from the Search
Portfolio selection team's experiences in selecting and evaluating
web sources, Rita spotlights some special challenges in selecting great
starting-point resources for searchers who need to go beyond search
engines to find quality, filtered information sources.
http://www.llrx.com/features/beyondgoogle.htm
Vine,
Rita. "Teaching Internet Search Skills - A Primer for Trainers."
Training Report, 2003
Designed for in-house trainers and managers who are considering
offering an Internet search skills training program. http://www.workingfaster.com/trainingreport.html
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