INFORMATION UPDATE  
   January 2008                        Number 90

Welcome to INFORMATION UPDATE, the monthly resource for
information seekers and users.

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IN THIS ISSUE
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   => DO IT YOURSELF Part 1 – Skweezer.net
   => DO IT YOURSELF Part 2 - Set Browser Preferences to 
                               Show More Results
   => Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information
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DO IT YOURSELF Part 1 - Skweezer.net
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If you count yourself among the 10 million or so people who
go online using a cell phone or PDA, you will want to know
about Skweezer.  Skweezer offers reformatted Web sites so 
that the image will fit into a cell phone or PDA screen.

Here's how it works.  Simply go to http://www.skweezer.net
and type your Web address or keywords into the Skweezer 
search box. Try something like amazon.com to go to a known
site, or search keywords like "san diego restaurants" for
a list of options.

"Skweezer compresses and reformats content being downloaded, 
so that it loads faster, looks better, and is easier to 
navigate." (Skweezer About Us section)

Skweezer has compiled a Directory of recommended Web sites, 
including headings for Business, Dictionaries, CoolAndFun,
Entertainment, News, Reference, Travel, and Weather among
others.  

You can also set preferences.  Click on Settings to turn
images on or off, elect whether to split Web pages, and to
change language.  Language choices include German, English,
Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, and Portugese.

If you decide to try Skweezer, let us know how it works for
you.
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DO IT YOURSELF Part 2 - Set Browser Preferences to Show
                           More Results
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No doubt you've noticed that most Internet browsers deliver
search results in sets of ten.  To see additional results you
go to the next page or screen, viewing ten results at a time.

This most likely stems from the earlier days of Internet
search when users had slow connections and results took 
longer to download.  Now, with broadband and high speeds,
searchers can save time by downloading larger results sets
at the outset rather than viewing only 10 at a time.

Most browsers will let you change this default setting.  
With Google click on Preferences and choose to display 10, 
20, 30, 50, or 100 results at a time.  With Ask.com click on
Options to change Display Settings.  For Live.com you also
click on Options, but the maximum setting is 50 hits.

Firefox users can install CustomizeGoogle and choose to 
stream Google results.  The CustomizeGoogle application will 
automatically load the next set of results and append
them to the bottom of the page.  This is an amazing time 
saver over the option of manually loading page after page of
search results.  http://www.customizegoogle.com/

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Notes, News, and Announcements
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Last month's Information Update carried an article about
Authoratory.com.  This tool assists users in identifying
experts or thought leaders based on their publications indexed
in PubMed.  According to the site, use is free for educational
non-commercial and government use.  In response to a reader
request we have contacted the Authoratory creator to inquire
about commercial use.  Here is a portion of their reply:

"All commercial users are encouraged to try Authoratory for a 
week or two.  As a part of the trial you have full access to 
all Authoratory content."

Following the trial period, commercial users are offered an 
opportunity to purchase a subscription.

To learn about single user subscriptions go to:
http://www.authoratory.com/about/perperson070627.htm 

For a group subscription go to:
http://www.authoratory.com/about/persite070627.htm      

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Cynthia L. Shamel, editor

Shamel Information Services
  Decisions-Informed
Telephone: +1 858-673-4673

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