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FreePint 258 has been published: Search Beyond the Web + IA Summit Report

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 Amadeus
Does anyone know if there is a product that directly competes with Amadeus? I have Amadeus at the moment ...
Helen 7/Aug/08
13:19
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  Re: Amadeus
Try looking at Kompass too, Helen.
Graham 7/Aug/08
13:56
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  Re: Amadeus
Look into One Source's Global Business Browser, possibly Dun & Bradstreet, there may be others? Good luck.
Matt 7/Aug/08
13:38
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 Office Move - Library Archives
I'm the Information Coordinator for Cultural Enterprise Office & am responsible for packing up & archiving our library resources for ...
Marie Milligan 7/Aug/08
09:50
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 Latest Additions to FreePint Events
Hi Here are the latest additions to FreePint Events at http://www.freepint.com/events/ For promotion of your information-related event, simply complete the free listing form at ...
Janice@Freepint 7/Aug/08
09:03
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 Internet search by file type
Can anyone suggest a way to search the internet for documents or files ending in a particular file extension? Google ...
John McNeil 29/Jul/08
04:52
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  Re: Internet search by file type
In Google's early days before there were image searches etc. I would search using the relevant keyword/s and the filre ...
Marij Sak 29/Jul/08
18:39
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  Re: Internet search by file type
Hi John searching on google against "Band In A Box files" seems to bring up a lot of websites with files ...
john grant 29/Jul/08
17:31
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  Re: Internet search by file type
You can try google and add the extension you want e.g., filetype:xml works or filetype:rss the other way would be ...
S.W.Schilke 29/Jul/08
13:53
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   Re: Internet search by file type
Hi, In Google, try the following; -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(.xyz) where ".xyz" is the file extension of ...
Paul Bradney 29/Jul/08
14:23
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    Re: Internet search by file type
Thanks for your reply, Paul; however, I'm not sure I completely understood your suggestion. Say I want to find files with ...
John McNeil 30/Jul/08
04:08
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     Re: Internet search by file type
Hi John, I did this search in Google - filetype:sty music - and found 44 results. This search - filetype:sty ...
Maeve 7/Aug/08
03:08
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     Re: Internet search by file type
Hi John, You could use the following; -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(.STY) Basically, the "inurl "bit says only ...
Paul Bradney 1/Aug/08
12:32
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    Re: Internet search by file type
There is an advanced search option to the right of the search box which allows searching by file type.
cazo 29/Jul/08
14:28
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     Re: Internet search by file type
Hi Cazo, Yes it does, but its limited to certain specified types, e.g. PDF, DOC, RTF etc. so wouldn't be practical ...
Paul Bradney 29/Jul/08
14:35
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 TNA - Equality & Diversity Training
Can anybody point me in the direction of a TNA aimed at delegates who will be undertaking an E&D staff ...
Carolyn Brownsea 6/Aug/08
17:32
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 German Braille
Hi, Have been having a bit of difficulty with this one, so I don't know if anyone can help. Does ...
Andrea Toms 6/Aug/08
17:08
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 FreePint 258: Search Beyond the Web + IA Summit
FreePint 258 has been published and is available at http://www.freepint.com/issues/ In this issue: * 'Search Beyond the Web: When to Pick Up the ...
Robin Neidorf 6/Aug/08
12:33
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 Social Networking Statistics
Hello Free pinters I'm looking to source stats on social networking sites, particularly for myspace and how many bands are registered ...
Matt Day 6/Aug/08
11:52
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 Reece Daniels - Peterlee Entertainer
I'm looking for information on local gigs and events in and around Peterlee where Reece Daniels (60's Entertainer) is playing. ...
Amber Lawrie 6/Aug/08
11:17
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 Research data management software
Free-Pinters, I've been asked for names of software which can be used by researchers to gather and collate qualitative info (opinions ...
Peter 5/Aug/08
14:58
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  Re: Research data management software
Hi Peter There are lots of these types of packages. Nud*ist, NVivo are widely used. This website from the University of Huddersfield's ...
A Rice 6/Aug/08
08:57
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   Re: Research data management software
This looks ideal - thank you so much. P
Peter 6/Aug/08
09:28
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