Comments on: redlightgreen

redlightgreen

Grod — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:09:05 -0800

This is good From RLG, an international not-for-profit organization of libraries, museums, and other research institutions, comes this incredibly useful research tool. Start with as vague a query as you like, it'll provide an ordered list of search limiters to help you zero in on the resources you need in a far more organic and rapid fashion than similar tools I've seen. An invaluable resource for students, librarians, and the curious.

By: Pigpen

Pigpen — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:55:26 -0800

vague query: web usability older adult users using RedLightGreen using Google Scholar

By: Grod

Grod — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:01:00 -0800

Pigpen, it searches (it claims) 120 million books. Google Scholar searches journal articles. Both are useful, I think. Try "Hawthorne" or "toast" or "sex among primates."

By: TimothyMason

TimothyMason — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:16:11 -0800

This is good (despite the fact that they seem to have disabled the back button). Thanks.

By: IshmaelGraves

IshmaelGraves — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 05:30:59 -0800

One of the people involved in this project has a blog.

By: Grod

Grod — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 05:58:10 -0800

Also from RLR, trove.net. Pretty neat, really.

By: gd779

gd779 — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:20:08 -0800

Wow, thanks. This looks really useful.

By: aldus_manutius

aldus_manutius — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:04:04 -0800

Uhm...man, am I disappointed. I've been using RedLightGreen for well over a year now...I'm surprised that it hadn't hit MeFI sooner. My faith is shattered...

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:41:34 -0800

It says it finds the most "important resource".. how are the listings ordered, is there any preference to what is more important than others? It seems to work best on narrow subjects, broad subjects don't provide much guidance.

By: spock

spock — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:29:21 -0800

Lotta research in the area of "toast", is there? : )

By: teaperson

teaperson — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:06:42 -0800

It finds the most "important resource" mainly by how many libraries have the item in their collection, going on the theory that within any subject, libraries will try to buy as many of the important books as they can afford. This will work more on a narrow subject, but you can narrow your search using the subjects listed on the left. There's also a firefox search plugin available.