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August Tales from the Terminal Room now available

The August  issue of Tales from the Terminal Room is now available at http://www.rba.co.uk/tfttr/archives/2013/aug2013.html

This month’s issue includes:

  • Search tools
    • Google adds in-depth articles to results
    • Google expands define but drops dictionary
  • Updates to Search Strategies
  • Does price guarantee quality of information?
  • How the UK’s electricity is generated
  • Dunkirk little ships and the Reading Festival
  • Twitter notes
  • Forthcoming workshops and meetings
    • Discover Sourcing 2013 afternoon pre-conference workshop on search skills, 17th September 2013, London
    • Business Information: Key Web Resources, 19th September 2013, London
    • How to Make Google behave: techniques for better results, Wednesday, 30th October 2013
    • Free resources and search techniques for EU and UK legislation, Wednesday, 13th November 2013, London
    • Anything but Google, Tuesday, 19th November 2013, London

The newsletter is a compilation of recent articles from this blog plus some extra goodies such as Twitter Notes.

Latest Tales from the Terminal Room

The March issue of Tales from the Terminal Room is now available at http://www.rba.co.uk/tfttr/archives/2013/mar2013.shtml

This month’s issue includes:

  • Search Strategies new articles available
  • Search tools
    • Google Flight Search takes off in Europe
    • How search works – sort of
    • Google Reader – what next
  • Advanced Google workshop change of venue
  • How to check your council tax banding for free
  • Top Tips for search and business information
  • The case of the disappearing press release
  • Workshops on business information
  • Twitter notes
  • Forthcoming workshops and meetings

The newsletter is a compilation of recent articles from my blog, so if you are a regular follower of the blog you will have read the articles already.

Latest Tales from the Terminal Room now available

The December 2012 issue of Tales from the Terminal Room is now available at http://www.rba.co.uk/tfttr/archives/2012/dec2012.shtml

This month’s issue includes:

  • Karen Blakeman’s Blog now available for the Kindle
  • Search tools
    • Another reason to say no to Google+?
  • Search Strategies update
  • EU launches public beta of its open data portal
  • ICAEW’s gateways and guides to business information
  • Information on companies in Israel
  • Twitter Notes

Tales from the Terminal Room issue 102 available

Tales from the Terminal Room, issue number 102 now available at http://www.rba.co.uk/tfttr/archives/2012/july2012.shtml

Most of the information in this newsletter will already have appeared in this  blog, the exception being the Twitter Notes.

In this month’s issue:

  • Search tools
    • Yet another irritating Google feature
    • Google maps UK canals
    • Google adds cycling routes to UK maps
  • Beating Google into submission – top tips
  • Twitter Notes

Tales from the Terminal Room issue 101 available

Tales from the Terminal Room, issue number 101 now available at http://www.rba.co.uk/tfttr/archives/2012/may2012.shtml

Most of the information in this newsletter will already have appeared in this  blog, the exception being the Twitter Notes.

In this month’s issue:

  • Search tools
    • Workshop: Beating Google into submission (Reading)
    • Order matters with Google advanced search
    • Use more than Google
  • 11th Southern African Online Information Meeting, Sandton, Johannesburg
  • Personalised vs non-personalised search – a word cloud comparison
  • Business Information Workshop – Top Tips
  • Useful industry information guides from the British Library BIPC
  • Twitter Notes

September newsletter Tales from the Terminal Room available

The September 2010  issue of Tales from the Terminal Room is now available at http://www.rba.co.uk/tfttr/archives/2010/sep2010.shtml. If you are a regular reader of this blog you will already have seen all of the articles but feel free to download the PDF if you want something read on the train!

This month’s issue covers:

  • Search tools
    • Compfight – quick and easy way to search Flickr
    • Google Instant – display results as you type
    • Advanced search tips and tricks
  • Business Information Resources
    • Malta Registry of Companies
  • Gizmos of the month
    • BT broadband availability page
    • Broadband speed checker