LexisNexis, it’s kind of an industrial strength Google
Starting at 1:00 Keith Olberman tells the story of Justice Department lawyer Monica Goodling’s LexisNexis search while investigating the political backgrounds of job applicants. (Yep, that’s illegal.) The best part is when Olberman reads the complete search syntax starting at 1:35. (Stick though for the other searches Olberman suggests.)
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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5 Replies to “LexisNexis, it’s kind of an industrial strength Google”
Great catch, Michael! That’s my laugh for the day.
I’m gonna use that “industrial strength Google” quote in my next instruction session…
Thanks for the good laugh!
PS the captcha for this comment was a rough one for the dyslexic
heheh “land war in Asia”
That is one helluva search string she came up with. Wonder what the results looked like…
Fantastic! Monica the Church Lady? I’ll need to take another swig of my industrial strength Google now.
Great catch, Michael! That’s my laugh for the day.
I’m gonna use that “industrial strength Google” quote in my next instruction session…
Thanks for the good laugh!
PS the captcha for this comment was a rough one for the dyslexic
heheh “land war in Asia”
That is one helluva search string she came up with. Wonder what the results looked like…
Fantastic! Monica the Church Lady? I’ll need to take another swig of my industrial strength Google now.
That was awesome. I love Keith Olberman.