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CONTENTS:

• Finding Information: Search Engines
• The Official Academy Awards Database
• April Fool's Pranks and Practical Jokes for the Office

FINDING INFORMATION: SEARCH ENGINES

Phil Bradley, author, consultant and "UK Search Guru," has a great page that tells you which engine to use for what search purpose. Since he's a Brit, the page is slanted toward UK search resources.

http://www.philb.com/whichengine.htm

He also offers a simple list of 138 general search engines that notes whether the engine uses free text, natural language or an index, is a meta engine or requires payment for position within result rankings. Some of the links are broken.

http://www.philb.com/webse.htm

If you are doing international research, Bradley's list of country-based search engines may provide a helpful link. Currently, he has links to 2,609 engines in 216 countries. Some of them offer the capability to search in English. There are actually three separate pages, but start at the beginning with Global/General to Dominican Republic.

http://www.philb.com/countryse.htm

THE OFFICIAL ACADEMY AWARDS DATABASE

If you have a prospect who may have won an Oscar, here's where to confirm it.

Use the basic search to search by film, nominee name or song title. Limit your search by year range, winners only or category.

http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp

With the Advanced Search, you can search by phrase and limit the search to winners, year range, gender and film type.

http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/AdvancedSearchInput.jsp

APRIL FOOL'S PRANKS AND PRACTICAL JOKES FOR THE OFFICE

Been an April Fool at work before? Don't get mad, get even this year -- with Discover Fun's list of and links to April Fool's Pranks and Practical Jokes for the Office.

http://www.discoverfun.com/pranks/office.html

Chris Mildner

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