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EcommerceBytes-Update, Number 46 - September 08, 2001 - ISSN 1528-6703
This & That
1) What a Collection!
By Ina Steiner
This is a cool site where you can post pictures of your collection http://www.whatacollection.com . Annual membership fee of $20 allows you to describe your collection, list items you are "desperately seeking" and post up to 20 photos.
2) Events in September
By Ina Steiner
I have posted an Events Calendar for the month of September in the Forum. Please feel free to add to it! ttp://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=52&forum=3&0
3) Images Online - Use Search Engines to Peek at Pics
By Ina Steiner
eBay is a great place to find photos of collectibles, but if you don't find the picture you are looking for on an auction site, and you don't have a book handy, where do you go? It makes sense to find a Web site about that area of collecting, but if even that approach fails, you can try several search engines that have image search capabilities.
AltaVista and Google both offer image searching. Try it for yourself, but be warned, the results may contain adult content. Also, images identified by search engines may be protected by copyrights; if you want to use any of the images you find, you must contact the site owner to obtain permission.
AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/simage
http://www.altavista.com/sites/help/search/image_help
Google: http://images.google.com
http://www.google.com/help/features.html#images
Google says its Image Search contains more than 250 million images indexed and available for viewing.
To find images, enter a term. For example, enter the term "Fenton Glass" and you'll find pictures of books about Fenton Glass and pictures of Fenton Glass on various Web sites.
4) The 'Invisible Web'
By Ina Steiner
If you want to know everything about searching on the Web, get "The Invisible Web" by Chris Sherman and Gary Price http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/091096551x/auctionbytescom . This book contains a brief history of searching on the Web, an explanation of how search engines work, how to find information that is "invisible" to search engines, and a run-down of sites by topic that will help you find the information you are seeking. Two cool sites I discovered in this book: The U.S. Library of Congress American Memory Project http://memory.loc.gov and Artcyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com .
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