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MAC Tools

Many thanks to the creator of the Page from the Download Portal of the RUG. Below you'll find a list of tools which can be used on a Mac.  At the moment of publication all tools were freeware. Name: ClamXav Link:  http://www.clamxav.com/ Description: ClamXav is a free virus scanner for Mac OS X. It uses the very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end and has the ability to detect both Windows and Mac threats. ClamXav can be setup up to scan only the files you tell it to or your entire hard drive. Name:  Cyberduck Link:  http://cyberduck.ch/ Description: Open source ftp, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files, google Docs & amazon S# Browser for Mac & Windows Name:  Disco Link:  http://www.discoapp.com/ Description: Disco allows you to burn optical media discs, and makes it an fun and amazing software experience. Name:  Evernote Link:  http://www.evernote.com Description: Evernote is een notitieprogr...

Google Scholar Search Performance: Comparative Recall and Precision

Image via Wikipedia Just spotted: Google Scholar Search Performance: Comparative Recall and Precision William H. Walters portal: Libraries and the Academy , Volume 9, Number 1, January 2009 , pp. 5-24 (Article) DOI: 10.1353/pla.0.0034 Abstract: This paper presents a comparative evaluation of Google Scholar and 11 other bibliographic databases ( Academic Search Elite , AgeLine, ArticleFirst, EconLit, GEOBASE, MEDLINE , PAIS International, POPLINE , Social Sciences Abstracts, Social Sciences Citation Index , and SocINDEX), focusing on search performance within the multidisciplinary field of later-life migration. The results of simple keyword searches are evaluated with reference to a set of 155 relevant articles identified in advance. In terms of both recall and precision , Google Scholar performs better than most of the subscription databases. This finding, based on a rigorous evaluation procedure, is contrary to the impressions of many early reviewers. The paper concludes wit...