The University is changing from the Ultraseek web search system to the Google web search system. If there is information that you have tried to find before, using the search box on the UM web site, and failed, try the new search box and see if it is better.
The new search is scheduled to replace the old search today, Sept. 7. As I write this, a search from the http://miami.edu home page uses the Ultraseek system, but provides a link to the new Google search system. At some point today a search from http://miami.edu is scheduled to begin using the Google system.
You can tell if you are using the old search or the new search by the results page. Here is the old page. Notice the "Powered by Ultraseek" logo on the right side.
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Here is the new results page. No more "Powered by..." notice.
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While the new search is a subtle change for most users, the IT people who manage our UM web server have spent a great deal of time setting this up and, in my opinion, done a great job. Go to http://miami.edu and give it a try.
Bill Vilberg
Instructional Advancement
Richter Library, Room 325
bill.vilberg@miami.edu<mailto:bill.vilberg@miami.edu>
786-250-2255
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