Hi Nan
This kind of tool is called a spider or a web crawl tool. I am not
going to have time to do much searching especially for tools with
accessibility highlighted for a couple days but am happy to put it on
my list. Accessibility might take some trial and error because I think
there are several tools. I also reposted your query on a blind
programmers list; these days I mainly skim subject lines on that list
but maybe someone will have some experience with one of the tools.
Dorene Cornwell
Seattle WA
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From: Nan Hawthorne <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Mon, Jan 17, 2011 12:22 pm
Subject: [VICUG-L] automated data collection tools
I would love to find a tool that would go out on the web and find
information on all kinds of research topics so I don't have to search
on
my own. Specifically I want to find research useful for my novels,
namely facts about aspects of daily Anglo Saxon life, like crops, the
money, jurisprudence, you name it.
Now I thought that was what DataFerret was but it seems to be US Census
info.
Is anyone aware of anything like what I am talking about? For instance
I might set the tool to look for material about crops grown in souther
England in the tenth century. It would then go looking all over the
web
and send me a list of sites it foound.
Thanks for any advice you can offer.
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With respect,
Nan Hawthorne
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