One of Google's new services includes the ability to search the closed-captioning text of TV programs.

There are several cool things about this, not the least of which is the illustration of the search results with frame grabs from segments of the program, accompanying bits of text. To test it, I tried searching on "deadwood" to see what sort of references there are to my new favorite program.

EducationAs a film and TV teacher, the Web resource I use the most frequently is the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). It's also the resource I most frequently recommend to my students.

IMDb contains full credits for over 260,000 film and television productions made since 1892. Yes, televsion and film. Its title is a misnomer as it holds much more than just "movie" data. This makes it particularly useful for those of us who teach both television and film.