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Super Searching

Super Searching. Online Search Tips. Search Engine Popularity. In early 2010, more than half of adults using the Internet used a search engine. Privacy and Searching. Three-quarters of search users say collecting information to personalize search results is not okay

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Super Searching

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  1. Super Searching Online Search Tips

  2. Search Engine Popularity • In early 2010, more than half of adults using the Internet used a search engine

  3. Privacy and Searching • Three-quarters of search users say collecting information to personalize search results is not okay • http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Search-Engine-Use-2012.aspx

  4. Browser Use Statistics • June-Dec. 2012

  5. Search Engine Optimization • Helps webpages move to the top of the results list • Designed to “fool” the system • Uses coding and/or writing to help a page rank higher in results

  6. Search Engine Games • http://blindsearch.fejus.com (Bing and Google) • http://blekko.com/ws/you+search+terms+/monte (Bing, Google, and Blekko

  7. Advanced Search Features • Google • http://search.yahoo.com/web/advanced • http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en • http://www.bing.com

  8. Other Search Engines • Blekko • http://blekko.com • http://blekko.com/ws/+/press-videos • Slashtag search • DuckDuckGo • http://duckduckgo.com/ • Instant and zero-click results • No tracking

  9. Proprietary Databases • Commercial databases: part of invisible web aka the “deep” web • Search engines cover less than 20% of the entire web

  10. Scholarly Resources • Wolfram Alpha • http://www.wolframalpha.com/ • Google Scholar • http://scholar.google.com/ • Microsoft Academic Search • http://academic/research.microsoft.com/ • EBSCOhost Research Databases • http://search.ebscohost.com/ • Username: ns021680 • Password: password

  11. Blast from the Past • Wayback machine • http://www.archive.org/ • CyberCemetery • http://govinfo.library.unt.edu • Google Cache • http://www.google.com • Search using cache:URL

  12. Media Searching • What types of media are commonly searched for? • Books/Print • Images • Video

  13. Books/Print Search • Project Guttenberg • http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/main_page • Google Book Search • http://books.google.com/ • Small Demons • http://www.smalldemons.com

  14. Image Search • Google Images • http://www.images.google.com • Refine image search to find similar images

  15. Photos • Flickr • http://www.flickr.com • Flickr – The Commons • Http://www.flickr.com/commons/

  16. Art • National Library of Medicine Digital Collections • http://collections.nlm.nih.gov/muradora/ • National Gallery of Art Images (NGA Images) • https://images.nga.gov/

  17. Videos • YouTube • http://youtube.com • Vimeo • http://vimeo.com/

  18. Video Libraries • PBS Learning Media • http://www.pbslearningmedia.org • C-SPAN Video Library • http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/ • YouTube EDU • http://www.youtube.com/education • Lectures • Images

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