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25 IMPORTANT WEB 2.0 TOOLS for STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS

25 IMPORTANT WEB 2.0 TOOLS for STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS. We will cover in this Power Point: NEW SEARCH ENGINES / WEB EVALUATION RESOURCES OPEN SOURCE DATABASES GOOGLE’S ADVANCED SEARCH CAPABILITY GOOGLE CUSTOMIZATION: POWER UP YOUR OWN SEARCH ENGINE

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25 IMPORTANT WEB 2.0 TOOLS for STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS

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  1. 25 IMPORTANT WEB 2.0 TOOLS for STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS • We will cover in this Power Point: • NEW SEARCH ENGINES / WEB EVALUATION RESOURCES • OPEN SOURCE DATABASES • GOOGLE’S ADVANCED SEARCH CAPABILITY • GOOGLE CUSTOMIZATION: POWER UP YOUR OWN SEARCH ENGINE • LIBGUIDES: FIND AUTHORITATIVE GUIDES FROM LIBRARIANS ON A TOPIC OF INTEREST TO YOU • NETVIBES: CONSTRUCT A SOCIAL MEDIA LISTENING DASHBOARD -- to see what others are saying (about you?) 

  2. WOLFRAM ALPHA NEW SEARCH ENGINE: www.wolframalpha.com

  3. Here is a typical google search on martin luther king: note THAT out of over 11 million results, a site calling itself a true historical examination is ranked 4th by Google.

  4. Here is that site: remember 4th ranked by Google. Notice any problems?

  5. Google’s ADVANCED SEARCH OPTION:www.google.com/advanced_searchIn this example we are looking for Powerpoints on MLK from any educational institution (limiting to .edu and file type= Powerpoints)

  6. We now retrieve much better search results in the advanced search option.

  7. Talking about Google, here is a great 45 minute video on GOOGLE SCHOLAR that really explains the ins and outs of searching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJByIPRrTfE&feature=relmfu

  8. Other NEWER GENERATION SEARCH ENGINES WE WILL EXAMINE INCLUDE WOLFRAM ALPHA, SWEET SEARCH and IPL (Internet Public Library) and TWURDY.com • All these give consistently more authoritative search results. • Wolfram Alpha: www.wolframalpha.com • Sweet Search: www.sweetsearch.com • IPL: (Internet Public Library) www.ipl.org • TWURDY.COM

  9. Example of a calculation in Wolfram Alpha: THE LIFEEXPECTANCY IN GHANA

  10. IPL: INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY www.ipl.org

  11. A NEW SEARCH ENGINE www.twurdy.com

  12. Search on “Social Media and Libraries” in the New Twurdy Search Engine: www.twurdy.com

  13. Sweet Search: http://www.sweetsearch.com/ NOTE RESEARCH TUTORIALS AVAILABLE

  14. Example of a search on “SHAKESPEARE PLOT SUMMARIES”

  15. WEB PAGE EVALUATION: SOME USEFUL SITES • Checklist for Evaluating Web Pages http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm_General_Barker.pdf • Class Handouts for Teaching Web Searching: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Handouts.html • Internet Tutorials from SUNY ALBANY: http://library.albany.edu/usered/

  16. NEW Lesson Plans from Google for educators • LESSON PLANS FROM GOOGLE: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html • GOOGLE LESSON PLAN SEARCH: LESSON PLANS USING GOOGLE ON MANY TOPICS: http://www.google.com/edu/teachers/lesson-plan-search.html

  17. LIBGUIDES: AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE TO FIND (QUICKLY) THE BEST WEB SITES IN A SUBJECT AREA: http://libguides.com/community.php?m=g

  18. PART II:SOURCES OF FREE ONLINE BOOKS • Besides the ones noted in the following Powerpoint slides, also consult the U of Pennsylvania Online Books Page: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lists.html • The Online Books Page includes 40,000 free, online books and is growing rapidly. • Also check out Free eBooks (the classics) hosted by the University of Adelaide, Australia: http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/meta/authors.html • One can search this collection by title, author and subject. New e-Books are listed every month

  19. ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF FREE BOOKS for STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS • BLOOMSBURY: http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/browse?mode=book • FLATWORLDKNOWLDEDGE: • http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com • OER COMMONS TEXTBOOKS: http://tinyurl.com/yeqd28w • WIKIBOOKS: www.wikibooks.org • CALIFORNIA DIGITAL LIBRARY: http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/ • THE TEXTBOOK REVOLUTION: http://www.textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Main_Page

  20. Example of a Free TextBook from www.flatworldknowledge.comBUSINESS ENGLISH FOR SUCCESS

  21. A FULL TEXT book from Bloomsbury: the Digital scholar: http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781849666275

  22. OER TEXTBOOKS (OER= OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES)

  23. WikiBooks

  24. More on WIKIBOOKS

  25. UC PRESS BOOKS: THESE BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE: http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks//search?browse-title=aa;sort=title;rights=Public;style=eschol;brand=eschol

  26. TEXTBOOK REVOLUTION

  27. PART 3: OPEN ACCESS DATABASES: DATABASES FREE OF CHARGE, FULL TEXT RESOURCES • DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals • UNESCO’s GOAP • Open DOAR • LSE REPRINTS (London School of Economics) • CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP • SSRN: (Social Sciences Research Network) covers Law, Medical Ethics, Business and Finance, Accounting, all Social Science Disciplines: must register, but registration is free

  28. UNESCO’s GLOBAL OPEN ACCESS PORTAL: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/

  29. THEMATIC AREAS IN UNESCO’s PORTAL http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/thematic-areas/

  30. THEMATIC AREAS in GOAP: THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

  31. OPENDOAR: http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php

  32. Electronic Theses and Dissertations via OPEN ACCESS: http://roar.eprints.org/view/type/theses.html

  33. Directory of Open Access Journals: (doaj) over 7800journals now covered: www.doaj.org

  34. SSRN: over 350,000 Full-TEXT papers covered; all aspects of social sciences: www.ssrn.com

  35. e-scholarship from the U CALIFORNIA SYSTEM: http://escholarship.org/gatewayResearchers.html

  36. Results of a search on ghana

  37. OAISTER: OVER 25 million items: oaister.worldcat.org

  38. Results of a search on the “ARAB SPRING” in OAISTER

  39. Complete text of article retrieved

  40. PART IV: WEB 2.0 TOOLS • TWITTER SEARCH • HOOTSUITE • NETVIBES • COMMONCRAFT VIDEOS • ADDICTOMATIC (yes! ADDICTOMATIC!) • GOOGLE CUSTOMIZATION

  41. TWITTER: The 10 Commandments of Twitter for Academics:http://chronicle.com/article/10-Commandments-of-Twitter-for/131813/

  42. HOW TO FIND PEOPLE OR TOPICS ON TWITTER: twitter.com/search

  43. Results of a Twitter Search on “Social Media and Libraries”

  44. HOOTSUITE: MANAGE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA: www.hootsuite.com can view all social media assets in one dashboard: facebook, Twitter, etc

  45. HOOTSUITE: CAN ADD A SEARCH AND ALL UPDATES ARE AUTOMATICALLY FOUND ON YOUR DASHBOARD

  46. HOOTSUITE: HERE WE CREATE A SEARCH ON SCIENCE AND ADDED A TAB

  47. FEED YOUR MIND: the latest news on any topic with NETVIBES: www.netvibes.com including latest articles from your favorite magazines. The IRC ACCRA will offer monthly sessions on NETVIBES beginning this Fall.

  48. ADDICTOMATIC: MAKES SOCIAL MEDIA SEARCHING EASY!!!  www.addictomatic.com

  49. ADDICTOMATIC: CREATING AN EASY WEB PAGE ON ANY TOPIC THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA ASSETS: RESULTS OF OUR SEARCH ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  50. Commoncraft videos explaining in Plain English latest concepts: note the videos explaining social media www.commoncraft.com

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