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G o o g l e & Beyond

G o o g l e & Beyond. Expert Internet Searching Tools & Strategies. Overview. G o o g l e advanced features Advanced searching tips Search engines & meta search engines Internet Archive Invisible web & public records Email newsletters. How Do Search Engines Work?. Spiders or crawlers

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G o o g l e & Beyond

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  1. Google & Beyond Expert Internet Searching Tools & Strategies

  2. Overview Google advanced features Advanced searching tips Search engines & meta search engines Internet Archive Invisible web & public records Email newsletters

  3. How Do Search Engines Work? • Spiders or crawlers • Index • Query agent

  4. What Makes Google Great LINK • Breadth & depth • Ranking technology • 12 file formats • Cached pages • Advanced searching • Toolbar • Images • News • Viewer

  5. New Projects at Google Labs LINK • Google Deskbar • Google News Alert • Google Viewer

  6. Beyond Google: Meta Search Engines • Maximize coverage • Multiple search engines • Clustering • Vivisimo LINK • Query Server LINK • Kartoo LINK

  7. A Worker Bee’s Story

  8. Page deleted Website reorganization Website death or disability

  9. Look for Google’s cached page Try site map or site search

  10. X

  11. Look for Google’s cached page Try site map or site search Query webmaster Search another SE or MSE

  12. X X

  13. Look for Google’s cached page Try site map or site search Query webmaster Search another SE or MSE Check the Internet Archive

  14. Good Answer! Good Answer!! Good Answer!!!

  15. Internet Archive Wayback Machine LINK • 300+ terabytes • Older than 6 months • Publicly-accessible • 5+ million hits / day

  16. Other IA Features • Moving images, audio & books • Special collections • Bookmarklet • Recall: the search engine

  17. Missing Information • New or obscure • No bots allowed • Password-protected • Intranets & firewalls • Databases

  18. The Invisible Web • 500 times larger than the Visible Web • Valuable • Desirable • More info LINK

  19. Spiders Have No Fingers Cannot type search terms LINK 1 LINK 2

  20. Signs • ? in URL • Long, complicated URL • Search used to retrieve info • Proprietary, passworded Caution! Invisible Web Ahead

  21. Detecting the Invisible Web • Subject-based directories • The Invisible Web Directory LINK • HealthWeb LINK • Invisible web portals • Complete Planet LINK • ProFusion LINK • IncyWincyLINK

  22. Public Records • All levels of government • Individual, business, professional • Health, medical?

  23. Options • Visit the agency • Hire a public records searcher • Search Internet sources • Search commercial sources

  24. Online Directories • Search SystemsLINK • BRB PublicationsLINK • Black Book OnlineLINK

  25. Restricted Access • Personal privacy • Trade secrets • Permissible uses (need to know) • Restricted by law • National Practitioner Data Bank LINK

  26. Keeping Up-to-Date • Search Engine Watch LINK • Search Engine Showdown LINK • Research Buzz LINK • FDA Email NewslettersLINK

  27. Remember • Try advanced search options • Use MSEs for greater efficiency • Employ tools for finding “lost” info • Search the Invisible Web • Stay current with email newsletters

  28. Slideshow available at http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref /mlace.ppt Nancy McMurrer & Cheryl Nyberg Gallagher Law Library University of Washington Jan. 2004

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