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1 Alternatives to Google Paul Barron Director of Library and Archives George C. Marshall Foundation All Right Reserved. This presentation may be copied and distributed for nonprofit educational purposes only. Revised and Sites Checked November 2012

2 Presentation Objectives Search Engines and Search Tools Bing Microsoft Search Engine Boolify Drag and Drop Search Tool Duck Duck Go Exalead French Search Engine Google Link Checking TouchGraph SEO WikiMindMap Virtual Libraries Internet Public Libraries Intute from the United Kingdom INFOMINE Univ. of California Issue-oriented Sources ProCon.org and CRS Reports VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 2

3 Research Sources for Middle & High School Students 1. Google or other online search engine (94%) 2. WikipediA or other online encyclopedia (75%) 3. YouTube or other social media sites (52%) 4. Their peers (42%) 8. Online databases (EBSCO, JSTOR, or Grolier (17%) 9. Research librarian at school (16%) How Teens Do Research in the Digital World VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 3

4 Should educators be concerned? There are consequences to our students and our educational system if we [allow] a search engine to define the parameters of effective research. The University of Google: Education in the (Post) Information Age Tara Brabazon VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 4 4

5 Duck Duck Go VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 5

6 Duck Duck Go Goodies VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 6

7 Bing and Exalead VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 7

8 NEAR Proximity Operator Bing syntax near:n (near:3, near:5) Exalead syntax Requires UPPER case NEAR - Find words within 16 words of one another. NEAR/(n) - (NEAR/5, NEAR/10) NEAR VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 8

9 Exalead s AND Operator Results AND 1610 results VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 9

10 Exalead s NEAR Proximity Operator AND 1610 results NEAR 397 results VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 10

11 Exalead s NEAR/n Proximity Operator NEAR/n finds words within a specific number of terms from one another AND 1610 results NEAR 397 results NEAR/5 105 results VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 11

12 NEAR Proximity Operator Search Homework Using Your topic AND teacher resources AND school level Your topic near:5 teacher resources AND school level VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 12

13 NEAR Proximity Operator Search Homework Using Your topic AND teacher resources AND school level Your topic AND teacher resources NEAR school level Your topic NEAR/5 teacher resources AND school level VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 13

14 Boolify VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 14

15 Boolify Drag and Drop Search Tool Drag and drop a Word or Phrase or Exact Word or Phrase puzzle piece joined with a Boolean operator (AND is a default) into the work area. Site is the same as a top level domain (edu, go, org). Scroll down to view the results which are provided by Google. VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 15

16 About Boolify Watch the movie at: VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 16

17 TouchGraph SEO NOTE Touchgraph is powered by Google and supports Google s advanced search syntaxes. The TouchGraph Google Browser reveals the network of connectivity between websites, as reported by Google's database of related (similar) sites. VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 17

18 TouchGraph Search Template VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 18

19 Related Searches Let s expand the renewable energy results to find types of renewable energy. VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 19

20 Types of Renewable Energy Let s review the results for wave energy. VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 20

21 Wave Energy Search Results VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 21

22 wikimindmap ( Mind map that provides a structured and easy understandable overview of the topic you are looking for. Understanding the limits of Wikipedia, this tool is useful as a search term generator. VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 22

23 Mind Map Results for climate change NOTE Ensure that you select en.wikipedia.org To move the mind map, press and hold the left mouse button. Student Research Query: climate change VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 23

24 Expanding the Mind Map: From Causes to Student Research Query: climate change AND causes VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 24

25 Human Influences Student Research Query climate change AND causes AND human influences VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 25

26 to Fossil Fuel Student Research Query climate change AND causes AND human influences AND fossil fuel VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 26

27 Research Query Student Research Query climate change AND causes AND human influences AND fossil fuel VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 27

28 Duck Duck Go Results VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 28

29 Link Checking The Research A Web page author links to the best and most popular pages within the same category. This creates a small Web between pages with similar topics. "Growing and Navigating the Small World Web by Local Content Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences October 2002 Filippo Menczer VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 29

30 Link Checking Exercise link: Queries link: AND lesson plans link: AND lesson plans AND american history AND middle school link: AND lesson plans AND american history AND middle school AND site:org VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 30

31 Basic Link Check link: All of the sites that were returned have links to Internet Public Library. VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 31

32 Refined Link Check link: AND "lesson plans" AND "information literacy" VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 32

33 More Refined Link Check link: AND "lesson plans" AND "information literacy" AND site:k12.va.us VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 33

34 Internet Public Library NOTE the Ask an ipl2 Librarian VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 34

35 IPL for Teens VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 35

36 Internet Public Library for Kids VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 36

37 INFOMINE Scholarly Internet Resources VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 37

38 INFOMINE Search Results VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 38

39 Library of Congress Tracer Bullets VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 39

40 Library of Congress SCIENCE TRACER BULLETS VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 40

41 Intute ( NOTE Intute was closed in July 2011; however, the links remain active. VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 41

42 Humanities and Education Links VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 42

43 Kids.gov ( VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 43

44 ProCon.org (Pro &Con on Issue) VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 44

45 Links to Micro Sites and Learn More 45

46 Issue: Human Activity & Global Climate Change 46

47 Background with Names of Advocates Sources Government agencies, think tanks, professional organizations 47 47

48 Pro and Con Arguments with Source Links 48

49 Video Gallery Pro and Con Heartland Institute video challenging human causation of global climate change. Source: Heartland Institute, "Global Warming: Was It Ever Really A Crisis?," (accessed July 13, 2011) 49

50 Readers Comments What do your students think? 50

51 Learn More Footnotes & Sources This is only a partial list of the footnotes and resources on the topic. 51

52 University of North Texas Libraries Scroll down to view 19 categories of Browse by Subjects VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 52

53 Browse by Subject at UNT This is a partial list of the subjects. VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 53

54 Query Syntax Help Sources Title URL See Syntax at VAASL 2012: Librarians as Leaders 54

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