Beyond the default Google search bar.

Using a search engine effectively.

• Meta search vs. single engine- meta search uses multiple search engines- examples: Dogpile, WebCrawler

• Directory vs. search term• Google specialties

- Google Scholar (searches university research)- Google Books

Simple Boolean Logic.

• AND – search engines assume this between search terms

• OR – searches for either occurrence

• NOT – eliminates a term from the search

• “…” – searches for the phrase exactly as is

• (…) – groups logic commandseg. andrew AND denton NOT (enough OR rope)

Specific searching.

• site: … - searches the targeted site only

• filetype: … - searches only for that file type

• Video – YouTube, Twit.tv

• Other people’s internet research – del.icio.us, digg.com, stumbleupon.com

• Slideshows – Slideshare.net, 280slides.com

• Podcasts – Podcast alley, Site specific, iTunes

• Blogs – Google blog search. Technorati.com

Library Services.• Navigate to these individually, they’re not

indexed by search engines:- MacquarieNet- Virtual Library (vlib.org)- Open Library (openlibrary.org)- GCCC library online services- University of Qld Library Cyberschool (www.library.uq.edu.au/schools)- Griffith Research Online (www.griffith.edu.au/researchonline)

Forums and discussion boards.

• Places where people freely answer questions and offer information.

• Many websites have these integrated.- Eg. Sixty minutes, Insight

• May need to go to a forum to search within it.

Automatic Retrieval.

• Subscribing to news, blogs, podcasts and webcasts.

• RSS (feed)• Aggregator – program or site that works the

RSS feeds

Networking.• del.icio.us – social bookmarking (open)

• diigo.com – social bookmarking (closed)

• EDNA – education specific, groups

• Yahoo / Google groups• Twitter – perpetual micro blogging

Managing all this.

• Personal portals:NetvibesiGooglePageflakes

• Online bookmark storagedel.icio.usDiigo