Visual & Clustering Search Engines as tools for concept generation, mind mapping, outlining...

Visual & Clustering Search Engines

as tools for concept generation, mind mapping, outlining & more

PF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences,

pfa@umich.edu

Search Engines

Ask Clusty Don Busca Exalead Gigablast Grokker iBoogie IncyWincy Kartoo

KillerInfo KoolTorch ManagedQ MedStory Mooter Quintura RedZee TouchGraph Ujiko Vivisimo

IncyWincy

Bioethics

KillerInfo

Bioethics - concepts

Don Busca

bioethics

Clusty

Bioethics - concepts

Exalead

Bioethics - terms, types, media, filetypes

Vivisimo

Bioethics

iBoogie

Bioethics - concepts

iBoogie

Bioethics - images

Gigablast

Bioethics - concepts

Gigablast

Bioethics - images

Gigablast

Bioethics - videos

Ask.com

Bioethics - concepts, images, and more

Grokker

bioethics

KoolTorch

Bioethics - 1

KoolTorch

Bioethics - 2, navigation

RedZee

Bioethics - prioritization

Mooter

bioethics

Quintura

Bioethics

MedStory

Bioethics

Ujiko

bioethics

ManagedQ

Bioethics - person, place, thing, thumbnails

Kartoo

Bioethics

Touchgraph

Searches & displays visualizations of results for:– Web – Amazon books– Amazon music– Amazon DVDs– Facebook

Use as visualization tool, graphic concept generator, discovery of like authors / performers and more

Touchgraph

Web search for bioethics

Touchgraph

Web search for bioethics - enlarged

Touchgraph

Amazon browser

Touchgraph

Amazon book search for bioethics

Touchgraph

Amazon book search for bioethics Recentered by clicking on plus sign for a

specific book of interest Enlarged

Touchgraph

Amazon book search - Lisa See

Touchgraph

Amazon movie search - Miyazaki

Touchgraph

Amazon music search - Jonatha Brookes

Touchgraph

Amazon music search - Tom Waits

What else?

Possible applications– Concept clarification for ESL students

– Breaking the “white page” block

– Tools for “concrete thinkers” to work with abstract concepts

– Assignment to compare concepts generated across tools

– Assignment to evaluate recommended concepts for 2-3 tools - do you agree with recommendations?

What can you imagine doing with these tools?