Super SearchingOnline Search Tips
Search Engine Popularity• In early 2010, more than half of adults using the Internet used
a search engine
Privacy and Searching• Three-quarters of search users say collecting information to
personalize search results is not okay
• http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Search-Engine-Use-2012.aspx
Browser Use Statistics• June-Dec. 2012
Search Engine Optimization• Helps webpages move to the top of the results list• Designed to “fool” the system• Uses coding and/or writing to help a page rank higher in
results
Search Engine Games• http://blindsearch.fejus.com (Bing and Google)
• http://blekko.com/ws/you+search+terms+/monte (Bing, Google, and Blekko
Advanced Search Features• Google
• http://search.yahoo.com/web/advanced• http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en• http://www.bing.com
Other Search Engines• Blekko• http://blekko.com• http://blekko.com/ws/+/press-videos• Slashtag search
• DuckDuckGo• http://duckduckgo.com/• Instant and zero-click results• No tracking
Proprietary Databases• Commercial databases: part of invisible web aka the “deep”
web• Search engines cover less than 20% of the entire web
Scholarly Resources• Wolfram Alpha• http://www.wolframalpha.com/
• Google Scholar• http://scholar.google.com/
• Microsoft Academic Search• http://academic/research.microsoft.com/
• EBSCOhost Research Databases• http://search.ebscohost.com/
• Username: ns021680• Password: password
Blast from the Past• Wayback machine• http://www.archive.org/
• CyberCemetery• http://govinfo.library.unt.edu
• Google Cache• http://www.google.com• Search using cache:URL
Media Searching• What types of media are commonly searched for?• Books/Print• Images• Video
Books/Print Search• Project Guttenberg• http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/main_page
• Google Book Search• http://books.google.com/
• Small Demons• http://www.smalldemons.com
Image Search• Google Images• http://www.images.google.com
• Refine image search to find similar images
Photos• Flickr• http://www.flickr.com• Flickr – The Commons
• Http://www.flickr.com/commons/
Art• National Library of Medicine Digital Collections• http://collections.nlm.nih.gov/muradora/
• National Gallery of Art Images (NGA Images)• https://images.nga.gov/
Videos• YouTube• http://youtube.com
• Vimeo• http://vimeo.com/
Video Libraries• PBS Learning Media• http://www.pbslearningmedia.org
• C-SPAN Video Library• http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/
• YouTube EDU• http://www.youtube.com/education
• Lectures• Images
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