A brief presentation for researchers at Center for Civil Society (New Delhi), on how they can use web based tools for effectvie and efficient data collection over the internet on June 10, 2011. Target Audience: Research Interns.
- 1. Data Internet -> Information Doing effective research
over the Internet
2. Kinshuk Sunil Cofounder & Lead (Design),Hashstash Studios
Band Member,Ctrl Alt Delhi Founder,Indie GameDev India Disclaimer:
I love Google, so you will see a lot of Google in here. You have
been forewarned. Contact:[email_address]
Web:http://kinshuksunil.com Twitter:@kinshuksunil 3. WhatYOUgetas
anANSWER ,depends on what youASK as theQUESTION 4. So let's know
you first! 5. Answers, Answers, Answers 6. The Act ofASK ing 7.
What is the Internet? A network of networks A network is an
arrangement of computers 8. Where can you find data on
Internet?
9. Bing 10. Etc Research Tools
- Knowledge-bases like Wikipedia
11. Networks like Twitter and Linked In 12. Memes and
Aggregators Websites 13. The beautiful world ofSearch Engines 14.
How does a search engine work? 15.
- Specific Queries vs Vague Queries
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- Punctuations and Verbs mean nothing
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- Media Images, Text, Videos
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21. Operators? 22.
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- +Musthave in search results
24. -Dontinclude in search results! 25.
- Include bothx AND yin result!
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- At leastx OR yshould be there
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- define:wordwill provide with definitions
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- cache:urlwill look for older copies of the URL
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- query ext:typewill get you results of type for the query
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- link:urlwill tell you what points to URL
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- related:urlwill tell you sites related to the URL
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- site:urlquery will search within the website
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- weather, location, time help find relevant information too
34. More Tools! 35. Google Scholar 36. Google News 37. Google
Books 38. Google Trends 39. Google Insight 40. Google Earth 41.
Wikipedia 42.
- Maybe not at an academic source, however:
- gives a concise summary of the topic
points to relevant content 43. reliable and academic references
44. huge cross-network of information 45. Linked In 46.
- Aggregate Company Statistics
47. Individual Credentials and Background 48. Find individuals
at relevant positions 49. Twitter Realtime Search 50. Almost every
hub of information, every portal on the internet can be converted
into a tool to complement your search arsenal 51. Enough Talk,
Let's Fight! 52. Questions?
