Internet Librarian Update 2007

Internet Librarian Update and Reference Forum

Thursday, November 8, 2007 at the Altoona Public Library   *   Sarah Willeford  *  Central Iowa Library Service Area

 

2.0 and the Internet

Day 1 Keynote Speaker:  Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet and American Life Project

• pewinternet.org/quiz/quiz.ap – User topology poll – find out what type of user you are

  

Future of Search  

Day 3 Keynote – Danny Sullivan, Editor in Chief, Search Engine Land (www.searchengineland.com)

• www.google.com – universal search

• www.ask3d.com – 3D & morph

• www.live.com – microsoft answers

• www.yahoo.com – yahoo shortcuts

• www.hakia.com – using clustering of results

• www.mahalo.com – result lists use human refinement and creation

  

Highlights from “Super Searcher 30 Search Tips”

Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services

• Customize Google – www.customizegoogle.com

• Google’s Experimental Search – www.google.com/experimental

• Simply Google – http://lloydi.com/blog/simplygoogleoriginal.htm

• Image Search Tips –

  • Google – add “&imgtype=face” to end of search results URL to get only pictures of faces

  • Live.com – add “filter: face” to end of search results URL to get only pictures of faces

• SearchMash – www.searchmash.com

• GooFresh – http://www.researchbuzz.org/2003/09/goofresh.shtml

• DoubleTrust – www.doubletrust.net

• Yahoo Mindset Feature – http://mindset.research.yahoo.com/

• Live Academice Search -go to  site and choose Academic from “More” drop down menu www.live.com

• MSN’s Misspelling Suggestion Engine – http://adlab.msn.com/contextSim/Default.aspx

• Ask Maps – www.maps.ask.com

• Exalead – www.exalead.com

• Gigablast – www.gigablast.com

• Page Bull – www.pagebull.com

• FactBites – www.factbites.com

• NationMaster – www.nationmaster.com

• Touch Graph – www.touchgraph.com

• Quick Answer Features:

  • Smart Answers – www.ask.com

  • One Box – www.google.com

  • Shortcuts – www.yahoo.com

  • Instant Answers – www.msn.com

  

Other Resources

• www.resourceshelf.com – information for librarians and researchers, updated daily

• www.zuula.com – search switching, lets you switch between search engines

• www.opencontentalliance.org – developing digital archives

• www.libraryfind.org – open source federated search (Oregon State Univesity Libraries)

• www.dbwiz.lib.sfu.ca – open source federated search (Simon Fraser University)

• www.indexdata.dk/masterkey – has an open source metasearch service