Transcript Slide 1

Finding Needles In Virtual Haystacks
Come on in and sit a ‘spel’ –
We will begin shortly. --
Banjo long version
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
Banjo
Finding Needles In Virtual Haystacks
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
Before this presentation….
Could this be you trying to find
information?
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
Finding what you want
Locating what you want as a Capella
learner on the Internet can be like
trying to find a book in a library with
all the catalog cards on the floor or
looking for a needle in a haystack. You
know it is there, but how can you find
it?
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
4
Invisible to search engines
• vast expanses of the Web are
completely invisible to search
engines
• this "Invisible Web" is in all
likelihood growing significantly
faster than the visible Web
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
5
At the conclusion of the workshop, learners will:
• Be able to apply various search engines
• Send queries to a number of Internet search engines and
receive the results compiled into a single page
• Use multiple search engines to locate [high precision]
resources for comprehensives and dissertations
• Be able to locate information stored in databases, but
hidden from most search engines
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
6
Boolean Search Logic – so who’s Boole?
Boolean logic comes from
George Boole, a British
mathematician, who laid out
the rules in 1849.
Boolean logic merged logic and algebra, laying
the foundation for the digital revolution.
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
7
A very brief Boolean overview
• Search phrase: cats AND dogs means
find web pages in which both terms occur
• Search phrase: cats OR dogs means
find web pages in which either term
occurs
• Search phrase: cats NOT dogs means
find web pages in which the term cats
appears but not dogs
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
8
Boolean Search Techniques - OR
CAPS
OR increases the range of your
results. So a search for children OR
kids would give you a lot of webpages
of young people from which to choose.
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
9
Boolean Search Technique - AND
AND uses a second word to further
define the first
(49ers AND Schedule, for example,
should include the 49ers’ Schedule).
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
10
Boolean Search Techniques - NOT
NOT excludes a subset of the group
that the first word defines (school NOT
public).
cats NOT dogs means find web pages
in which the term cats appears but not
dogs
Note: Even experienced reference librarians rarely use
this because it can exclude valuable information.
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
11
"Proximity Operators“ – NEAR ADJ
• Also Boolean Operators, proximity operators
such as NEAR or ADJ are used to control
how closely the terms occur in the web
document that is retrieved.
• NEAR/3 means that the terms must occur
within 3 words of each other
• Proximity operators ensure that your terms
are more closely related to another
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
12
NEAR/x
Use this operator to search for documents
where you'd like both terms to appear
within a specified distance of each other,
narrowing a search
• Dalmatians NEAR/3 feeding
• web documents will be returned that
have the term Dalmatians occurring
within 3 words of the term feeding
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
13
ADJ
Use this operator to search for documents
where you'd like both terms to appear next
to each other, narrowing a search
• Dalmatians ADJ feeding
• The ADJ Boolean operator is often
disguised as the option "exact phrase."
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
14
“ ~” Searches ‘Synonym Searches’
You may want to search not only for a
particular keyword, but also for its
synonyms. Indicate a search for both by
placing the tilde sign ("~") immediately
in front of the keyword.
~food ~facts
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
15
Phrase Searches
Search for complete phrases by enclosing
them in quotation marks. Words enclosed in
double quotes (“like this”) will appear
together in all results exactly as you have
entered them.
Phrase searches are especially useful when
searching for famous sayings or proper
names.
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
16
“ + ” Common Searches
If a common word is essential to getting the
results you want, you can include it by
putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to
include a space before the "+" sign.)
For example, to search for Star Wars
Episode I, use:
Star Wars Episode +I
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
17
Boolean Advanced Search
Implied Boolean using the symbols + (must include)
or -(exclude) from the "Basic" search interface
http://www.scholar.google.com
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
18
Evaluating Web Resources
• Subject - Can you check the accuracy of the information or data
somewhere else?
• Authority - Does the author of the web site have the education,
expertise, or experience to be a trustworthy source or
commentator on this subject?
• Purpose - Who is the page written for? What is the intended
audience supposed to do with the information?
• Bias – Does the page acknowledge other possible positions,
interpretations, or conclusions?
• Currency - Is the page dated? Has it been revised or updated?
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
19
The Researching Librarian
This site gathers links to selected web resources
useful for research: freely searchable citation and
full-text databases, funding information, relevant
journals, statistics and statistical methods, useful
research tools, current awareness sources, and
conference papers and proceedings.
http://www.researchinglibrarian.com/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
20
Google Scholar Advanced Search
Theory into practice: The design of an online technology
skills course for nontraditional nursing …
SP Stokes, KP Terry - View as HTML - Web Search
... CINAHL CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied
Health Literature) is a ... And online classes for students in
health sciences and ... Doctoral dissertation, The ...
ejite.isu.edu
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
21
Clustering Engines Vivisimo
http://vivisimo.com/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
22
Clustering Engines Vivisimo Results
http://vivisimo.com/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
23
Academic Reference and Research Index
http://www.academicindex.net/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
24
Academic Reference and Research Index
http://www.academicindex.net/
Results of
“Teacher Action Research”
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
25
Scirus
http://www.scirus.com
Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages,
enabling you to quickly: •Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical
and medical data on the Web. •Find the latest reports, peerreviewed articles and journals that other search engines miss.
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
26
Copernic Basic Agent
http://www.copernic.com/en/index.html
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
27
Field Searches – Open Directory
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Collaborative Learning@ (30)
E-learning Companies (65)
E-learning Portals@ (76)
Independent Research (27)
Institutions@ (236)
Instructors Resources (58)
Knowledge Management@ (1,464)
Learning Management Systems@ (107)
Online Books (2)
Online Courses@ (317)
Services@ (48)
Tutoring@ (83)
Largest most
comprehensive
human-edited
directory of the
Web
http://dmoz.org/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
28
Searchable Databases
Searchable databases are excellent sources
for information. These databases are on the
World Wide Web and each database website
usually gives you, the user, instructions.
After you have thoroughly exhausted the
possibilities found on the web with the
multiple searches available, then examine
the wonderful world of searchable
databases.
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
29
Invisible Web or Deep Web
The “Invisible Web” or “Deep Web” is a
vast reservoir of Internet content that is 500
times larger than the known "surface" World
Wide Web.
The Deep Web contains billions of highquality documents in about 350,000
specialty databases — all hidden from view
from standard search engines!
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
30
Keep in mind
• Information that is likely to be stored in a
database is a part of the Deep Web
• A good subject directory will link to
database sites on the Web
• Web sites of searchable databases can also
be retrieved via search engines
• Many search engine sites and commercial
portals feature searchable databases as
part of their package of services
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
31
Connect to the Library
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
32
Databases and Resources – Articles & More
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
33
Databases and Resources – Articles & More
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
34
Library Databases
Full text articles, article citations, reports, company
information, newspapers, and more.
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
35
Find Full Text Articles and Article Citations
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
ABI/INFORM Global 1,300 journals
Academic Search Premier Indexes over 4,300 journals
Business Source Premier 2,300 full text journals
ERIC Database over 1,000,000 citations with abstracts
Hoover's Online database includes 12 million companies
Journal Locator A-Z title list of journals
LexisNexis full-text information from over 5,600 sources,
selected to meet academic research needs.
• MasterFILE Premier full text for 2,055 periodicals; full text
for more than 350 reference books
• Corporate Information research reports on companies and
industries
• Public Register's Annual Report Service
Annual Reports of over 3,600 public companies
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
36
Full Text Articles
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
37
Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
38
Find Full Text Articles and Article Citations
• PsycARTICLES 25,000 searchable full text articles
from 38 journals published by the APA and 4 from
allied organizations
• Psychology Journals Full text of journal articles
from over 300 journals in psychology,
organizational behavior, counseling,
communications and related fields
• PsycINFO comprehensive monthly compilation of
non-evaluative summaries of the world's literature
in psychology, human services, and education
• Sage Psychology Collection full text of 30 journals
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
39
Find Full Text Articles and Article Citations
• ABI/INFORM Global Management International
Review (1987 - current); Human Organization
(1996 - current)
• Sage Criminology Collection
• Sage Sociology Collection
Data Sources
• Childstats.gov federal and state statistics and reports
• National Data Sets
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
(SAMHDA)
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
40
Data Sources
• National Telecommunications & Information
Administration
• Gartner Web Resources
• Penn Computing-- Computer Information Security
• UC Davis Computer Security Lab
• Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
• TechWeb Technology Encyclopedia
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
41
Infomine
Infomine Multiple
Database Search
Infomine might be called
an "academic" search
engine, focusing on
scholarly resource
collections, electronic
journals and books, online
library card catalogs, and
directories of researchers.
http://infomine.ucr.edu
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
42
Complete Planet
CompletePlanet CompletePlanet presently
contains 103,000 search sites organized into
more than 4,000 subject headings.
This “Deep Web Directory” is a good starting
point for accessing the rich resources of the
"hidden" Web.
Discover over 70,000+ searchable
databases and specialty search engines.
http://www.completeplanet.com
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
43
OAIster
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
44
OAIster Search Screen
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
45
Search for Instructional AND Design
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
46
Repositories of Primary Sources
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/iil.htm
http://www.uidaho.edu/specialcollections/Other.Repositories.html
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
47
Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
48
Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods
http://www.ejbrm.com/index.htm
EJBRM is published by Academic Conferences International Limited
Curtis Farm, Kidmore End, Nr Reading RG4 9AY, England
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
49
Library of Congress
Library of Congress This is the ultimate
searchable database!
http://www.loc.gov/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
50
Finding Online Dissertations
Capella University pays $11,000/yr for ProQuest database
•ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full Text
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
51
ProQuest Digital Dissertations
Proquest Digital Dissertations
Search by keywords, author, dissertation
number or use detailed search on main
search page. Output lists titles which are
hyperlinked to a full record. For a fee,
these can be downloaded in pdf format.
http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
52
Proquest Search
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
53
Full Text Dissertations in WorldCAT: Tutorial
From: Capella Library
Learn how to find full text dissertations in WorldCAT.
WorldCAT contains many of the Full Text dissertations
that are found in the ETD Digital Library. You may
find the search screen easier to use in WorldCAT than
the ETD Library.
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
54
Networked Digital Library of Theses and
Dissertations (NDLTD)
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
55
Business Dissertations
http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/business/theses.html
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
56
Blog Search Engines
Daypop
http://www.daypop.com/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
The Quotations Page
• The Quotations Page Links to Quotes of the Day,
Quotes of the Week, and Searchable Quotations.
• Established 1994, the Quotations Page has over
20,000 quotations online from over 2400 authors.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say,
and what you do are in harmony.
Mahatma Gandhi
http://www.quotationspage.com/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
58
World Intellectual Property Organization
World Intellectual Property
Organization : WIPO PCT
database. Login as guest or
create a free account.
http://pctgazette.wipo.int/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
59
Closing Disclaimer
"If you can't find what you're
looking for using the search
techniques we discussed, then call
your Capella University librarian!"
--Dr. Mills
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
60
With new search skills, you can receive 7 Figure Salaries!
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
61
Want complete copies?
http://criticalconcern.com/Capella/
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
Thanks for coming!
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
63
Remember to backup your hard drive!
Institute for Backup Trauma starring John Cleese
http://www.backuptrauma.com/video/default2.aspx?r=1
© 2005 Capella University - Confidential - Do not distribute
64