Leveraging Knowledge – Finding Stuff June 29, 2006

1. Leveraging Knowledge – Finding StuffJune 29, 2006 Power Google, Super Sites, and Cool Stuff Larry Chait Chait and Associates, Inc.

2. Links • These slides have many links to Web content for “finding stuff” • If you click on a hot link (usually underlined words in blue – with a couple of graphics also “hot”), you’ll be taken to that site • If you want to see a URL without going to the site, hover your mouse over a link and the URL will appear • If you want to save a link in your favorites, when the link appears, right click and select the option to do so

3. Google SpreadsheetsCreate, store and share spreadsheets on the web. Google NotebookClip and collect information as you browse the web. Google TrendsSee what the world is searching for Google MarsView some of the most detailed maps of Mars created by NASA scientists Google Page CreatorCreate your own web pages, quickly and easily Google TransitPlan trips using public transportation (currently in Portland only) Google ReaderUse Google's web-based feed reader to keep up with what's important to you Google Web AcceleratorSave time online by loading web pages faster Google Ride FinderFind a taxi, limousine or shuttle using real time position of vehicles Google SuggestAs you type your search, Google offers keyword suggestions in real time Froogle Mobile US | Froogle Mobile UK  Improved!Search for products from your mobile phone using Froogle Google SetsAutomatically create sets of items from a few examples

4. Graduates of Labs Google VideoSearch TV programs and videos Personalized SearchGet the search results most relevant to you Personalize Your HomepageSee information you care about on your Google homepage Google MapsGet maps, driving directions, and local business information Google ScholarSearch through journals, abstracts and other scholarly literature Google SMS (US) | Google SMS (UK)Get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device Google DesktopFind all your information, whether on the web or your computer Google Groups 2Create and join searchable discussion groups and mailing lists Google News Alerts, Web Alerts Receive email updates when news breaks or when pages get added Search by LocationRestrict your search to a particular geographic area Google GlossaryFind definitions for words, phrases and acronyms

5. Other Google-related Stuff Google’s FroogleGoogle’s Froogle shopping search Google CatalogGoogle’s Catalog shopping search Google NewsSearch and browse 4,500 continuously updated news sources; offers customizable interface Google Alerts(not Google product)Monitor professional interests and track entire Web, sending new results by daily email Google BooksSearch full text of books to find ones of interest and learn where to buy or borrow them Google – all in one placeUnofficial site that gathers all Google services on one page GOOGL (46645)Google by Cell – Send text message to GOOGL (46645); Google results sent to cell phone Google by emailmailto:google@6url.comSend search term in subject line; top 10 results returned via email Google help(research for $)More than 500 carefully screened researchers answer questions, for as little as $2.50, usually within 24 hours, with satisfaction guaranteed

6. Google Tricks and Techniques – Scratching the Surface numrange:[year..year]Finds all years, from start through end define:[word]Gets definitions of words, abbreviations OR or |Excludes word; e.g., [Hamlet (pizza | coke)] finds Hamlet with either pizza or coke site:[domain]Restricts search to specific domain type; e.g., [site:edu] or [site:it] filetype:[extension]Restricts results to listed extension; [-extension] excludes that extension [*]Each “*” substitutes a wildcard word into the search string Stocks: [ticker ticker …]Google treats “tickers” as stock symbols and links to a page showing stock information for those symbols

7. Phone Searches [name, city, state]Searches for anything that looks like a phone number rphonebook:[name, state, city]Returns residential phone number bphonebook:[name, state, city]Returns business phone number [phone number]Reverse lookup – returns the owner of a listed, landline phone Web People Searches Pretrieve – Public record search engine – free Zoominfo –Searches for people, companies, relationships – for free Searchbug – People/company finder – some free, others fee-based Humanoids – Get to a human being; bypass the voice-response labyrinth ExpertClick – Find experts by knowledge category Finding People, Places, and Things

8. Google Maps – Powerful, user-friendly, draggable maps with local business information, satellite imagery, and directions Traffic – Web cams, weather, news; built on Google Maps Road Reports – Construction, etc.; built on Google Maps Cell towers – built on Google Maps Pedometer – Mark and measure a route on a Google Map Houses and Apartments – Craig’s list shown on a Google Map Earthquakes - Earthquakes around the globe shown on a Google Map Weather Bonk – Temperature at hundreds of sites, plus weather, plus Web cams all shown on a Google Map Cheap Gas – Lowest gas prices shown on a Google Map Zillow – Find the values and details of 60m homes shown on a Google Map Map Searches Searches Built on Maps Finding People, Places, and Things

9. Finding People, Places, and Things (Click on graphic)

10. eBizSearch – Web, academic, commercial articles eLibrary – Books, articles, Papers, pictures, and maps FindArticles – 300 sources HighWire – 12 mil. articles in 4,500 Medline journals PubMed–Access to over 12 million Medline citations JSTOR Online– Full-image academic journals World News Connection– Foreign news aggregation CiteSeer – Citations for scientific documents O'Reilly Safari – Electronic technical books Philosophy Research– Books on philosophy Search-eBooks.com– Full-text index of e-books CyberJournalist – Search as if you were a journalist Mergent Online–Databases: Moody's, EDGAR, etc. 10K Wizard– Search EDGAR Publications and Databases Finding People, Places, and Things Niche Search – Selected from PC Magazine – 052703 (note: not all are free) http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1046954,00.asp

11. Biography Resource– Find people by personal facts AskERIC – Educational Resources Asiaco – Asia-related topics GPO Access– All about the government NatureServe Explorer – Nature information, US/Can. PublicLibraries.com–Find all types of libraries SearchEdu.com– Search educational sites Search Engine Colossus– Search for search engines Integer Sequences–Tells rationale behind a series of numbers VolunteerMatch– Search by area, interest, schedule IncyWincy–Crawls Invisible Web Acronyms– Get their definitions Topical Finding People, Places, and Things Niche Search – Selected from PC Magazine – 052703 (note: not all are free) http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1046954,00.asp

12. GoogleFight – Find which of two terms has more hits Reverse Dictionary – find words related to an entered concept Today’s Front Pages – Front pages of 400 global newspapers Newsmap – “See” the constantly changing landscape of Google news WatchingAmerica – See global opinion about the United States Predicted Airfares – Plan for cheaper flights Cheapest Flights – A meta-search fare finder Detect Spoofs – Know what site you are on Interlocking Boards – Create maps of interlocking board memberships Save on Gas – AAA has a site that tells you where to find it cheap(est) Google vs. Yahoo #1 – Displays side-by-side results Google vs. Yahoo #2 – Displays sites in both, only Google, & only Yahoo Really Cool Stuff! Larry’s Really Cool Stuff

13. Lefthanders & Dyslectics – Turn the world upside down – or side to side GoogleFight – Find which of two terms has more hits Speech Accents – Hear people around the world speak English Einstein’s Blackboard – Add your text to Albert’s blackboard! Warning Labels – Quickly generate your own Custom Covers – Create magazine covers using digital photos Dialect-icizer – Convert English into comical dialects Just for Fun Just for Fun

14. Search Engine Guide – With reviews, comparisons, and characteristics PubSub Matching Service – Reads sources, notifies on matches Snap for Relevance – Improves the relevance of search results Gigablast– Up-and-coming engine with HTML and non-HTML files, cached copies, Boolean, and links to multiple old copies of sites Clusty – Combines multiple sources, gives categorized, clustered results Answers.com – An “encyclodictionalmanacapedia” – comprehensive reference work, branded: “the first stage of research” Vivisimo – Web search with automatic categorization FaganFinder – Single-site access to multiple, selectable sites Copernic – Metasearch engine, with notifications ProFusion – Metasearch engine; drills into vertical, search-engine groups CompletePlanet – Covers 70,000+ databases and specialty search engines; finds highly topical, Deep-Web information Search Sites Bonus – Search Sites, Metasearch Engines Metasearch Engines

15. Sphere – Blog-only search Feedster – Largest archive of indexed web feeds: news, blogs, podcasts Scirus – Scientific information, filtering out most general sites Indeed.com – Job-search, covering job boards and newspaper classifieds Foodieview – Feature-rich recipe search engine with broad coverage Ditto – Free image search, covering 500 million pictures List of Lists – Categorized database of ranked listings of companies, people, and resources available on the Internet Singingfish – Finds free, multi-media audio/video content PubMed Tool – Clean, simple-to-use, powerful PubMed interface Glossaries – Searchable, categorized directory of glossaries & dictionaries Librarians’ Internet Index – Searchable, browsable collection of quality websites, identified and categorized by librarians InfoMine – Librarian-built, scholarly resource collection covering tens of thousands of sites, grouped into nine annotated, indexed categories DirectSearch – Invisible Web compilation; data not otherwise accessible More Niche Engines Bonus – More Niche Engines

16. BRBPub – Full data on 26,000+ government agencies and 3,500 vendors that maintain, search for, or retrieve public records Mammoth – Information from governments: US, state, and local Fas and Cryptome – Access declassified government pages/documents City Data – Data on 100s of US cities CountryReports – 26,000+ pages of statistical and cultural County data Legal Dockets – Litigation, bankruptcy, criminal, warrant et al records FindLaw – Highest-trafficked, most comprehensive legal Web site Open Access Journals – 2,000+ free, full-text, scientific and scholarly journals (~100K articles); covers science and humanities/social sciences HighWire – 1.3 million free, full-text, life-science articles MagPortal.com – Keyword & browse access to free articles from 200 mags. FindArticles – is a free/and fee), searchable, 10 million+ article archive with content from leading academic, industry, and general interest publications Government Legal Bonus – More Niche Engines Journals, All Include Invisible Web

17. Refdesk – “Single best source for facts” NilesOnline – Access to data on the Internet Statistics.com – Browse for data SearchSystems – Public records directory CIA Factbook – World facts from the CIA Searchability – Listing of specialized search engines and how they work Invisible Web Access – Links to invisible Web directories & search engines EngineGuide – Access thousands of engines, directories, and databases Beaucoup – 2500+ specialized search engines, directories, and indices VirtualFree – 1,000+ search engines for fast and uncomplicated use Multi-access – Specialized, general and academic indexes and engines FinderSeeker – Browse/search hundreds of engines in 27 categories Statistics and Data Search Engine Search Engines Bonus – Search Engine Search Engines

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