Week 3

DNS Malware - July 2012

Here is the story: http://www.dcwg.org/
Here is the fix: http://www.dns-ok.us/
Here is more on the story from the FBI: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911


LibGuides: http://libraryschool.campusguides.com/
I will give an in-class demonstration of LibGuides and how to create them.

I will also demo Google Custom Search: http://www.google.com/cse/
And Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts

Introductory Thoughts

No need to search?

Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Higher Education in 2025 (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/value/futures2025.pdf) See scenario #17 (p. 16).

Search Engine Diagnotic Tests

 

Diagnostic Test 1: find public libraries in Wisconsin

September 2003

Search: Google

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

3,490,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

4,510

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov filetype:pdf

872

PDF files

 

 

September 2009

Search: Google

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

16,500,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

7,810

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov filetype:pdf

2,250

PDF files

 

 

June 2011

Search: Google

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

26,500,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

40,000

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov filetype:pdf

3,480

PDF files

 

 

July 2012

Search: Google

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

61,500,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

232,000

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov filetype:pdf

8,640

PDF files


September 2003

Search: Yahoo

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

3,390,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

168

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov limit to PDF

77

PDF files

 

September 2009

Search: Yahoo

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

33,600,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

4,440

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov limit to PDF

1,130

PDF files

 

June 2011

Search: Yahoo

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

48,400,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

2,140

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov limit to PDF

536

PDF files

 

 

July 2012

Search: Yahoo

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

112,000,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

14,000

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov limit to PDF

758

PDF files

 

 


September 2003

Search: Ask.com

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

733,300

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

1,950

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov filetype:pdf

Didn't work

PDF files:

“The following field searches were introduced in Nov. 2002. It appears that only one at a time can be used, and most cannot be combined with other search terms.” See: http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/features/ask/

public libraries wisconsin filetype:pdf

1,240

Worked, but not with site:wisconsin.gov

 

September 2009

Search: Ask.com

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

1,340,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

5,430

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov filetype:pdf

1,160

PDF files

public libraries wisconsin filetype:pdf

255,000

Search executed for comparison purposes

 

 


September 2009

Search: Bing

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

52,700,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

443,000

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov filetype:pdf

3,980

PDF files

June 2011

Search: Bing

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

55,700,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

175,000

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov filetype:pdf

654

PDF files

 

July 2012

Search: Bing

Results

Comments

public libraries Wisconsin

111,000,000

 

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov

14,400

Limited to WI official state Web sites

public libraries wisconsin site:wisconsin.gov filetype:pdf

1,120

PDF files

 

 


Diagnostic Test 2: global warming

September 2003

Search: Google

Results

Comments

global warming

62,300,000

 

global warming site:un.org

8,140

Limited to UN Web sites

global warming site:un.org limit to Danish pages

8,150

Didn't work!?

global warming limit to Danish pages

43,100

Worked this time

 

September 2009

Search: Google

Results

Comments

global warming

30,400,000

 

global warming site:un.org

9,220

Limited to UN Web sites

global warming site:un.org limit to Danish pages

8,150 [result number not given]

 

global warming limit to Danish pages

27,200

Worked this time

 

September 2009

Search: Bing

Results

Comments

global warming

16,200,000

 

global warming site:un.org

22,700

Limited to UN Web sites

global warming site:un.org limit to Danish pages

0 results!

 

global warming limit to Danish pages

18,600

Worked this time

 

June 2010

Search: Google

Results

Comments

global warming

69,300,000

 

global warming site:un.org

9,130

Limited to UN Web sites

global warming site:un.org limit to Danish pages

2

 

global warming limit to Danish pages

30,600

Worked this time

 

July 2012

Search: Google

Results

Comments

global warming

291,000,000

 

global warming site:un.org

9,570

Limited to UN Web sites

global warming site:un.org limit to Danish pages

0

 

global warming limit to Danish pages

84,800

Worked this time

 


June 2010

Search: Bing

Results

Comments

global warming

16,700,000

 

global warming site:un.org

9,600

Limited to UN Web sites

global warming site:un.org limit to Danish pages

1

 

global warming limit to Danish pages

21,000

Worked this time

 

July 2012

Search: Bing

Results

Comments

global warming

61,800,000

 

global warming site:un.org

34,800

Limited to UN Web sites

global warming site:un.org limit to Danish pages

0

 

global warming limit to Danish pages

18,700

Worked this time

 

 

In-class exercise: Create your own diagnotic test, comparing Google results with results from Bing or some other search engine.

Another in-class exercise: see how far down into a result set Google lets you dig. 1) devise a search that pulls up a large result set; 2) see how many results deep you can go.

 

Google Search Tips

http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/refinesearch.html Official Google Tips

http://google.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/ss/useefectivesbs.htm Unofficial Tips

 

How Google Works (video): http://www.google.com/howgoogleworks/

 

Creative Search Engines

I'm not recommending these. But take a look:

 

 

Ask.com: http://www.ask.com/ - Suggests searches

ccSearch: http://search.creativecommons.org/

WolframAlpha: http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Quintura: http://www.quintura.com/

Yippy: http://search.yippy.com/

LivePlasma: http://www.liveplasma.com/

The Find: http://www.thefind.com/

Zuula: http://www.zuula.com/

Chacha: http://www.chacha.com/

Aardvark: http://vark.com/  - Gone?

Kosmix: http://www.kosmix.com/  - Gone?

Suppose you want to find other creative search engines. Try Google sets: http://labs.google.com/sets

 

Beyond "The Three Googles" to the News:

Google News Archives: http://news.google.com/archivesearch The sad story of the death of Google News Archive - told in class. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_News_Archive; and: http://searchengineland.com/google-news-archive-search-page-gone-forever-or-temporary-bug-89768

 

I monitor this Google development page often: http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/index.html

Use Google Alerts to monitor areas of interest: http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en

Use Google Custom Search to create your own custom search engines: http://www.google.com/coop/cse/

Use Google Map to create your own custom map, like this one:

Alliance Depository Project : http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104014459110246282080.000456d0f59e635b3ee65&z=8

Japan: Places I have Visited: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104014459110246282080.000477f5fac2e5615f69f&ll=35.66647,137.649679&spn=3.52078,4.938354&z=8