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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