Transcript SavvyWebSearchingAB for DigCommx

SAVVY WEB
SEARCHING WITH
ADVANCED TOOLS
& TECHNIQUES
ANNE BURNETT
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW
SEARCH ENGINES/TOOLS
COMPUTATIONAL KNOWLEDGE ENGINES
QUESTION & ANSWER SITES
Ask
Quora
VIABLE GOOGLE ALTERNATIVES
PRIVACY CONCERNS?
GOOGLE TIPS
word order matters (sorta)
space = AND
capitals ignored except AROUND(x)
and OR
tilde ~
quotation marks
• phrase searching & single precise word
minus sign –
ADDITIONAL GOOGLE TOOLS
what is ___
define:
file format
filetype:xls –filetype:swf
domain restriction site:.gov –site:.com
wildcard operator
• Christopher Columbus died in *
ADVANCED SEARCH BOX
Just run search for “Google advanced” to access form
OR site:org
YOURSELF!
try narrowing results
• quotes
• minus sign
• AROUND(n)
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track references to you with Google Alerts
 runs your search automatically
 sends email at frequency you specify
 must be signed in to Google
GOOGLE ALERTS
AUTOFILL /
AUTOCOMPLETE
SEARCH TOOLS
(FILTERS)
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Peer-reviewed papers and law articles
Theses & dissertations
Books
Abstracts
Technical reports
Case Law (including citator function)
• May link to subscription sites
• Can use Advanced Search
DEEP WEB, DARK WEB
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Deep Web
 also “invisible web” and “hidden web”
 web content missed by traditional search
engine crawlers/spiders – ogooglebar
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Dark Web
 secretive, anonymous
 uses TOR and bitcoins
DEEP WEB
specialized search engines
• CompletePlanet – indexes over 70,000 databases
• SurfWax - best “grip” on information (meta-search)
• Infomine – databases, journals, e-books, bulletin boards,
institutional repositories
• CiteSeer – science focus
• Wayback Machine – replaced web sites
COMPLETEPLANET
INTERNET ARCHIVE
snapshots of sites over time
1997
2014
INTERNET ARCHIVE