Google for Research
- 1. Google for Research Mimi Beth Amy Smith- Filar Harris DeCoster Williams February 7, 2012
- 2. First, do audio set up TOOLS – AUDIO –AUDIO SET UP WIZARD Sometimes video is here Adjust your volume if needed later OPTIONAL: Click button on to Talk, then click again off. Text chat, ask questions Respond to polls in this drop down Participants list
- 3. POLL: How often do you use Google? • A: Not at all or rarely • B: Occasionally • C: Frequently • D: once an hour at least!
- 4. How Google Ranks Pages • PageRank o Based on how many links there are to a particular page o How "important" the pages doing the linking are o How often people click on links • Remember: not always in line with your research priorities!
- 5. Open vs Hidden/Deep/Invisible Web Data from P. Gil, "What is the invisible web?" Dec. 2010. Schematic by N. Tann, Goshen College, March 2011. http://goshen.libguides.com/beyond_googling
- 6. Basics of Google searching • AND is default connector between words • “Phrase” search • Try OR for wider results • Use “-” right before word (Olympics –london) • Use * for replacing whole words - not for truncation • Cases ignored • Timeline searches • Limit by file type (filetype:pdf) • Limit by domain (site:edu)
- 7. POLL: How often do you use Google Advanced Searching? • A: Not at all or rarely • B: Occasionally • C: Frequently • D: All the time!
- 8. Options for Advanced Search http://www.google.com/advanced_search • Use “~” before word for synonym search • Avoid stop words (adverbs, conjunctions, etc) • Search numrange (ipod $70..$120) • Find pages that link to a URL (link:uncg.edu) • Find similar pages (related:nytimes.com) • Definitions: (Define: spurious) • Conversions (132 cm to inches)
- 10. POLL: Google Scholar • Do any of you use Google Scholar? If so, "raise" your "hand" • What have you used it for? (Please use the chat window.)
- 11. Uses & Drawbacks Use for: • “hidden web” such as conference proceedings • Quick scan across multiple disciplines • Find multiple types of documents (articles, proceedings, books) • Discover who is publishing in your area of research Drawbacks: • not knowing when it's updated • many older articles • can't browse by title • no way to limit search results • unclear inclusion for citation counts
- 14. Tips & tricks of Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/ • Use same search strategies as w/ google • Try variations of author name • Group of “X” – several copies of possibly same article • “Cited by” - show other docs who cite this one • Search “related articles” • Exports citations fairly well (one at a time) • Create email alerts of search • Follow public author profiles – create your own!
- 15. Q&A