Using Google and Wikipedia Like A Pro!
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The document provides tips for effectively using Google and Wikipedia as reference tools. It discusses how Google generates billions in revenue through targeted advertising while tracking user data, whereas Wikipedia relies on donations and volunteer contributions. The document then lists 10 tips for using key features of Google like advanced search operators, built-in conversions, Google Translate, Google Patents, Google Drive, YouTube, and Google Maps. It also provides 10 tips for using Wikipedia as a starting point, reference tool, for featured/good articles, pop culture, language learning, local perspectives, promoting resources, statistics, related Wikimedia sites, and as a hobby.
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Using Google and Wikipedia Like A Pro!
- 1. Using & Like a Pro! Don Boozer Cleveland Public Library MRCPL Staff Day 2017
- 5. Google Wikipedia For Profit Busine$$ • #1 most-visited site • Revenue: – $99.28 BILLION – June ‘16-June ‘17 – NASA’s budget = $18B – Turkmenistan GDP = $95.5B • Staff – 72,053 full-time Non-Profit Foundation • #5 most-visited site • Revenue: – $81 Million – 2016 – .08% of Google’s revenues • Staff – 280 Staff/Contractors – 124,709 active volunteers
- 6. Google Wikipedia • Tracks everything you do online for profit! – Targeted advertising – YOU are the product! • All edits you do are saved – Makes one accountable – Allows research For Profit Busine$$ Non-Profit Foundation
- 9. Please don’t say… “Google says the answer is…” or “I found the answer on Google.”
- 10. Assess the actual sources in the results! If you’re behind the ref desk… Be a better searcher than your patrons!
- 11. TOP 10 TIPS & TRICKS
- 12. 1. Use the full power of Search www.google.com
- 13. Get wildcard suggestions… Find competitors or alternatives
- 14. Use Advanced Operators - (hyphen/minus) excludes words change “air filter” ford –inurl:ehow windows security –microsoft –computer OR or | spam|“junk mail” filter|stop allintitle: (also allintext: , allinurl: ) allintitle: hobbit island filetype: or ext: “civil war” filetype:ppt “civil war” ext:pdf
- 15. Use Advanced Operators * for placeholder “largest * in the world” -country site: to search a specific site “economic stagnation” site:gov relaxation site:lifehacker.com pluto site:solarsystem.nasa.gov related: to find related sites related:nasa.gov will give you: ESA, SpaceWeather.com, Hubblesite.org, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy.com, etc…
- 16. Use Advanced Operators Putting it all together… medieval|"middle ages" blacksmith*|forg*|metallurgy ext:pdf site:org 2000..2017 “I want the words medieval or “middle ages” and blacksmith, forge, forging, forged, etc., or metallurgy to show up in PDF documents from .org sites (because .edu brought up too many student papers) put online between 2000 and 2017.”
- 17. Use Advanced Operators medieval|"middle ages" blacksmith*|forg*|metallurgy ext:pdf site:org 2000..2017 5 Documents! …find more terms to search like archeometallurgy, and organizations, etc.!
- 19. Sample Built-in Conversions • what time is it vancouver • how many cups in a gallon • 10 US dollars in euros • hours in a decade • 4 quarts in liters • 75 kph in mph • 90 F in K (90 degrees Fahrenheit in Kelvin) • pi/phi
- 21. 3. Looking for something in a foreign language? translate.google.com
- 22. Louis Pasteur said… “In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.” …but he was French?
- 23. Louis Pasteur said… “In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.”
- 24. Louis Pasteur said… “In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.”
- 25. Louis Pasteur said… “In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.”
- 26. Louis Pasteur said… Found online: “In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.” Google Translate (second phrase): Le hasard ne favorise que l'esprit préparé. Actual Quote Found in Reference Book & Wikisource: Dans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés. - Louis Pasteur. Douai, France. Dec. 7, 1854 (lecture)
- 27. 4. Patents for inventors, inventions, and displays patents.google.com
- 36. Searching for images of ruins and found http://globe-views.com/dreams/ruins.html What is this a photo of?? Is it actually a devastated city? Reverse image search...
- 37. or S + “Right click” or right click in Chrome
- 42. Plus you can add your own!
- 43. Templates!
- 46. 7. is for so much more than just cat videos! youtube.com
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- 50. 8. Get the most out of Books books.google.com
- 51. “A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone...” - Tyrion Lannister
- 52. 9. Maps is for more than just going places. maps.google.com
- 60. blog.google
- 64. TOP 10 USES OF
- 66. Please don’t say… “Wikipedia says the answer is…” or “I found the answer on Wikipedia.”
- 69. article is 23 printed pages long 6 printed pages of bibliography 6 external links 18 links to photographs
- 70. 3. Use Featured and Good Articles
- 71. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Currently 5,132 Featured Articles en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles Currently 26,532 Good Articles Total Number of Articles on Wikipedia: 5,478,148
- 74. 5. Using as a language learning tool
- 75. 288 Active Wikipedia Versions!
- 76. 6. Use for “local” perspectives on topics
- 77. English Version 3 printed pages Russian Version 12 printed pages!
- 78. 7. Use to promote your own resources and local area!
- 80. 8. Using statistics for both a local & global perspective
- 83. 9. Use and its “sister” sites from the Wikimedia Foundation
- 85. 10. Use as a hobby and reference skill builder
- 86. Explore!!
- 87. Thank You
Editor's Notes
- #11: You have to assess the actual sources that your search results in. Just because something is at the top of your list, doesn’t mean it’s the BEST result.