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How to Game a Search Engine
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The Problem:
Search engines don’t give you what you want - they just give you what’s popular!
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Example: tigers
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GoogleMost POPULAR result on top
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Not useful for a student
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This easy information is ALSO from Wikipedia!
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Google You are encouraged to spend time goofing off on
social media.
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Bing
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BingNothing about actual tigers!
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Bing Again with the social media.
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Yahoo
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YahooNo tigers.
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YahooDistracting stuff.
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YahooDuplicated for extra distraction!
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YahooSocial media. (Sort of.)
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Conclusion:
None of these search engines are geared toward students. They’re made to be fun and popular.
So how can students find REAL information??
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GoogleHey, what’s this?
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GoogleA nondescript menu?
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GoogleNew search options??
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Google’s Advanced Search
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Google’s Advanced SearchGoogle will look for all of the words you type in this box…
…And eliminate the words you type in this one!
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NEW Google Results
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NEW Google Results
Better results (these are organizations, so you can cite them as sources!)
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NEW Google Results
No distracting stuff on the side
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NEW Google Results
Social media is less invasive
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Bing
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Bing Hey, here’s that symbol again!
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BingWait, this isn’t the advanced search!
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Bing After some digging, you find this.There’s no direct link from Bing’s main page.
In case you want to reference this page, the shortened link is bit.ly/Jpxy2a .
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Bing Looks like we can exclude search terms manually…
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Bing
But in fact…
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Bing
…It doesn’t work at all.
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YahooAdvanced search is right where it should be!
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YahooHooray!
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YahooWhat a neat idea! Let’s try it.
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YahooWell, it’s not 100% there. The second result isn’t a .edu. But at least there’s nothing about Detroit!
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Well, that’s OK.But what else is there?
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Google ScholarScholar.google.com
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Google Scholar
Research tools
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Google Scholar
Advanced search is NOT here!
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Google ScholarIt’s HERE!
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google ScholarMaybe we’ll need to be a little more specific…
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Google Scholar…But we do have more options here.
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Google ScholarThese links let you download the paper. (If you don’t see one, ask your librarian about databases!)
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Google Scholar
Citations are in black. They aren’t actually available online, but they are mentioned in other works – so you can get their information and look them up at the library later!
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Google ScholarNow that we’re informed, let’s adjust the search…
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Google ScholarVoila! A real source from real researchers – and you can download it, too!
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Google Superpowers Now Available
Google Guide: www.googleguide.com• Search within titles• Search by authors• Search for pdfs specifically• Much much more!
*Most of the tricks you’ll learn in the Google Guide also work in Scholar!
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Scirushttp://www.scirus.com
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ScirusAdvanced search is right there
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Scirus
Multiple options for keeping your results
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Scirus
Lots of fun filters
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Scirus
Actual, useful, real-live results!
Lots of these articles will be free, but just like with Google Scholar, you’ll run into some that aren’t. Don’t panic! Just bring the title and author to a librarian.
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UCR Infomineinfomine.ucr.edu/
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UCR InfomineThey offer help!
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UCR InfomineAll kinds of modifiers. It is seriously nuts how much control you have over your search.
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UCR InfomineWhile the results can be a little all-over-the-place, they’ll always be handpicked for their scholarly quality by actual librarians.
In other words, no matter what you’re doing, it’s worth it to take a quick look.
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Intutewww.intute.ac.uk/
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Intute Despite this, Intute remains a great resource.
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Intute
Advanced search!
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Intute
Options continue for something like two pages
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Intute
The results are usually mid-level academic, making them perfect for kids!
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Questions?