information update feb 2008
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Periodical Update of what's new in the information worldTRANSCRIPT
New Tips and TricksNew Tips and TricksFeb 2008Feb 2008
Inbar Yasur www.hipusit.info
What I will cover:
• Dating on the Web
• Advertisement Search
• Password Management Solutions
• Screen Capture
• Finding Presentations
• How to Find an Expert
• Search Engine News
Dating on the Web
Date-range Search Date-range Search
• Date searching on the Web, while not always reliable, can be useful in certain situations.
• Conducting a date-range search with a Web search engine has never been straightforward. In fact, one of the biggest challenges has been identifying the true date of a Webpage.
• On Google's advanced search page, there is a pull-down menu for limiting the search to: "Web pages first seen in the.
• Other search engines support more limited forms of date searching.
Date-range Search Date-range Search
What is the “date” of a webpage?
• Is it the copyright date on the page?
• Is it the date that a search engine spider indexed the page?
• Is it the date that the file was originally created?
• Is it the time stamp that the server assigned to the page?
Searching by Date-range Searching by Date-range
Works only because the date is an integral part of the content
• blog postsblog posts
• News storiesNews stories
•Discussion forum entriesDiscussion forum entries
• Article Searches through Google Scholar Article Searches through Google Scholar
Date-range Search Date-range Search
What do we use this for?
• Updated information
• Infringement Searches
• Finding information from specific date / Period
Using the URL in Google’s result pageUsing the URL in Google’s result page
• Change &as_qdr=Change &as_qdr=
• d(number) – past number of daysd(number) – past number of days
• w(number) – past number of weeksw(number) – past number of weeks
• m(number) – past number of monthsm(number) – past number of months
• y(number) – past number of yearsy(number) – past number of years
http://www.google.com/search?http://www.google.com/search?
as_q=israel&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_as_q=israel&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_
oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetypeoq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=m2=&as_qdr=m2&as_nlo=&&as_nlo=&
as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=ias_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=i
magesmages
How to search for WebPages spidered 4 years ago and eliminate newer How to search for WebPages spidered 4 years ago and eliminate newer
pages?pages?
• DDate limit feature:ate limit feature:
• Convert dates into Julian format (continuous count of days sinceConvert dates into Julian format (continuous count of days since
Jan 14713 B.CJan 14713 B.C
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.php
• Add the dates, separated by a dash to the date range: Add the dates, separated by a dash to the date range:
daterange:startdate-enddate
Jan 1, 2004 to April 15, 2005 converted to Julian format: 2453005-Jan 1, 2004 to April 15, 2005 converted to Julian format: 2453005-
24534752453475
More Google URL TricksMore Google URL Tricks
• Image searchingImage searching
• Add &imgtype=face – to limit to facesAdd &imgtype=face – to limit to faces
• Add &imgtype=news – for news photosAdd &imgtype=news – for news photos
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr
=all&q=israel
http://images.google.com/images?http://images.google.com/images?
um=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=israelum=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=israel&imgtype=face&imgtype=face
http://images.google.com/images?http://images.google.com/images?
um=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=israelum=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=israel&imgtype=news &imgtype=news
External ToolExternal Tool
GooFreshGoofresh is a way to search for sites added today, yesterday, within the last seven days, or last 30 days.
• updated informationupdated information
Advertisement searchAdvertisement search
In the Past -In the Past -
• Warc
• Xtreme
Now -Now -
• Get creative ideas from others
• See how your competitors promote themselves
Password Management SolutionsPassword Management Solutions
Classic and New Tools in Commercial DatabasesClassic and New Tools in Commercial Databases
• PageOnce
• Favobox
• RoboForm
Screen Capture
Snag ITSnag IT
http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp
• Capture anything on your screen - from an area to a
scrolling web page.
• Edit your screen capture using the built-in image editor
• Share, save, and print your screen capture in the format
Finding Presentations
How to Find Presentations?How to Find Presentations?
• Using Advanced search option
•
How to Find Presentations?How to Find Presentations?
• SlideShare SlideShare is a free large community for sharing
presentations on the web
How to find an expertHow to find an expert
Tools For Finding ExpertsTools For Finding Experts
• Authoratory
A unique database of contact information, professional interests, social
connections and funding of 697,858 leading scientists
• BioMedExperts
Your Scientific Match Point
• EXPERT LINK
Official publisher of the Yearbook of Experts print-based directory
• Expert pages
Link attorneys, law firms and legal professionals to thousands of leading experts
Tools For Finding ExpertsTools For Finding Experts
• World Bank - Guide to Experts
• Expert.com
• Researcherid
Researcher ID is a global, multi-disciplinary scholarly research community
• Faculty Experts Directories
• Ask a librarian an online reference service from the library of Congress
Tools For Finding ExpertsTools For Finding Experts
• Google Scholar
Tools For Finding ExpertsTools For Finding Experts
• PatBase - Inventor Analysis
Tools For Finding ExpertsTools For Finding Experts
• engineering village
Search Engine NewsSearch Engine News
Google NewsGoogle News
• News archive search
• content is included in News archive search
Search results include both content that accessible to all users (such as BBC News,
Time Magazine and Guardian) and content that requires a fee (such as Washington
Post Archives, Newspaper Archive, and New York Times Archives).
Scholar Search – new…Scholar Search – new…
• Scitopia.org This new search portal searches content from 15 science and technology
societies and includes bibliographic records from the societies' electronic publications; patents
from the U.S., Europe, and Japan; and U.S. Department of Energy technical reports
Google International Government SearchGoogle International Government Search
• Search for non US Government information
• gov.*
Bibliography• Five Steps to Effective Keyword Research
http://www.searchengineguide.com/barone/009492.html
• Dating on the Web Mary Ellen Bates. Online. Jan/Feb 2008 Vol. 32 ISS; 1 pg 64
• SLA Factiva Demo (PPT)
• Finding Experts By Using the Internethttp://WhitePapers.VirtualPrivateLibrary.net/Finding Experts.pdf
Thank you!