Christopher C. Brown

Harnessing the Power of Google (eBook, ePUB)

What Every Researcher Should Know

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This informative and practical book teaches how to get better and faster results from Internet searches and methods for maximizing the potential of the world's most popular search engine. Mastering Internet research skills is a must for today's information professionals and LIS students, as well as for educators and all high school and college students. But without specific instruction in how to conduct online research, people are destined to waste time in their Internet queries or to come up emptyhanded when the information they're seeking is, in fact, available. Harnessing the Power of Google: What Every Researcher Should Know offers simple strategies that streamline research and improve anyone's search results. It will specifically benefit information professionals, students, and academic researchers in disciplines like international studies, political science, and statistical research. Illustrated with helpful screen shots, this handbook will be an often-consulted desk reference and can serve as a workshop guide or supplementary reading in courses on online research skills. The book starts with a review of general guidelines for searching that covers topics like the difference between primary and secondary sources, determining authority, citing sources, indexing, and ranking before addressing Google's power-searching features, such as the ability to search by top-level Internet domain or file type. The book describes the history of information access over the past century, culminating in today's digital information archives and how Google now augments-not replaces-what libraries provide. The three Google interfaces that together comprise a powerful toolkit are covered in detail: Google Web for finding primary source materials; Google Scholar for full text searching of scholarly, peer-reviewed material; and Google Books for searching the full text of a very high percentage of books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216094579
• Artikelnr.: 68167408

Autorenporträt

Christopher C. Brown is Reference Librarian and Coordinator of Government Documents at the University of Denver, Main Library, USA. He oversees the large government information collection and provides reference services to the university community and members of the general public. He is author of Harnessing the Power of Google: What Every Researcher Should Know (2017) and Librarian's Guide to Online Searching, 6th edition (2021). He has taught in the University of Denver Library School for over 20 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Searching Generally
History of Searching
Tension between Controlled Vocabulary and Full Textuality
Subject Headings vs. Subject Descriptors
Full-Text Searching: A Different Way of Thinking
Reference
Chapter 2: How Google Works
Crawling and Indexing
Ranking of Results
Beyond Google's Reach
General Google Search Tips
Indirect Searching-Hidden Internet Content
Reference
Chapter 3: Searching Google Web
Basic Search Techniques
Power Search Techniques
Keyword Formulation
Evaluating Web Content
Cached Content
Reference
Chapter 4: Power Searching for Primary Sources Using Google Web
Site-Specific Google Searching
Site Searching on the International Level
Site Searching on the Foreign Government Level
Site Searching on the U.S. National Level
Site Searching on the State Government Level
Site Searching on the Local Level (Counties and Communities)
Site Searching for Commercial Content
Site Searching for Nonprofit Content
Reference
Chapter 5: Google Scholar and Scholarly Content
Depth of Searching in Google Scholar
What Content Does Google Scholar Retrieve?
Books-From Google Books
Evaluating Google Scholar Content
Right Margin Links
Left Sidebar
Citation-Specific Links
Effective Searching in Scholar
Google Scholar Metrics
References
Chapter 6: Google Books
Library Project
Google Books Partner Program
Google Book Views
Searching and Navigating Google Books
The "Fulfillment" Part
How Complete Is Google Books?
Government Documents in Google Books
Magazines in Google Books
Google Books and HathiTrust
Google Books and the Internet Archive
Fingers and Hands in Google Books
Citing Google Books
References
Chapter 7: Google as a Complement to Library Tools
What's Wrong with Academic Libraries
The Three Googles
What's Right with Academic Libraries
The "Flattening" of Information Sources
The "Holy Grail" of Search Results in the Google Age
Reference
Chapter 8: Academic Research Hacks
No Country Redirection (NCR) searching
Google Books Ngram Viewer
Image Searching
Google Translate
Legal Cases
Searching Patents
References
Chapter 9: Case Studies in Academic Research
Case Study 1: Resources on Human Trafficking
Case Study 2: Funding for Religious Schools in Tanzania and South Africa
Case Study 3: Paris Tango House Fashion from the 1920s
Case Study 4: Data on Geothermal Heat Pumps
Chapter 10: Searching for Statistics
Step One: Determine Who Cares about the Statistics You Are Seeking
Step Two: Search within the Internet Domain of the Entities Likely to Issue
Statistics
Keyword Searching and Statistics
Statistics Case Study 1: Immigrant Statistics for the United States
Statistics Case Study 2: Subnational Data for Uganda
Conclusion
Index