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SEARCH ENGINE SORCERY

SEARCH ENGINE SORCERY. TURNING THE “AGE OF INFORMATION” INTO THE “AGE OF USEFUL INFORMATION ”. GENERAL SEARCH ENGINES. Google Yahoo Exalead. Google Alerts Google Desktop GMail Google News Personalized Homepage. Yahoo Alerts Yahoo Desktop Yahoo Email Yahoo News My Yahoo.

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SEARCH ENGINE SORCERY

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  1. SEARCH ENGINE SORCERY TURNING THE “AGE OF INFORMATION” INTO THE “AGE OF USEFUL INFORMATION”

  2. GENERAL SEARCH ENGINES • Google • Yahoo • Exalead

  3. Google Alerts Google Desktop GMail Google News Personalized Homepage Yahoo Alerts Yahoo Desktop Yahoo Email Yahoo News My Yahoo GOOGLE & YAHOO

  4. Google Alerts Google Desktop GMail Google News Personalized Homepage Yahoo Alerts Yahoo Desktop Yahoo Email Yahoo News My Yahoo GOOGLE & YAHOO

  5. GOOGLE Image search Calculator Maps YAHOO Yahoo Shopping Full Boolean Yahoo Toolbar WHO DOES IT BETTER

  6. GOOGLE Image search Calculator Maps YAHOO Yahoo Finance Full Boolean Yahoo Toolbar WHO DOES IT BETTER

  7. SCHOLARLY SEARCH ENGINES • OAIster • Scirus • Google Scholar • Entrez – Life Sciences

  8. WHY I HATE GOOGLE SCHOLAR • Updating problems • Mysterious sources • No browsing options • No truncation / proximity • No output or sorting options • May cause “administrator idiocy”

  9. FIREFOX ADVANTAGES • Tabbed browsing • Better security / privacy • Better pop-up blocker • Web pages load faster

  10. Kristen L. Metzger Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Fort Pierce, Florida USA metzger@hboi.edu

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