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Heck with HAL: Open the Pod Bay Door to the Deep Web Yourself with Google’s Custom Search

Heck with HAL: Open the Pod Bay Door to the Deep Web Yourself with Google’s Custom Search. Dale Vidmar Information Literacy and Instruction Coordinator/ Education, Communication, and Health, Physical Education, & Leadership Librarian http://hanlib.sou.edu/dale/ vidmar@sou.edu

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Heck with HAL: Open the Pod Bay Door to the Deep Web Yourself with Google’s Custom Search

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  1. Heck with HAL:Open the Pod Bay Doorto the Deep Web Yourselfwith Google’s Custom Search Dale VidmarInformation Literacy and Instruction Coordinator/ Education, Communication, andHealth, Physical Education, & Leadership Librarian http://hanlib.sou.edu/dale/vidmar@sou.edu www.sou.edu/~vidmar/onlinenw2009/vidmar.ppt Online Northwest 2009 February 13, 2009

  2. What is aCustom Search Engine (CSE) • Specialized Search Engine – search select sites • Uses the expertise of the author • Controls the results of a query • Adds a human element into a search engine algorithm

  3. Why Bother Creating aCustom Search Engine (CSE) • Focus search on “good” sites • Find specific information from a list of sites in a subject area • Make a webliographies searchable • Search deep Web sites • Effectively assist others in finding better information

  4. Why Bother Creating aCustom Search Engine (CSE) • Place a search box on the site http://hanlib.sou.edu/documents/oregon.html • Best of all, if you are a non-profit, government, or educational organization, you can create a CSE at no cost.

  5. 9 Steps to Getting Started Creating a CSE • Sign up for a Google Account • Go to Google Custom Search Engine • Click Create a Custom Search Engine, and provide basic info— title, description, keywords, and language • Select sites you want to search

  6. 9 Steps to Getting Started Creating a CSE • Create the URL Patterns to search • Determine “What do you want to search?” - Only selected sites - The entire web, but emphasize your selected sites - The entire web

  7. 9 Steps to Getting Started Creating a CSE • Choose the free standard version-- • Read and check off the Terms of Service • Create your CSE, test it out, and edit or alter as necessary.

  8. Creating URL Patterns for a CSE • First Rule – Keep It Simple Smart www.ous.edu/onlinenw/* Searches the entire Online NW site • Add Complexity as Necessary *.sou.edu/* Searches all the SOU site – www.sou.edu/ Also searches the SOU Hannon Library – hanlib.sou.edu/

  9. What’s in the E-Mail after Creating a CSE? • For day-to-day management of your search engine visit http://www.google.com/coop/manage/cse?cx=001346700164955841089:ibtagcb57bo • To incorporate your search engine into your site or blog, you can find the necessary code at http://www.google.com/coop/manage/cse/code?cx=001346700164955841089:ibtagcb57bo

  10. What’s in the E-Mail after Creating a CSE? • To manage all your Custom Search Engines from your Google Personalized Homepage, add the Custom Search Console by visiting http://fusion.google.com/add?moduleurl=http%3A//www.google.com/coop/cse/manage_gadget.xml

  11. What’s in the E-Mail after Creating a CSE? • To manage all your Custom Search Engines from your Google Personalized Homepage, add the Custom Search Console by visiting http://fusion.google.com/add?moduleurl=http%3A//www.google.com/coop/cse/manage_gadget.xml

  12. CSE: Some Examples • Oregon State Government Resources http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=001346700164955841089:cvvmf9tmacy • US Newspaper Search:http://www.customsearchguide.com/cses/ngovboh-daq • Patient Medical Illness Search http://www.customsearchguide.com/cses/bzsujkxique • Lilia Murray's Search Engine for History: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=001517412307533037157%3Agxzz2o3sa1c • Online Northwest Search: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=001346700164955841089:v32xbx7dzx8&hl=en

  13. References • What are URL Patterns and How Do I Use Them? http://www.google.com/support/customsearch/bin/answer.py?answer=71826&topic=11493 • Custom Search Helphttp://www.google.com/support/customsearch/ • Custom Search Guide.comhttp://www.customsearchguide.com/ • Google Custom Search – Basics & Advancedhttp://www.google.com/coop/docs/cse/?hl=en • Google Custom Search Engines http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/google-custom-search-engines.shtml

  14. Heck with HAL:Open the Pod Bay Doorto the Deep Web Yourselfwith Google’s Custom Search Dale VidmarInformation Literacy and Instruction Coordinator/ Education, Communication, andHealth, Physical Education, & Leadership Librarian http://hanlib.sou.edu/dale/vidmar@sou.edu www.sou.edu/~vidmar/onlinenw2009/vidmar.ppt Online Northwest 2009 February 13, 2009

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