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challenge and change

discovering the treasures of the hidden web

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cyber somewhere

A known needle in a known haystack A known needle in an unknown haystack An unknown needle in an unknown haystack Any needle in a haystack The sharpest needle in a haystack Most of the sharpest needles in a haystack All the needles in a haystack Affirmation of no needles in the haystack Things like needles in any haystack Let me know whenever a new needle shows up Where are the haystacks?Needles, haystacks – whatever

Matthew Koll, 1999

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do you google?

• claims to index 4.2 billion documents

• finding the one I want, not the one Google thinks I want

• what about the other 545 billion in the haystack?

• which are the valuable, authoritative needles?

• are there other options?

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what are the tools – some examples

• search engines– Exalead, Google, Live Search, Yahoo

• directories– Bubl, Infomine, AcademicInfo, GEM

• specialised search engines– regional, subject-based, media-based

• databases– Ingenta Connect, ERIC, UIS Education [UNESCO statistics]

• gateways– ELDIS [development information], EDNA, ThinkFinity

• digital libraries– National Science Digital Library, Visual Arts

• web 2.0 conversational spaces– ResearchBuzz, Education.au

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searching with search engines

• use them for searching not browsing• be specific

– several keywords, phrases– use specialised search engines

• use sophisticated techniques– use phrases “climate change”– request keywords in title– documents from specific domains, e.g. edu, gov– for reports request pdf files – filetype:pdf

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an information challenge

you have been asked to be part of a team to put together a resource unit for the spread of Buddhism in Asia. Some of the aspects which need to be explored are history, geography and art

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general search

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value of Wikipedia

• NOT as an authoritative source

• where to start – berrypicking– external references

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digital libraries

• finding digital libraries– directories e.g. Infomine, Intute, BUBL, WWW Virtual

library

systems that make digital collections come alive, make them usefully accessible, that make them useful for accomplishing tasks and that connect them with communities

Cliff Lynch, 2002

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lesson plans

• ThinkFinity

• GEM

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journal and research articles

• databases– over 14,000 publicly available– contain scholarly/or authoritative material

• finding them– use directories e.g. AcademicInfo, Infomine

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videos

• specialised search engines– Blinkx, Google Videos

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online exhibitions

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follow-up research

• Buddhism in Australia– statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics

– images• Picture Australia

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finding statistics

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questions?