Successful Searching Online
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Successful Searching OnlineMaking the Most of Your Time Online
D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS
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+Infoglut:
“an excess amount of information being provided, making processing and absorbing tasks very difficult for the individual because sometimes we cannot see the validity behind the information”
“Infoglut,” Wikipedia, accessed online <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infoglut>, December 30, 2011.
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+How the Web Works…
Infoglut
Metadata “data about data”
Search engines
Digitized images
Social Networking Twitter
WeRelate
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+Use a Research Log
Databases ScotlandsPeople
ArchiveFinder
Findmypast.com.au
Google Websites
Blog Postings
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+Use a Research Log
Avoid Duplication
Analyse Your Approach
Evaluate Progress
Create New Searches
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+Search Parameters
Domains
Website Subscription Level
Date
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+Search Phrases
Keywords
Quotations
Parenthesis
Asterisks
Auto-Corrections
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+Search Results
Quantity
Summarize
Returned vs. Examined
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+Your Research Log…
Did you miss something?
What didn’t you find?
What worked?
What didn’t work?
What other searches can I do?
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+Using the Cloud
Document Collaboration
Research Notes/Logs
Data Access
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+GoogleDrive
GoogleDocs Word Processing
Spreadsheets
Presentations
Collaborate: View
Share
Edit/Revise
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+Evernote
Cloud-Based System
Synch Between: Desktops/Laptops
Mobile Devices
OCR Capability
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+Evernote
E-mail Upload
Benefits: Central Location
Automated Synchronization
Tags
Cost: 60MB (free)
Paid Upgrades
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+Evernote
Possible Uses: Research Notes
Research Logs
Documents
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+Expand Your Search
Multiple Search Phrases Synonyms
Alternate Spellings
Abbreviations
Boolean Tools
Truncation
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+Synonyms…
“I want to find information about Thomas Allison, born 1798 in England, died 1862 in New Zealand.”
information = data, facts, statistics, research, source, details
Thomas Allison = Thos. Allison, Tom Allison, Thos. Allyson, Tom Allyson, Thomas Allyson
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+Synonyms…
“I want to discover how to research my Danish genealogy.”
discover = find out, learn, determine, search
how = guide, learn, tutorial, explain, process
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+Synonyms…
“I want to discover how to research my Danish genealogy.”
research = search, study, explore, seek
Danish = Denmark, Danmark, Danes
Genealogy = family history, family tree, ancestry, document, data This
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+Synonyms
“How many children did Franklin B. Smith have?”
Children Child
Male
Female
Boy
Girl
Infant
Unknown
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+Synonyms
“How many children did Franklin B. Smith have?”
Franklin B. Smith Frank B. Smith Franklin Smith F.B. Smith Frank Smith Franklin B. Smyth Frank B. Smyth Franklin Smyth F.B. Smyth Frank Smyth
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+Synonyms
“When and where did Mary A. Dennett marry Patrick Doughty?
Mary A. Dennett Mary A. Denet
Mary Denet
Mary Dennet
Mary A. Dennet
Mary A. Denett
Mary Denett
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+Synonyms
“When and where did Mary A. Dennett marry Patrick Doughty?
Patrick Doughty Pat Doughty
Patrick Dughty
Patrick Doghty
Patrick Doty
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+Finding Synonyms
Observe and Record
Ask Others
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+Applying Synonyms
Boolean Operations
Phrase Searching
Truncation
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+Boolean Operations
AND
OR
AND NOT
NOT
NEAR
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+Boolean Examples
(marry OR married OR intention OR spouse OR bann)
(married AND date AND place)
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+Phrase Searching
Phrases = “family history” OR (family history)
Places = “Trowbridge, England” OR (Trowbridge, England)
Names = “Thomas Allison” OR (Thomas Allison)
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+Truncation
Keywords = genealog* will return genealogy, genealogist, genealogies
Places = Eng* will return Eng., England
First Names = Thom* will return Thom, Thomas
Surnames = Thorn* will return Thorn, Throne, Thornapple
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+The Re-Approach
Consider a record… Locality
Record Type
Historical Significance
Repository
Consider a digitized record… What?
Why?
Who?
Where?
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+Localities
Countries / States / Counties / Towns
Other Jurisdictions
Broad Subject
Multi-Level Search Broad
Narrow
Narrower
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+Examples
Trowbridge, England
Genealogical/Historical Information
Search Phrase: (Trowbridge OR Wiltshire AND Eng*) AND (history OR family OR
genealogy OR “family history”)
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+Examples
Boston, Massachusetts
American Revolution
Search Phrase: (Boston AND Mass*) AND revolution*
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+Record Types
Digitized Images
Databases
Other Sources Historical Organization
Lineage Organization
Library/Archive
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+Examples
Tompkins, New York
Cemetery Records
Photographs OR Transcriptions
Search Phrase: Cemeter* AND Tompkin* AND (New York OR NY) * AND
(transcript* OR photo*)
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+Examples
Brede, Sussex, and England (Brede OR Sussex AND England)
Diaries or Letters (Diar* OR Letter*)
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+Yippy.com
Categorizes Titles
Abstracts
QualifiersConcise
Understandable
Accurate
Distinctive
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+Benefits of Yippy
Quantity
Quality
Additional Searches
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+Reverse Searching
Databases
Websites
Build Search Terms
Find Similar Resources
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+Framing the Search
Personal Websites
Digital Publications
Specialised Databases
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+Your New Strategy
Keep an Online Research Log
Search for: Localities
Records
Beyond Google Yippy.com
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Successful Searching OnlineMaking the Most of Your Time Online
D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS
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