Category Archives: Searching

I just did a session with graduate students on researching on the Net.  Every time I do one of these I ask people’s favorite search engine.  Usually about 85-90% say “Google.”  This time I got 100% for Google. That’s a … Read More →

A student asked me the other day, “how do you write searches because I don’t always get what I want.”   Here are my top three tips to speed your searching and give you more effective answers: 1. Put phrases … Read More →

Ready Reporter missed IRE’s annual conference but did catch a helpful tweet and blog by John Tedesco, @John_Tedesco, San Antonio Express-News, in which he listed tips for online searching from one of Google’s top researchers, Daniel Russell.  So if you want … Read More →

Why use a spoon for every kitchen activity when sometimes a knife or a tongs would work a lot better? Or why use Google for every search? Research shows most people type just a word or two into a search … Read More →

The death of Whitney Houston reminded me of the times I’ve seen supposed photos of a dead celebrity or gotten an email saying “see this terrorist bloodied and battered.” And they turn about to be hoaxes. Here’s a couple ways … Read More →

As college basketball season heats up, you may be looking for more stories about the area team. One way to keep your finger on the pulse of discussion out there is to search blogs. BLOGS: Technorati is a search engine for … Read More →

You saw something on your twitter feed and want to go back to it, but can’t find it, right? Twitter’s search is helpful for  recent tweets. It’s changed its address in the last year. Point your browser to twitter.com/search, not … Read More →

Need to background an unfamiliar topic? Use a directory of quality links, rather than a search engine. A good one is  Internet Public Library2 Someone once explained that a Search Engine (Google, Bing, Yahoo!) is good for finding the needle … Read More →