1. Online searching Izak Minnaar Power Reporting October 2012 Specialised search tools and advanced search techniques

2. Online tools for content production Key functions to find and prepare info for content creation and production search gather track analyse curate compile Strategies to find info, to find people, to spot trends, to interact Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

3. Don’t just Google it … Online toolbox Search engines Search tools Effective search techniques Advanced search techniques Targeted searches Search filters Specialised searches Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

4. Search tools Different kinds of search engines Traditional search engines Database driven web search Database Deep web/invisible web searches Specialised/targeted search tools Realtime search (of the social web) News, blogs, social media Search directories Integrated searches Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

5. Search engines Top 3: Google Yahoo Bing Multi and meta search engines Bing/Google Clusty Carrot 2 Carrot 2 Dogpile Mamma Which search engine when? Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

6. Search engines New generation search engines - examples: Biznar Sehrch Facesearch Pipl Wolfram-Alpha Touchgraph Selection of Advanced and Alternative search enginesAdvanced and Alternative Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

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8. Search techniques Develop a “document frame of mind” Define the search topic ask exactly what you want to know use search phrases and quotation marks Less but better results Explore results options Cached pages Latest content published: time based results Extended results Timeline search Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

9. Sources and content types Possible sources: Primary Official Reference Secondary Mediated Multiple Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

10. Targeted searches Search strategies to find source material: Domain searches Document type searches Google advanced search Source File type Site/domain Region Date Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

11. More on Google search Search features Knowledge Graph Google search tips help with search Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

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