7 JUL 2009 Open Sources And Technical Topics: How to find ‘em, how to use ‘em By Kristan J. Wheaton

7 JUL 2009

Open Sources And Technical Topics:Open Sources And Technical Topics:How to find ‘em, how to use ‘emHow to find ‘em, how to use ‘em

By Kristan J. Wheaton

7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 2 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

17 Years 350+ Student-Analysts (Resident) 90+ Graduate Certificate Students 8 Full-time Faculty, Countless Adjuncts Graduates Working In All Three Disciplines…

…And Internationally

MCIIS Overview

Old Main


MCIIS Overview

Liberal Arts Core Real World Project-based Intel Classes Computer Labs With Broadband

Internet/Intel Software Full Academic And Intelligence Libraries Full Production Facilities

MCIIS Press

Intelligence Studies Building


MCIIS

R/IAP

CIRAT

AI

Graduate Cert. Program

MCIIS Overview

College

DIS

Law Enforcement Intelligence

Business Intelligence

National Security Intelligence


What Are Open Sources?

Non-classified sources From peer-reviewed journals to blogs From unpublished papers to

Facebook

Typically, a messy, heaping pile of unstructured data


Why Use Open Sources?

Context! Tech info in context allows more

accurate forecasting Forecasting permits DMs to plan,

allocate resources more effectively


Thinking About Collection

1. What do I need to know?

2. Find it. Complications

Goals and purpose vs. collection approach Collection history/future Source complications Multiple taskings Ethics


Search Strategy

Assume it is onlineWhat do I know already?

Start with higher order sourcesWhat am I looking for?

Right search terms are key• Start with the obvious.• Use multiple search terms• Think in terms of “unique” words

–hotels Maui vs.tropical island hotels


Search Strategy

Where is it likely to be?News article? – Google NewsMap – Googlearth, Whirlwind, LiveearthOther image? – Google Image, FlickrVideo? -- Blinkx, YouTubeFinished document? -- .edu, .gov

POG (plain ‘ol Google) only the best choice if:• Pretty sure what you are looking for• Pretty sure it will be on top of the pile


Google Vs. Other Search Engines

Google vs. Yahoo• http://www.langreiter.com/exec/yahoo-vs-google.html

Dogpile• http://www.dogpile.com/

Kartoo• http://www.kartoo.com/

List Of Search Engines• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines


Search For File Types

Limit Your Search To Certain File Typesfiletype: doc

Works For All File TypesAdvanced Search Drop down

menu


Site And Domain Searches

Google searches within one specific website with the word "site" and a colon followed by siteAthletics site:www.mercyhurst.edu (No space

between the : and the website address.Advanced Search

Domain searchWhy?

Good for finished documents, certain sources


Translation

Foreign Language Website issuesSearch for pages in a particular

language.Has a translation tool for captured

text.To English


The “Deep Web”

“Deep (or Invisible) Web” – content in databases or not available via normal search techniques.


Some Deep Web Resources

Library Of Congress http://www.loc.gov

SIPRI FIRST http://first.sipri.org/

Transparency International http://www.transparency.org/

World Bank ‘Doing Business’ http://www.doingbusiness.org/

ReliefWeb http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm

NIC Wiki On Disease https://Nie.wikispaces.com

EIA http://www.eia.doe.gov/


Case Study:Biometrics In Jordan













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7 JUL 2009 Open Sources And Technical Topics: How to find ‘em, how to use ‘em By Kristan J. Wheaton