Social Media for Academic Research: Why Not?

Michelle Post, Ph.D.

Lessons to Learn

• Why not social media for academic research? • Tips on Keywords & Video: Web Research • Just some of the tools

– Google Alerts – RSS Feeds – Google Reader for RSS – Social Bookmarking – Blog Posts – Social Networks – Twitter Search – Other Possibilities

• Resources • References • Dr. Michelle Post

Why not social media for academic research? Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega (2011) provides the

following ways of using social media for academic research.

• Build a network of like-minded scholars • Follow specific research themes and topics • Provide service to the scholarly community • Share my scholarly expertise and build

credibility online Read the full blog post at http://bit.ly/WnXpM7

Tips on Keywords • Try using a Keyword search tool like

Ubersuggest, http://ubersuggest.org/

• Use Boolean search operators to increase the strength of the keywords.

– AND – OR – NOT – AND NOT – Double Quotes – + / - signs – Parentheses – Tilde (~) – Asterisks (*)

• For more Boolean strings, read this, http://bit.ly/UXt88b

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTNEo04OIMU

Tools: Google Alerts

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9lVzA_tDww

Tools: RSS Feeds •RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication •RSS Feeds lets data come to you •RSS Feeds can be used for staying in touch with the world •RSS Feeds can save you precious time on researching •RSS Feeds help you stay focused when researching •RSS Feeds allows you to “surf” in private for the data comes to your RSS Reader •RSS Feeds help you work smarter, not harder

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

Tools: Google Reader for RSS

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPZ2Uu_X3Y

Tools: Social Bookmarking

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMsT6Zsa_FQ

Tools: Blog Posts

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

Tools: Social Networking “Networking sites are online

communities in which members can interact in a number of ways” (University of South Hampton, n.d., para. 1)

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc&list=UUs-SOeljpyBAvS6fYAR2egw&index=10

Tools: Twitter Search

• Search Twitter with your keywords, https://twitter.com/search

• Search Twitter using hash tags (#)

• Find and follow industry experts and organizations Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbLWQYJ6iM

Tools: Other Possibilities

•Citeulike - http://www.citeulike.org/ •Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/ •MagPortal - http://magportal.com/ •Google Books - http://books.google.com/ •Federal Register - https://www.federalregister.gov/ •CyberJournalist - http://www.cyberjournalist.net/#sthash.kW8J8cyL.ch0G3WGC.dpbs

RESOURCES, RESOURCES, AND MORE RESOURCES

Dr. Post’s Tools for Research

Dr. Post’s Presentations

• Blogs - http://www.slideshare.net/mpostphd/blogs-16148401 • Blogs, Blogger & Blogging -

http://www.slideshare.net/mpostphd/blogs-blogger-bloggingppt • Google Alerts for Research -

http://www.slideshare.net/mpostphd/google-alerts-for-research-12611374

• Invisible Web-Deeper Web - http://www.slideshare.net/mpostphd/invisible-web-deep-web

• RSS (Really Simple Syndication) - http://www.slideshare.net/mpostphd/rss-feeds-rss-readers

• Social Bookmarking - http://www.slideshare.net/mpostphd/social-bookmarking-13941931

Resources: Videos in PPT

• Slide 4: Web Search Strategies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTNEo04OIMU • Slide 5: Setting Up Google Alerts -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9lVzA_tDww • Slide 6: RSS in Plain English - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU • Slide 7: Google Reader in Plain English -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPZ2Uu_X3Y • Slide 8: Social Bookmarking in Plain English -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMsT6Zsa_FQ • Slide 9: Blogs in Plain English - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI • Slide 10: Social Networking in Plain English -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc&list=UUs-SOeljpyBAvS6fYAR2egw&index=10

• Slide 11: Twitter Search in Plain English - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbLWQYJ6iM

Resources: Internet / Academic

• Social Media: A guide for Researchers - http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/social-media-guide-researchers

• Pew Internet: Social Networking - http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/March/Pew-Internet-Social-Networking-full-detail.aspx

• Internet Tutorials - http://internettutorials.net/ • Academic Research Toolbox -

http://blog.cometdocs.com/academic-research-toolbox

• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - http://free.ed.gov/index.cfm

Resources: The Tools

• 10 Google Search Tricks You Might Not Know - http://mashable.com/2012/03/05/10-google-search-tricks-you-might-not-know/

• Boolean Search String Hints - http://www.ilile.org/events/past/seminar_08_03/lesson_plans/wheelersburg/booleansearchstringhints.htm

• Keywords - http://apus.libanswers.com/a.php?qid=146357 • Microblogging -

http://web2practice.jiscinvolve.org/wp/files/2009/08/microblogging.pdf

• RSS Feeds - http://web2practice.jiscinvolve.org/wp/files/2010/04/rss.pdf

References

Barker, D. I., & Terry, C. D. (2005). Internet research, (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Thomson Learning. [Slide 4]

Common Craft. (n.d.). Videos: Social media. Retrieved from http://www.commoncraft.com/videolist?qt-cc_video_quicktab=1#qt-cc_video_quicktab

MoreTimeToWrite. (2013, January 18). Setting up Google Alerts [Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9lVzA_tDww [Slide 5]

Pachego-Vega, R. (2011, September 11). Using social media to advance your academic research goals. Retrieved from http://www.raulpacheco.org/2011/09/using-social-media-to-advance-your-academic-research-goals/ [Slide 3]

University of South Hampton. (n.d.). Social media for academic research. Retrieved from http://www.southampton.ac.uk/library/research/currentawareness/networking.html [Slide 10]

YouTube. (n.d.). User: Leelefever. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/leelefever [4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]

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