New Tips and TricksNew Tips and TricksFeb 2008Feb 2008

Inbar Yasur www.hipusit.info

What I will cover:

• Dating on the Web

• Advertisement Search

• Password Management Solutions

• Screen Capture

• Finding Presentations

• How to Find an Expert

• Search Engine News

Dating on the Web

Date-range Search Date-range Search

• Date searching on the Web, while not always reliable, can be useful in certain situations.

• Conducting a date-range search with a Web search engine has never been straightforward. In fact, one of the biggest challenges has been identifying the true date of a Webpage.

• On Google's advanced search page, there is a pull-down menu for limiting the search to: "Web pages first seen in the.

• Other search engines support more limited forms of date searching.

Date-range Search Date-range Search

What is the “date” of a webpage?

• Is it the copyright date on the page?

• Is it the date that a search engine spider indexed the page?

• Is it the date that the file was originally created?

• Is it the time stamp that the server assigned to the page?

Searching by Date-range Searching by Date-range

Works only because the date is an integral part of the content

• blog postsblog posts

• News storiesNews stories

•Discussion forum entriesDiscussion forum entries

• Article Searches through Google Scholar Article Searches through Google Scholar

Date-range Search Date-range Search

What do we use this for?

• Updated information

• Infringement Searches

• Finding information from specific date / Period

Using the URL in Google’s result pageUsing the URL in Google’s result page

• Change &as_qdr=Change &as_qdr=

• d(number) – past number of daysd(number) – past number of days

• w(number) – past number of weeksw(number) – past number of weeks

• m(number) – past number of monthsm(number) – past number of months

• y(number) – past number of yearsy(number) – past number of years

http://www.google.com/search?http://www.google.com/search?

as_q=israel&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_as_q=israel&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_

oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetypeoq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=m2=&as_qdr=m2&as_nlo=&&as_nlo=&

as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=ias_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=i

magesmages

How to search for WebPages spidered 4 years ago and eliminate newer How to search for WebPages spidered 4 years ago and eliminate newer

pages?pages?

• DDate limit feature:ate limit feature:

• Convert dates into Julian format (continuous count of days sinceConvert dates into Julian format (continuous count of days since

Jan 14713 B.CJan 14713 B.C

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.php

• Add the dates, separated by a dash to the date range: Add the dates, separated by a dash to the date range:

daterange:startdate-enddate

Jan 1, 2004 to April 15, 2005 converted to Julian format: 2453005-Jan 1, 2004 to April 15, 2005 converted to Julian format: 2453005-

24534752453475

More Google URL TricksMore Google URL Tricks

• Image searchingImage searching

• Add &imgtype=face – to limit to facesAdd &imgtype=face – to limit to faces

• Add &imgtype=news – for news photosAdd &imgtype=news – for news photos

http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr

=all&q=israel

http://images.google.com/images?http://images.google.com/images?

um=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=israelum=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=israel&imgtype=face&imgtype=face

http://images.google.com/images?http://images.google.com/images?

um=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=israelum=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=israel&imgtype=news &imgtype=news

External ToolExternal Tool

GooFreshGoofresh is a way to search for sites added today, yesterday, within the last seven days, or last 30 days.

• updated informationupdated information

Advertisement searchAdvertisement search

In the Past -In the Past -

• Warc

• Xtreme

Now -Now -

• Get creative ideas from others

• See how your competitors promote themselves

Password Management SolutionsPassword Management Solutions

Classic and New Tools in Commercial DatabasesClassic and New Tools in Commercial Databases

• PageOnce

• Favobox

• RoboForm

Screen Capture

Snag ITSnag IT

http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp

• Capture anything on your screen - from an area to a

scrolling web page.

• Edit your screen capture using the built-in image editor

• Share, save, and print your screen capture in the format

Finding Presentations

How to Find Presentations?How to Find Presentations?

• Using Advanced search option

•

How to Find Presentations?How to Find Presentations?

• SlideShare SlideShare is a free large community for sharing

presentations on the web

How to find an expertHow to find an expert

Tools For Finding ExpertsTools For Finding Experts

• Authoratory

A unique database of contact information, professional interests, social

connections and funding of 697,858 leading scientists

• BioMedExperts

Your Scientific Match Point

• EXPERT LINK

Official publisher of the Yearbook of Experts print-based directory

• Expert pages

Link attorneys, law firms and legal professionals to thousands of leading experts

Tools For Finding ExpertsTools For Finding Experts

• World Bank - Guide to Experts

• Expert.com

• Researcherid

Researcher ID is a global, multi-disciplinary scholarly research community

• Faculty Experts Directories

• Ask a librarian an online reference service from the library of Congress

Tools For Finding ExpertsTools For Finding Experts

• Google Scholar

Tools For Finding ExpertsTools For Finding Experts

• PatBase - Inventor Analysis

Tools For Finding ExpertsTools For Finding Experts

• engineering village

Search Engine NewsSearch Engine News

Google NewsGoogle News

• News archive search

• content is included in News archive search

Search results include both content that accessible to all users (such as BBC News,

Time Magazine and Guardian) and content that requires a fee (such as Washington

Post Archives, Newspaper Archive, and New York Times Archives).

Scholar Search – new…Scholar Search – new…

• Scitopia.org This new search portal searches content from 15 science and technology

societies and includes bibliographic records from the societies' electronic publications; patents

from the U.S., Europe, and Japan; and U.S. Department of Energy technical reports

Google International Government SearchGoogle International Government Search

• Search for non US Government information

• gov.*

Bibliography• Five Steps to Effective Keyword Research

http://www.searchengineguide.com/barone/009492.html

• Dating on the Web Mary Ellen Bates. Online. Jan/Feb 2008 Vol. 32 ISS; 1 pg 64

• SLA Factiva Demo (PPT)

• Finding Experts By Using the Internethttp://WhitePapers.VirtualPrivateLibrary.net/Finding Experts.pdf

Thank you!