Program Description

While Google remains one of the Internet's most useful tools, it does have its limitations and frustrations. With its focus on the bottom line, Google has no qualms about discontinuing your favorite tools (e.g., Google Reader, iGoogle, etc.) or search features (e.g., Translated foreign pages) with (relatively) short notice. Additionally, Google Search doesn't (yet) find absolutely everything, so it's good to have multiple tools and strategies in your reference librarian tool belt. This program will provide some alternatives to the Google gargantua and describe how, when, and why to steer clear of it and navigate to other ports of information.

Getting Beyond Google Alternatives to

the Internet Juggernaut

Ohio Library CouncilChapter Conferences

2014

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Don BoozerKnowItNow24x7

Bill MeltzerWorthington Libraries

Chuck & Beans comic by Brian G.

FULLDISCLOSURE

“Hi. My name is { }.And I’m

a Google user.”

You?

Convenient

Ubiquitous

Integrated

Powerful

Free

“Free”…??

…or is it ??

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Chernabog

Image: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/map_of_the_week/2013/03/google_reader_joins_graveyard_of_dead_google_products.html

Search

http://money.cnn.com/infographic/technology/what-is-the-deep-web/?iid=EL

Search Engine Optimization& Personalization& Filter Bubbles

duckduckgo.com

ixquick.com

startpage.com

blekko.com

millionshort.com

millionshort.com

bing.com

bing.com

bingiton.com

Karen Blakeman Search Strategieshttp://www.rba.co.uk/search/compare.shtml

Make it easy to make a choice.

e.g., in Firefox...

SpecializedSearch

wolframalpha.com

Go straight to the source…

Trademarks? Patents? USPTO.gov# of people working in manufacturing in Ohio?

Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov)Best car to buy? Edmunds.com, kbb.com...Artwork? Louvre, National Gallery of Art…Legislation? THOMAS, FindLaw…Science info? Science.gov…

and so on, and so on...

Books

hathitrust.org

archive.org/details/texts

Alternatives to Drive

dropbox.com

box.com

onedrive.live.com

zoho.com

Recommended Resources

Karen BlakemanAnything but Google: you can say “NO” to Google

www.slideshare.net/KarenBlakeman/anything-but-google-you-can-say-no-to-google

OEDb: Open Education DatabaseResearch Beyond Google:

119 Authoritative, Invisible and Comprehensive Resourcesoedb.org/ilibrarian/research-beyond-google/

Slides available athttp://www.slideshare.net/donboozer

Handout(PDF)

available athttp://bit.ly/PUTgCW

Don BoozerKnowItNow24x7

don@cpl.org

Bill MeltzerWorthington Libraries

wmeltzer@worthingtonlibraries.org

Thank You!

Questions?