This week I taught my students about online search strategies for Google. Over the weekend they will be using Google Scholar to find articles for their research topic. For my students, I am going to post the link to
Google Alerts On Your Research Question Or Topic
so that they can get updates on the latest news or scholarly articles on their topic.
I personally have used Google Alerts for many research topics, and have found it incredibly convenient as I check my email more frequently than any other website.
Alerts.com is a new service for me. I checked out the Craigslist Alerts through this site, as I am interested in buying a car but don't always have time to check Craigslist every day. Now I will get Alerts sent straight to my email every day for potential cars.
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Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts
Friday, February 27, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
How Does That Go?
Did you ever have the melody of a song in your head, and have a heck of a time pairing it with a song title? Or what about just one song lyric from the ch
orus?
Although it is not yet possible to whistle a tune to a website and have it match the melody to a song title, it is possible to research song titles by lyrics.
Here are some strategies to find your song:
1. Google it. Put quotation marks around the song lyric in question, and do your search. Websites that contain that particular song lyric (sometimes including audio) might pop up. If you know who wrote the song or performed the song, you can also Google the person's name and the song lyric in quotation marks, OR Google the person's name and "discography". (Many online discographies include audio clips of the songs featured on each recording.)
2. Google the term "song lyrics", and find websites that contain databases of lyrics from thousands of songs.
orus?Although it is not yet possible to whistle a tune to a website and have it match the melody to a song title, it is possible to research song titles by lyrics.
Here are some strategies to find your song:
1. Google it. Put quotation marks around the song lyric in question, and do your search. Websites that contain that particular song lyric (sometimes including audio) might pop up. If you know who wrote the song or performed the song, you can also Google the person's name and the song lyric in quotation marks, OR Google the person's name and "discography". (Many online discographies include audio clips of the songs featured on each recording.)
2. Google the term "song lyrics", and find websites that contain databases of lyrics from thousands of songs.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Dr. Google
Disturbing research article about doctors who admit to using Google to diagnose their patients. Based on the survey, 58.8% of the diagnoses from Google end up being correct.
Ironically, I discovered this article while searching for another article about a doctor who received prison time for a misdiagnosis based on his wonderful Yahoo! and Pub Med research. I read that article last month, and forgot to save the link! ):( Is it possible that this article has been expunged from public record, now that Google has become an all-powerful cureall?
Perhaps it is possible that the pro-Google diagnosis study depends more on the doctors' skill in prescribing treatment, rather than making the diagnosis? Do those doctors only use Google to confirm what they have already discovered?
Ironically, I discovered this article while searching for another article about a doctor who received prison time for a misdiagnosis based on his wonderful Yahoo! and Pub Med research. I read that article last month, and forgot to save the link! ):( Is it possible that this article has been expunged from public record, now that Google has become an all-powerful cureall?
Perhaps it is possible that the pro-Google diagnosis study depends more on the doctors' skill in prescribing treatment, rather than making the diagnosis? Do those doctors only use Google to confirm what they have already discovered?
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