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2009 Gold Rush Writer's ConferenceMokelumne Hill, Calif.May 1-3, 2009
Laptop 1:
Discovering The World From Your Laptop
Tom JohnsonInstitute for Analytic JournalismSanta Fe, New [email protected]
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What we’re aiming for today
Major changes in datasphere Open Source Web 2.0 (aka “Cloud Computing”)
Effective search-and-keep tools Refining and refined search engines
(Hot Tip: Google ain’t the answer.)
If time….look at some non-text web sites Enrich your research Bring new levels of truth, detail, verisimilitude
to your writing
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What’s going on in the “datasphere”?
Open Source People writing applications, add-ons,
widgets for FREE Web 2.0 (aka “Cloud Computing”)
Applications moving from your computer hard drive to cyberspace Places more “intellectual” demands on the
browser and browser extensions/add-ons Need Broadband Be careful in cyberspace!
http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/
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What all this means to writers
Datasphere is constantly changing Tools to navigate datasphere
constantly changing We can be better at what we do if we
constantly adapt to those changes
Data In Analysis Info Out
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How to navigate cyberspace?
Current - and updated - browsers On how many of your computers? Do you need portability? (USB drives)
Bookmark and note-keeping apps Sophisticated, flexible search
engines “Invisible web” resources
What’s behind the closed digital doors?
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Alternative Web Browsers
Major Browsers: Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome
More Cross-Platform Browsers: Mozilla and Flock
Windows Browsers: K-Meleon Macintosh Browsers: Camino,
OmniWeb and iCab Linux Browsers: Konqueror, Galeon
and Epiphany
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All of these ALT browsers feature:
Tabbed browsing; automatic updates Modern web pages with HTML, CSS, SSL,
and JavaScript Cookies and cookie management Plug-ins and Java Ad blocking and/or pop-up blocking Download Managers Integrated Search Favorites/Bookmarks and import (and
export)
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Finding bookmark utilities
Google Search words: [+free +bookmark +programs]
Surfpack http://freebookmark.surfpack.com/ (scroll
down to see list)
Tucows (keyword: "bookmark") Windows has 498 hits (last year 209). Mac
has 27 (last year 25)
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Effective search-and-keep tools
Establish your criteria Are tools browser specific or generic? Bookmarks on YOUR hard drive and/or in
the digital cloud Degree of control Make folders and sub-folders Annotate Add tag words Import/export entries E-mail full or partial set of bookmarks
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Evaluation sites and tools
Search Engine DirectoryInternet search engines categorized by topic as general and specialty search engines. Also resources and tools for exploring the deep web, performing advanced research, and for learning about using search engine tools and technology. http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html
Social Bookmarking Social Bookmarking Faceoff --
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_bookmarking_faceoff.php
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Some major Bookmark tools
FireFox’s Bookmarks Good organization after capture: “Organize
Bookmarks” Good export. Install “FoxMarks” extension to synch multiple computers.
Scrapbook (Firefox add-on) Pros: Save Web pages or parts of. Major features are: Save Web site hotlinks and
other file format documents (i.e. PDF); Organize the collection in the same way as Bookmarks; Full text search and quick filtering search of the collection. Good highlight and annotation tools. Cons: can’t synch to online or other computers. Difficult to tag and save in multi-folders.
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Some major Bookmark tools
Diigo.com (TJ’s current favorite) Good highlighting, annotation and tagging.
Private or shared links. “Save and e-mail” feature.
del.icio.us Allows access to the same bookmarks from
any computer; add bookmarks from anywhere. Use tags (i.e. keywords) to organize and remember your bookmarks, which is a much more flexible system than folders. [Well, maybe.]
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Note-taking tools
Criteria? Just one desktop or multiple computers? Browser accessible? Synchronization? Export to ????
Backup storage flashdrive, HD or web “locker”? E-mail to yourself or others?
Receive notes sent via phone - text or pics? “Search within” functions?
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Major note-taking tools
Google Docs http://docs.google.com/#all Free. Documents/spreadsheets/PPT
Simple to use. Evolving tools.
Jot+Notes www.kingstairs.com/jot/jot4writers.html Many rich and customizable features, but only
on YOUR desktop. (Has good export tools.) Has a plug-in for Google Desktop Search which
will include Jot+ Notes note files in your search results.
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Major note-taking tools
Eluma - www.eluma.comCollect, organize and share all of the information you find on the Web, or through Eluma. Keep all of your Web stuff in one place -
favorite Web sites, RSS feeds and podcasts, blogs you read, etc. Organize your favorites by creating collections and/or assigning tags
Discover new content; subscribe to collections created and recommended by other Eluma users.
Subscribe to real-time alerts Synchronize favorites automatically across all
your computers.
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Major note-taking tools
Evernote - http://evernote.com/ Capture the things you want to remember using
what you already use — your Windows or Mac computer, the web, and your mobile phone.
Run everything through the recognition technology; synchronize it across your devices. You can then organize and tag the notes.
When you want to find something, just search or filter for it.
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Major note-taking tools
Microsoft OneNote – (60 days$100)http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx
One place to gather notes and information; search to find what you are looking for quickly
Shared notebooks so that they can manage group work
Multiple computers? Use MS Windows Live to backup and synchhttp://www.officelive.com/ and https://sync.live.com/home.aspx
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First lesson of online research!
Have a web-search strategy UCB “Five-Step Search Strategy”
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html
Understand how the search engine(s) work Google: Always begin at “
Advanced Search” and “Advanced Search Tips”
YahooMore”All Search Services” Ask.com Advanced Search Tips
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The Deep - “Invisible” - Web #1
Deep Web Research 2008http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb2008.htmMarcus P. Zillman: “The Deep Web covers [approx.] 900 billion pages of information located through the world wide web in various files and formats that the current search engines on the Internet either cannot find or have difficulty accessing. Search engines currently locate approximately 20 billion pages. “This article and guide is designed to give you the resources you need to better understand the history of the deep web research, as well as various classified resources that allow you to search through the currently available web to find those key sources of information nuggets only found by understanding how to search the "deep web".
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Navigating the “Invisible Web”
Start with reference librarians UC Berkeley Library’s excellent site
www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html Note search examples for Google and Yahoo keywords
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Desktop Search Engines
Copernic Desktop Search 3.2 Find files and emails fast along with its wide
network deployment options http://www.copernic.com
Google Desktop Search your computer as easily as you search
the web with Google Find and launch applications and files with just
a few keystrokeshttp://desktop.google.com/
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Bibliographic Tools
Zotero - www.zotero.orgZotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives in
the web browser itself. NoodleBib - http://www.noodletools.com/index.php
Accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian formatting Comprehensive coverage of the latest editions of the
MLA Handbook, APA Publication Manual, and Turabian's A Manual for Writers
Export directly to Word Automatic alphabetization of entries Custom sort orders (media type, publication date, or
primary/secondary source classification)
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Bibliographic Tools
EasyBib Pro - http://www.easybib.com Seamlessly switch between APA,
Chicago/Turabian, and MLA styles Harvard system author-date format supported
through APA Footnote & parenthetical citation wizards Import citations from third-party databases $8.99 per year
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Quick summary
Major changes in datasphere Open Source Web 2.0 (aka “Cloud Computing”)
Effective search-and-keep tools Refining and refined search engines
(Hot Tip: Google ain’t the answer.)
Look at some text and non-text web sites Enrich your research Bring new levels of truth, detail, verisimilitude
to your writing
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2009 Gold Rush Writer's ConferenceMokelumne Hill, Calif.May 1-3, 2009
Laptop 1:
Discovering The World From Your Laptop
Tom JohnsonInstitute for Analytic JournalismSanta Fe, New Mexico
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Prime sites for text research
The New York Times Archive (1851- present)
Story on Mokelumne Hill “A California Story”
Historical Newspaper and Magazine databases
Internet library of Early Journalshttp://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/
Nineteenth Century in Printhttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/snchome.html
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Prime sites for text research
U.S. News Archives on the Webhttp://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html
International News Archives on the Webhttp://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/intarchives.htm
British Library Newspapershttp://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html
Newspapers Around the World on the Internethttp://www.bl.uk/collections/world.html
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Newspaper Archives
NewspaperArchive.com $$$http://www.newspaperarchive.com/
PaperOfRecord.comGlobal pioneer of searchable newspaper image documents presented in their original published form.http://www.paperofrecord.com/
ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers http://icon.crl.edu/digitization.htm
Wikipedia: List of online newspaper archiveshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_archives_online
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Book: “Newspaper Archive Resources”
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Prime sites for image research
Library of Congress “American Memory”http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
LoC maps and bird’s eye viewshttp://birdseye.notlong.com
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Teasing meaning from images
Timeline of Art HistoryPhotos of Édouard Baldus https://metropolitanmuseum.org/toah/hd/bald/ho_1994.137.htm#
San Francisco c.1855http://sanfran1855.notlong.com/ http://sfomontgomeryblock.notlong.com/
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Go2Web20.net
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Search Engine Guidehttp://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html
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Search Engine Guide #2-News/Media Search Engines
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Online geography
Google Mapswww.google.com/maps Street map, street level photos of some cities, aerial
photo, topography
Google Earthhttp://earth.google.com/ Fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps,
terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. Need to download program.
Maplandiahttp://www.maplandia.com/
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Online Geography
“Amateur" historians Santa Fe Trail Research -
http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/ Aerial photo links for most of the
major sites and trail ruts on the Santa Fe Trailhttp://www.santafetrailresearch.com/spacepix/0ur-space-link-page.html
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Google Earth – San Francisco
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Google Earth – 1495 Sutter St