Download - Visual and Clustering Search Engines
Visual & Clustering Search Engines
as tools for concept generation, mind mapping, outlining & more
PF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health
Sciences, [email protected]
© 2008 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.
Visual & Clustering Search
• Clustering search• Term and concept based• Useful for term and concept generation
exercises• Useful to expand set of terms in MEDLINE
and Web searches• Visual• Organizes results visually or graphically• Sometimes includes image search
Why?• New topic: term and concept
discovery • Concept or topic tracking: graphic
representations to capture change over time
• Visualization generation to create images describing concept or term• Can use in presentation slides
Selected Search Engines
• Ask • Clusty • Don Busca• Exalead• Gigablast• Grokker• iBoogie • IncyWincy• Kartoo• KillerInfo• KoolTorch• ManagedQ
• MedStory• Middlespot• Mooter• oSkope• PubMed FaceOff• Quintura• RedZee• SearchCrystal• SearchMe• TouchGraph• Ujiko• Viewzi• Vivisimo
Clustering Search Tools
IncyWincy• Bioethics
KillerInfo• Bioethics - concepts
Don Busca• bioethics
Clusty• Bioethics - concepts
Exalead• Bioethics - terms, types, media,
filetypes
Vivisimo
• Bioethics
iBoogie• Bioethics - concepts
iBoogie• Bioethics - images
Gigablast• Bioethics - concepts
Gigablast• Bioethics - images
Gigablast• Bioethics - videos
Ask.com• Bioethics - concepts, images, and
more
Visual Search Tools
Grokker• bioethics
KoolTorch• Bioethics - 1
KoolTorch• Bioethics - 2, navigation
RedZee• Bioethics - prioritization
Mooter• bioethics
Quintura• Bioethics
MedStory• Bioethics
Ujiko
• bioethics
ManagedQ• Bioethics - person, place, thing,
thumbnails
Kartoo
• Bioethics
SearchMe: Video Browsing
Touchgraph• Searches & displays visualizations
of results for:• Web • Amazon books• Amazon music• Amazon DVDs• Facebook
• Use as visualization tool, graphic concept generator, discovery of like authors / performers and more
Touchgraph • Web search for bioethics
Touchgraph• Web search for bioethics -
enlarged
Touchgraph• Amazon browser
Touchgraph• Amazon book search for bioethics
Touchgraph• Amazon book search for bioethics• Recentered by clicking on plus sign
for a specific book of interest• Enlarged
Touchgraph• Amazon book search - Lisa See
Touchgraph• Amazon movie search - Miyazaki
Touchgraph• Amazon music search - Jonatha
Brookes
Touchgraph• Amazon music search - Tom Waits
Viewzi
Viewzi: Photocloud View
PubMed FaceOff• http://www.postgenomic.com/
faces/index.php
PubMed FaceOff• Polverini search
PubMed FaceOff• Polverini results
Coming Soon to a Computer Near You
SearchCrystal
TinEye• Searches from a seed images
TinEye• Creates embeddable widgets
What else?• Possible applications• Concept clarification for ESL students• Breaking the “white page” block• Tools for “concrete thinkers” to work with abstract
concepts• Assignment to compare concepts generated across
tools• Assignment to evaluate recommended concepts
for 2-3 tools - do you agree with recommendations?
• What can you imagine doing with these tools?