2. Google & Beyond Expert Internet Searching Tools & Strategies

3. Overview Google advanced features Advanced searching tips Search engines & meta search engines Internet Archive Invisible web & public records Email newsletters

4. How Do Search Engines Work? Spiders or crawlers Index Query agent

6. What Makes Google Great LINK LINK Breadth & depth Ranking technology 12 file formats Cached pages Advanced searching Toolbar Images News Viewer

7. New Projects at Google Labs LINK LINK Google Deskbar Google News Alert Google Viewer

8. New Projects at Google Labs Google Deskbar Google News Alert Google Viewer http://labs.google.com

9. Beyond Google: Meta Search Engines Maximize coverage Multiple search engines Clustering –Vivisimo LINK LINK –Query Server LINK LINK –Kartoo LINK LINK

11. A Worker Bee’s Story

12. Page deleted Website reorganization Website death or disability

13. Look for Google’s cached page Try site map or site search

14. X

15. Look for Google’s cached page Try site map or site search Query webmaster Search another SE or MSE

16. XX

17. Look for Google’s cached page Try site map or site search Query webmaster Search another SE or MSE Check the Internet Archive

18. Good Answer! Good Answer!! Good Answer!!!

19. Internet Archive Wayback Machine LINK LINK 300+ terabytes Older than 6 months Publicly-accessible 5+ million hits / day

20. Other IA Features Moving images, audio & books Special collections Bookmarklet Recall: the search engine

21. Missing Information New or obscure No bots allowed Password-protected Intranets & firewalls Databases

22. The Invisible Web 500 times larger than the Visible Web Valuable Desirable More info LINK LINK

23. Spiders Have No Fingers Cannot type search terms LINK 1LINK 2

24. Signs ? in URL Long, complicated URL Search used to retrieve info Proprietary, passworded

25. Detecting the Invisible Web Subject-based directories –The Invisible Web Directory LINK LINK –HealthWeb LINK LINK Invisible web portals –Complete Planet LINK LINK –ProFusion LINK LINK –IncyWincy LINKLINK

26. Public Records All levels of government Individual, business, professional Health, medical?

27. Options Visit the agency Hire a public records searcher Search Internet sources Search commercial sources

28. Online Directories Search Systems LINK LINK BRB Publications LINK LINK Black Book Online LINK LINK

29. Restricted Access Personal privacy Trade secrets Permissible uses (need to know) Restricted by law National Practitioner Data Bank LINK LINK

30. Keeping Up-to-Date Search Engine Watch LINK LINK Search Engine Showdown LINK LINK Research Buzz LINK LINK FDA Email Newsletters LINK LINK

32. Remember Try advanced search options Use MSEs for greater efficiency Employ tools for finding “lost” info Search the Invisible Web Stay current with email newsletters

33. Slideshow available at http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref /mlace.ppt Nancy McMurrer & Cheryl Nyberg Gallagher Law Library University of Washington Jan. 2004