1. Visual & Clustering Search Engines as tools for concept generation, mind mapping, outlining & more PF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences, pfa@umich.edu

2. Search Engines  Ask  Clusty  Don Busca  Exalead  Gigablast  Grokker  iBoogie  IncyWincy  Kartoo  KillerInfo  KoolTorch  ManagedQ  MedStory  Mooter  Quintura  RedZee  TouchGraph  Ujiko  Vivisimo

3. IncyWincy  Bioethics

4. KillerInfo  Bioethics - concepts

5. Don Busca  bioethics

6. Clusty  Bioethics - concepts

7. Exalead  Bioethics - terms, types, media, filetypes

8. Vivisimo  Bioethics

9. iBoogie  Bioethics - concepts

10. iBoogie  Bioethics - images

11. Gigablast  Bioethics - concepts

12. Gigablast  Bioethics - images

13. Gigablast  Bioethics - videos

14. Ask.com  Bioethics - concepts, images, and more

15. Grokker  bioethics

16. KoolTorch  Bioethics - 1

17. KoolTorch  Bioethics - 2, navigation

18. RedZee  Bioethics - prioritization

19. Mooter  bioethics

20. Quintura  Bioethics

21. MedStory  Bioethics

22. Ujiko  bioethics

23. ManagedQ  Bioethics - person, place, thing, thumbnails

24. Kartoo  Bioethics

25. 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

26. Touchgraph  Web search for bioethics

27. Touchgraph  Web search for bioethics - enlarged

28. Touchgraph  Amazon browser

29. Touchgraph  Amazon book search for bioethics

30. Touchgraph  Amazon book search for bioethics  Recentered by clicking on plus sign for a specific book of interest  Enlarged

31. Touchgraph  Amazon book search - Lisa See

32. Touchgraph  Amazon movie search - Miyazaki

33. Touchgraph  Amazon music search - Jonatha Brookes

34. Touchgraph  Amazon music search - Tom Waits

35. 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?