This document provides a summary of productivity and information tools. It describes several applications and websites, including Cloudfogger for encrypting files, InFocus for highlighting webpages, Google's screen capture tool, and Screenleap for sharing your screen. It also mentions Zanran for finding data and statistics, and industry guides from the British Library. Finally, it discusses updates to Google Custom Search and the transition of Google Product Search to Google Shopping, as well as academic search tools from Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic.

1. Information Update
June 2012
Inbar Yasur
www.hipusit.info

2. Productivity Tools

3. Cloudfogger: A desktop application to easily encrypt files
http://www.cloudfogger.com/en/
• Secure File Encryption no matter where you keep your files ( Dropbox, SkyDrive,
Google Drive, Etc.)

4. Encrypt Files – More Tools

5. InFocus: Easily highlight part of a webpage & share
http://infocus.cc/
Highlight portions of any webpage and provides you with URL of highlighted
portion

6. InFocus: Easily highlight part of a webpage & share
http://infocus.cc/

7. Screen Capture (by Google)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cpngackimfmofbokmjmljamhdncknpmg/related
• Browser-based screen capture software developed by Google
• Smart software captures only visible objects, whole pages, visible sections of
pages and drawn selection
• Massive amount of customization after you choose your screenshot
• Share your shots on Picasa, Facebook, Sina and Imgur
• Save and print them right from the app

8. Highlight part of a webpage & share – More Tools

9. Share your screen in real-time with multiple people
http://www.screenleap.com/
• Share your screen with multiple people in real-time
• No tools to download or install
• Pause or stop sharing any time
• Share the full screen or a particular area
• Can be shared with any web enabled device
• No registration required

10. Share your screen – More Tools
www.cruxbot.com/

11. Cruxbot
www.cruxbot.com/
Cruxbot summarizes web pages within seconds.
Try Cruxboting Wiki articles, News articles, etc...

12. Cruxbot
www.cruxbot.com/

13. Cruxbot
www.cruxbot.com/

14. Highlight multiple search terms on pages [Chrome] Pearls extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mccffpojdcohdkefnbfhfdcklpcagdlc

15. Highlight multiple search terms on pages [Chrome] Pearls extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ocifbglmlbpgpbflnkfpclkmckoollbn

16. Search Engines

17. Zanran
http://zanran.com/q/
A search engine for finding data and statistics. The search results will be
graphs, charts and tables.

18. Zanran
http://zanran.com/q/
• a graph in a PDF report
• a table in an Excel spreadsheet
• a bar chart shown as an image in an HTML page

19. Zanran
http://zanran.com/q/
• Search Options
• Site in…
• Doc Date (last 6 month, 12 month, 24 month Or ignore date)
• File Type (PDF, Excel, images in HTML, dynamic data, all)
• Specific Site

20. Information Sources

21. Industry information guides from the British Library BIPC
• Wiki listing web-based resources on a number of industries
• A series of 30 PDF guides highlighting relevant industry directories, databases,
publications and websites

22. Google

23. Google Custom Search improvements
http://www.google.com/cse/
• Sorting and Filtering Results in Custom Search
• Sort by Date, Relevance, Price
• A new look for Custom Search results plus a new search box
• a new results style that’s more modern and streamlined, based on the evolving Google
design and experience across Google properties.
• Image results now available
• Enable sites to offer image-only results that showcase photos and other digital images

24. Google Custom Search Sorting
http://www.google.com/cse/

25. Google Product Search becomes Google Shopping
http://www.google.com/shopping
• New Name
• Sort by Date, Relevance, Price
• New Business Model
• Only paying merchants will be listed.

26. Goodbye Google Product Search & Free Listings
Hello Google Shopping & Paid Inclusion

27. “Because we do not charge merchants for inclusion in Froogle, our users can browse
product categories or conduct product searches with confidence that the results we
provide are relevant and unbiased…”
Google 2004

28. “We believe that having a commercial relationship with merchants will encourage them
to keep their product information fresh and up to date. Higher quality data—whether it’s
accurate prices, the latest offers or product availability—should mean better shopping
results for users, which in turn should create higher quality traffic for merchants.”
Google 2012

29. Google Product Search becomes Google Shopping
http://www.google.com/shopping

30. Google Education - Lesson Plans
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html
Bringing educators the tools they need to help students become savvy
searchers and independent learners.

31. Visualization

32. MapPoint
http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint
Map Your Data
• Easily create and view maps to geographically visualize business information

33. Academic Searches: Google Scholar

34. Google Scholar – How to find it?
scholar.google.com/

35. Google Scholar – New Interface
scholar.google.com/

36. Google Scholar – Advanced Search
scholar.google.com/

37. Google Scholar – User Profile
scholar.google.com/

38. Google Scholar – User Profile
scholar.google.com/

39. Google Scholar – Metrics
scholar.google.com/

40. Google Scholar – Metrics
scholar.google.com/

41. Academic Searches: Microsoft Academic

42. Microsoft Academic Search
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/

43. Microsoft Academic Search
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/

44. Microsoft “Academic Map”
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/AcademicMap

45. Microsoft “Academic Map”
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/AcademicMap

46. Microsoft “Academic Map”
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/AcademicMap

47. Microsoft “Academic Map”
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/AcademicMap

48. Microsoft Academic – Organization Comparison
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/AcademicMap

49. Microsoft Academic – Organization Comparison
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Comparison?entitytype=7&id1=568&id2=405&topDomainId=2

51. Microsoft CFP – “Call For Paper” Calendar
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/AcademicMap

52. Microsoft CFP – “Call For Paper” Calendar
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/CFP#latest=180

53. Microsoft “Co-author Graph”
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/AcademicMap

54. Microsoft “Co-Author Graph”
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/AcademicMap

55. Microsoft “Co Author Graph”
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/AcademicMap

56. Microsoft “Citation Graph”
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/VisualExplorer#42282958&citation

57. Microsoft “Citation Graph”
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/42282958/dan-shechtman

58. Thank you!