Google for Life Science Researchers: Searching Power* and More Patricia F. Anderson [email_address] http://www.umich.edu/~pfa/pro/8fold/ © 2008 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved. * more of what you want, less of what you don’t

Content Part 1: Power searching FRIAR Levels of Evidence 8-Fold Path Part 2: Google tools Productivity Communication Collaboration

Part 1: Power searching

FRIAR

Levels of Evidence

8-Fold Path

Part 2: Google tools

Productivity

Communication

Collaboration

Searching: FRIAR FRIAR model for systematic review searching F = frame your question (usually PICO format) R = what are the 3-4 most relevant concepts I = what part of the question is irrelevant to search process A = find alternate terms and aliases for the most important concepts R = revise, review, repeat

FRIAR model for systematic review searching

F = frame your question (usually PICO format)

R = what are the 3-4 most relevant concepts

I = what part of the question is irrelevant to search process

A = find alternate terms and aliases for the most important concepts

R = revise, review, repeat

Searching: Levels of Evidence

Searching: Tips Quotation marks OR Parentheses Limit by site Limit by filetype + (plus sign) - (minus sign) ~ (tilde sign)

Quotation marks

OR

Parentheses

Limit by site

Limit by filetype

+ (plus sign)

- (minus sign)

~ (tilde sign)

Searching: Tips Quotation marks = Phrase searching OR = Concept groupings Parentheses = Multiple concept groups Limit by site Limit by filetype + (plus sign) = Stopword searching - (minus sign) = Exclude ~ (tilde sign) = Thesaurus or synonym searching

Quotation marks = Phrase searching

OR = Concept groupings

Parentheses = Multiple concept groups

Limit by site

Limit by filetype

+ (plus sign) = Stopword searching

- (minus sign) = Exclude

~ (tilde sign) = Thesaurus or synonym searching

Tip 1: Quotation marks for Phrase Searching Increases specificity and relevancy, reduces numbers. This is most useful when the words to be searched are ambiguous, have different meanings in various subject areas, when having the words adjacent to each other changes the meaning, or when it is important that the same word is repeated within a phrase.

Increases specificity and relevancy, reduces numbers.

This is most useful when the words to be searched are ambiguous, have different meanings in various subject areas, when having the words adjacent to each other changes the meaning, or when it is important that the same word is repeated within a phrase.

Tip 1: Phrase Searching Which works best? Gehrig disease > 279,000 “ Gehrig disease” > 267,000 Which works best? Guam form > 20,400,000 “ Guam form” > 401 Which works best? Cell cycle analysis > 1,860,000 “ Cell cycle analysis” > 178,000

Which works best?

Gehrig disease > 279,000

“ Gehrig disease” > 267,000

Which works best?

Guam form > 20,400,000

“ Guam form” > 401

Which works best?

Cell cycle analysis > 1,860,000

“ Cell cycle analysis” > 178,000

Tip 1: Phrase Searching Results have fewer false positives.

Results have fewer false positives.

Tip 2: OR Increases sensitivity, increases numbers, improves results ranking (quality sorting). Use this when you want any of the terms, not all of the terms. Be sure to capitalize the word “OR” so Google does not ignore it. Include British and alternate spellings. NOTE: Tools to aid in term discovery discussed later in this presentation

Increases sensitivity, increases numbers, improves results ranking (quality sorting).

Use this when you want any of the terms, not all of the terms. Be sure to capitalize the word “OR” so Google does not ignore it. Include British and alternate spellings.

NOTE: Tools to aid in term discovery discussed later in this presentation

Tip 2: OR (Example One) ALS > 1,030,000,000 ALS OR “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” > 1,030,000,000 ALS OR “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” OR “Gehrig disease” OR “Gehrig’s disease” OR “Charcot disease” OR “Charcot's disease” OR “motor neuron disease” OR “motor neurone disease” >

ALS > 1,030,000,000

ALS OR “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” > 1,030,000,000

ALS OR “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” OR “Gehrig disease” OR “Gehrig’s disease” OR “Charcot disease” OR “Charcot's disease” OR “motor neuron disease” OR “motor neurone disease” >

Tip 2: OR (Example One) Improved results ranking

Improved results ranking

Tip 2: OR (Example Two) ectoenzyme > 48,300 ectoenzyme OR ectoenzymes OR ecto-enzyme OR ecto-enzymes > 52,600 ectoenzyme OR ectoenzymes OR ecto-enzyme OR ecto-enzymes OR NTPDase OR ATPDase OR CD39 OR "nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase" OR "adenosine triphosphate diphosphohydrolase” > 586,000

ectoenzyme > 48,300

ectoenzyme OR ectoenzymes OR ecto-enzyme OR ecto-enzymes > 52,600

ectoenzyme OR ectoenzymes OR ecto-enzyme OR ecto-enzymes OR NTPDase OR ATPDase OR CD39 OR "nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase" OR "adenosine triphosphate diphosphohydrolase” > 586,000

Tip 2: Boolean OR Results have fewer false negatives.

Results have fewer false negatives.

Tip 3: Concept group searching with parentheses Useful to group terms that should be processed together, at the same time and in the same way in the search, but which you want to combine with another concept or term. Advantages : Combines increased sensitivity and specificity for maximum efficiency in searching

Useful to group terms that should be processed together, at the same time and in the same way in the search, but which you want to combine with another concept or term.

Advantages : Combines increased sensitivity and specificity for maximum efficiency in searching

Tip 3: Concept group searching with parentheses Question: Is there a training manual online for stem cell methods or protocols? Concept 1 = “stem cells” Concept 2 = “methods or protocols” Concept 3 = “training” Note: This is most useful with complex questions, questions with many separate concepts, for which initial simple searches provide erratic quality results.

Question: Is there a training manual online for stem cell methods or protocols?

Concept 1 = “stem cells”

Concept 2 = “methods or protocols”

Concept 3 = “training”

Note: This is most useful with complex questions, questions with many separate concepts, for which initial simple searches provide erratic quality results.

Tip 3: Concept group searching with parentheses Question: Is there a training manual online for stem cell methods or protocols? Concept 1 = "stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC Concept 2 = methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay Concept 3 = training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual

Question: Is there a training manual online for stem cell methods or protocols?

Concept 1 = "stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC

Concept 2 = methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay

Concept 3 = training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual

Tip 3: Concept group searching with parentheses Question: Is there a training manual online for stem cell methods or protocols? Concept 1 = "stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC Concept 2 = methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay Concept 3 = training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual Can you put all those terms on one line like this? "stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual NO!!! There are three different ideas here. If you try this, you will get strange (& probably useless) results because Google won’t be able to tell them apart. Can you search each group separately, and then tell Google to mix and match the results of the 3 searches? I wish, but not yet.

Question: Is there a training manual online for stem cell methods or protocols?

Concept 1 = "stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC

Concept 2 = methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay

Concept 3 = training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual

Can you put all those terms on one line like this?

"stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual

NO!!! There are three different ideas here. If you try this, you will get strange (& probably useless) results because Google won’t be able to tell them apart.

Can you search each group separately, and then tell Google to mix and match the results of the 3 searches?

I wish, but not yet.

Tip 3: Concept group searching with parentheses So what can you do? This -- collect each group of terms by placing parentheses around them to show the beginning and end of a single concept group. Question: Is there a training manual online for stem cell methods or protocols? Concept 1 = "stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC Concept 2 = methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay Concept 3 = training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual Becomes this: ( "stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC) (methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay) (training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual)

So what can you do? This -- collect each group of terms by placing parentheses around them to show the beginning and end of a single concept group.

Question: Is there a training manual online for stem cell methods or protocols?

Concept 1 = "stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC

Concept 2 = methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay

Concept 3 = training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual

Becomes this:

( "stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC) (methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay) (training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual)

Tip 3: Concept group searching with parentheses ("stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC) (methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay) (training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual)

("stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR ESC OR mESC) (methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay) (training OR “how to” OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual)

Tip 3: Concept group searching with parentheses Note: You can use parentheses embedded within parentheses to describe complex concepts or streamline the use of repeated terms. ("stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR (stem (ESC OR mESC))) (methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay) (training OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual)

Note: You can use parentheses embedded within parentheses to describe complex concepts or streamline the use of repeated terms.

("stem cell" OR “stem cells” OR (stem (ESC OR mESC))) (methods OR methodology OR protocols OR assay) (training OR howto OR tutorials OR curriculum OR manual)

Tip 4: Limit by site This is useful when you want to control the quality of the search results, when you know a site that is likely to have what you need, and also when you want to find again a known document.

This is useful when you want to control the quality of the search results, when you know a site that is likely to have what you need, and also when you want to find again a known document.

Tip 4: Limit by site - inurl variant ("flow cytometry" OR FCM) (inurl:protocol OR inurl:lab OR inurl:cyto) site:edu

("flow cytometry" OR FCM) (inurl:protocol OR inurl:lab OR inurl:cyto) site:edu

Tip 5: Limit by filetype Especially useful when you have reason to suspect that the answer you need will be in a certain format white papers presentations technical standards scholarly articles.

Especially useful when you have reason to suspect that the answer you need will be in a certain format

white papers

presentations

technical standards

scholarly articles.

Tip 5: Limit by filetype ("stem cells" OR "stem cell" OR (stem (ESC OR mESC)) filetype:ppt

("stem cells" OR "stem cell" OR (stem (ESC OR mESC)) filetype:ppt

Tip 5: Limit by filetype immunoglobulin filetype:mov DMEM MSDS filetype:pdf

immunoglobulin filetype:mov

DMEM MSDS filetype:pdf

Tip 5: Limit by filetype FACS protocol filetype:pdf

FACS protocol filetype:pdf

Tip 6: + (plus sign) = stopword search Use the plus sign to force the inclusion of stop words. Which works best? type i diabetes type +i diabetes "type i diabetes" "diabetes type i" Use this to search foreign words with diacritics exactly as spelled. É mail fragile compared to +émail fragile

Use the plus sign to force the inclusion of stop words.

Which works best?

type i diabetes

type +i diabetes

"type i diabetes"

"diabetes type i"

Use this to search foreign words with diacritics exactly as spelled.

É mail fragile compared to +émail fragile

Tip 6: + (plus sign) = stopword search Émail fragile compared to +émail fragile (phrase means “fragile enamel” in French)

Émail fragile compared to +émail fragile (phrase means “fragile enamel” in French)

Tip 7: - (minus sign) Use the minus sign (-) to exclude terms from results when there is a clustering of irrelevant results. Most useful when you are new to searching a topic. Also useful to isolate identity of a specific individual with a common or shared name.

Use the minus sign (-) to exclude terms from results when there is a clustering of irrelevant results.

Most useful when you are new to searching a topic.

Also useful to isolate identity of a specific individual with a common or shared name.

Tip 7: - (minus sign) ("david pinsky" OR "david j pinsky" OR "pinsky david" OR "pinsky d" OR "pinsky dj") -beastie -lawyer -litigation -glaad -music

("david pinsky" OR "david j pinsky" OR "pinsky david" OR "pinsky d" OR "pinsky dj") -beastie -lawyer -litigation -glaad -music

Tip 7: - (minus sign) Demo of effectiveness of quick and dirty porn filter: Deaf ears -xxx -porn -pornography -paid Results without filter = 1,320,000; with filter = 881,000

Demo of effectiveness of quick and dirty porn filter:

Deaf ears -xxx -porn -pornography -paid

Results without filter = 1,320,000; with filter = 881,000

Tip 8: ~ (tilde sign) Searches the selected term in thesaurus-mode (Google only). Results include a variety of related terms. ~standard

Searches the selected term in thesaurus-mode (Google only). Results include a variety of related terms.

~standard

Tip 8: ~ (tilde sign) Searches the selected term in thesaurus-mode (Google only). Results include a variety of related terms. cancer survivor or ~cancer survivor

Searches the selected term in thesaurus-mode (Google only). Results include a variety of related terms.

cancer survivor or ~cancer survivor

More Search Strategy Tips Compare results from multiple search engines Use advanced search features Use concept and term suggestions Use reviewed search results/links Use special search engine features

Compare results from multiple search engines

Use advanced search features

Use concept and term suggestions

Use reviewed search results/links

Use special search engine features

Tools for Term Discovery Just because you don’t find what you want, doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Often it means that whoever wrote about it used different words to describe the idea than the words you have chosen. Note : Tools following may also be useful for developing a systematic review search in MEDLINE. For these and more, see : http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/pro/8fold/refine3.html Image: The Pathology Blues: http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/bluesget.htm

Just because you don’t find what you want, doesn’t mean it isn’t there.

Often it means that whoever wrote about it used different words to describe the idea than the words you have chosen.

Note : Tools following may also be useful for developing a systematic review search in MEDLINE.

For these and more, see : http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/pro/8fold/refine3.html

Image: The Pathology Blues: http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/bluesget.htm

Tools for Term Discovery Google Suggest

Google Suggest

Tools for Term Discovery Grokker

Grokker

Tools for Term Discovery Soovle

Soovle

Tools for Term Discovery Kartoo

Kartoo

Tools for Term Discovery Kosmix

Kosmix

Tools for Term Discovery CureHunter.com

CureHunter.com

Tools for Term Discovery MedStory

MedStory

Tools for Term Discovery eMedicine

eMedicine

Tools for Term Discovery GoPubMed (screenshot)

GoPubMed (screenshot)

Tools for Term Discovery GoPubMed (menu view - granular display of groupings)

GoPubMed (menu view - granular display of groupings)

More Google Google More Includes images, news, blogs, video, maps, patents, and a lot more. Complex searches done in main Google will usually repeat if you click on the button for the other service. For special attention: Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com Google Reader: http://reader.google.com Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts Find more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html

Google More

Includes images, news, blogs, video, maps, patents, and a lot more.

Complex searches done in main Google will usually repeat if you click on the button for the other service.

For special attention:

Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com

Google Reader: http://reader.google.com

Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts

Find more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products

http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html

Get More Google Screenshot of results page, with arrows pointing to “More” Menu, and embedded results displays for “Scholarly articles” and “News results”

Screenshot of results page, with arrows pointing to “More” Menu, and embedded results displays for “Scholarly articles” and “News results”

Get More Google Navigating the menu

Navigating the menu

Get More Google (Tip 2: Example Two, rev.) CD39 OR apyrase OR "Ecto-Apyrase" OR NTPDase OR "NTPDase-1" OR NTPDase1 OR ATPDase OR "Ecto-ATPase" OR EC3.6.1.5 OR ENTPD1 OR "ENTPD-1" OR "ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase" OR "nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase" OR "adenosine triphosphate diphosphohydrolase" OR "ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase" OR "vascular ATP diphosphohydrolase” Google Web: 838,000 (vs 684,000 for CD39 alone) Google Scholar: 15,500 Google Books: 938

CD39 OR apyrase OR "Ecto-Apyrase" OR NTPDase OR "NTPDase-1" OR NTPDase1 OR ATPDase OR "Ecto-ATPase" OR EC3.6.1.5 OR ENTPD1 OR "ENTPD-1" OR "ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase" OR "nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase" OR "adenosine triphosphate diphosphohydrolase" OR "ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase" OR "vascular ATP diphosphohydrolase”

Google Web: 838,000 (vs 684,000 for CD39 alone)

Google Scholar: 15,500

Google Books: 938

Get More Google: CD39 (Web)

Get More Google: CD39 (Scholar)

Get More Google: CD39 (Books)

Get More Google: CD39 (Images)

Google Scholar Screenshot of Google Scholar homepage

Screenshot of Google Scholar homepage

Google Scholar: Preferences Remember to customize your Google Scholar preferences.

Remember to customize your Google Scholar preferences.

Google Scholar: Preferences: Libraries Set your preferences to find out if something is in the UM Libraries.

Set your preferences to find out if something is in the UM Libraries.

Google Scholar: PubMed … but often the results are still from PubMed, but won’t let you at our journal articles then.

… but often the results are still from PubMed, but won’t let you at our journal articles then.

Google Books Screenshot from Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research

Screenshot from Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research

Google Books Screenshot from Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research showing search in book results

Screenshot from Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research showing search in book results

Google Alerts Screenshot of alerts page: send updates form simple Google searches to your email account

Screenshot of alerts page: send updates form simple Google searches to your email account

Google Alerts Create an alert

Create an alert

iGoogle Sample tab: Research Tools Beta: http://tinyurl.com/5tepgz

Sample tab: Research Tools Beta:

http://tinyurl.com/5tepgz

RSS Feed Readers: Google Reader Google Reader: http://www.google.com/reader/ Easy, free RSS reader application Must have or create a Google e-mail account Uses a web interface

Google Reader:

http://www.google.com/reader/

Easy, free RSS reader application

Must have or create a Google e-mail account

Uses a web interface

RSS Feed Readers: Google Reader The basics: new, add, groups, newest on top, limited listings of new …

The basics: new, add, groups, newest on top, limited listings of new …

RSS Feed Readers: Google Reader Adding your “subscription” to the feed (in this case, your PubMed search).

Adding your “subscription” to the feed (in this case, your PubMed search).

RSS Feed Readers: Google Reader Read the feed

Read the feed

RSS Feed Readers: Google Reader Settings (or “Manage Subscriptions”)

Settings (or “Manage Subscriptions”)

RSS Feed Readers: Google Reader Choose options from tabs (defaults to Subscriptions)

Choose options from tabs (defaults to Subscriptions)

RSS Feed Readers: Google Reader Group your feeds in folders. NOTE: “New folder” is at bottom of list.

Group your feeds in folders. NOTE: “New folder” is at bottom of list.

RSS Feeds from Google Searches Only from Google News

Only from Google News

RSS Feeds from Google Searches Looks like this:

Looks like this:

RSS Feeds from PubMed Searches PubMed menus “Send to” includes option for RSS Feed

PubMed menus “Send to” includes option for RSS Feed

RSS Feeds from PubMed Searches Instructions page for creating RSS feed

Instructions page for creating RSS feed

RSS Feeds from PubMed Searches How to find the XML button

How to find the XML button

RSS Feeds from PubMed Searches What the feed looks like

What the feed looks like

Google Apps For communication and collaboration

For communication and collaboration

Google Docs For collaboration

For collaboration

Google Talk An IM snd SMS client that includes chat, voice and video options

An IM snd SMS client that includes chat, voice and video options

Contact information Patricia F. Anderson Emerging Technologies Librarian Health Sciences Libraries [email_address] Follow me: http://friendfeed.com/pfanderson/ These slides will be at: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries

Patricia F. Anderson

Emerging Technologies Librarian

Health Sciences Libraries

[email_address]

Follow me: http://friendfeed.com/pfanderson/

These slides will be at:

http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries