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

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

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

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

Bioethics

KillerInfo Bioethics - concepts

Bioethics - concepts

Don Busca bioethics

bioethics

Clusty Bioethics - concepts

Bioethics - concepts

Exalead Bioethics - terms, types, media, filetypes

Bioethics - terms, types, media, filetypes

Vivisimo Bioethics

Bioethics

iBoogie Bioethics - concepts

Bioethics - concepts

iBoogie Bioethics - images

Bioethics - images

Gigablast Bioethics - concepts

Bioethics - concepts

Gigablast Bioethics - images

Bioethics - images

Gigablast Bioethics - videos

Bioethics - videos

Ask.com Bioethics - concepts, images, and more

Bioethics - concepts, images, and more

Visual Search Tools

Grokker bioethics

bioethics

KoolTorch Bioethics - 1

Bioethics - 1

KoolTorch Bioethics - 2, navigation

Bioethics - 2, navigation

RedZee Bioethics - prioritization

Bioethics - prioritization

Mooter bioethics

bioethics

Quintura Bioethics

Bioethics

MedStory Bioethics

Bioethics

Ujiko bioethics

bioethics

ManagedQ Bioethics - person, place, thing, thumbnails

Bioethics - person, place, thing, thumbnails

Kartoo Bioethics

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

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

Web search for bioethics

Touchgraph Web search for bioethics - enlarged

Web search for bioethics - enlarged

Touchgraph Amazon browser

Amazon browser

Touchgraph Amazon book search for bioethics

Amazon book search for bioethics

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

Amazon book search for bioethics

Recentered by clicking on plus sign for a specific book of interest

Enlarged

Touchgraph Amazon book search - Lisa See

Amazon book search - Lisa See

Touchgraph Amazon movie search - Miyazaki

Amazon movie search - Miyazaki

Touchgraph Amazon music search - Jonatha Brookes

Amazon music search - Jonatha Brookes

Touchgraph Amazon music search - Tom Waits

Amazon music search - Tom Waits

Viewzi

Viewzi: Photocloud View

PubMed FaceOff http://www.postgenomic.com/faces/index.php

http://www.postgenomic.com/faces/index.php

PubMed FaceOff Polverini search

Polverini search

PubMed FaceOff Polverini results

Polverini results

Coming Soon to a Computer Near You

SearchCrystal

TinEye Searches from a seed images

Searches from a seed images

TinEye Creates embeddable widgets

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?

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?