Visual & Clustering Search Engines as tools for concept generation, mind mapping, outlining & more

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

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

Slide 3: IncyWincy  Bioethics

Slide 4: KillerInfo  Bioethics - concepts

Slide 5: Don Busca  bioethics

Slide 6: Clusty  Bioethics - concepts

Slide 7: Exalead  Bioethics - terms, types, media, filetypes

Slide 8: Vivisimo  Bioethics

Slide 9: iBoogie  Bioethics - concepts

Slide 10: iBoogie  Bioethics - images

Slide 11: Gigablast  Bioethics - concepts

Slide 12: Gigablast  Bioethics - images

Slide 13: Gigablast  Bioethics - videos

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

Slide 15: Grokker  bioethics

Slide 16: KoolTorch  Bioethics - 1

Slide 17: KoolTorch  Bioethics - 2, navigation

Slide 18: RedZee  Bioethics - prioritization

Slide 19: Mooter  bioethics

Slide 20: Quintura  Bioethics

Slide 21: MedStory  Bioethics

Slide 22: Ujiko  bioethics

Slide 23: ManagedQ  Bioethics - person, place, thing, thumbnails

Slide 24: Kartoo  Bioethics

Slide 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

Slide 26: Touchgraph  Web search for bioethics

Slide 27: Touchgraph  Web search for bioethics - enlarged

Slide 28: Touchgraph  Amazon browser

Slide 29: Touchgraph  Amazon book search for bioethics

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

Slide 31: Touchgraph  Amazon book search - Lisa See

Slide 32: Touchgraph  Amazon movie search - Miyazaki

Slide 33: Touchgraph  Amazon music search - Jonatha Brookes

Slide 34: Touchgraph  Amazon music search - Tom Waits

Slide 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?