The document is a resource handout for a presentation on alternatives to Google and related topics discussed by Don Boozer and Bill Meltzer at the Ohio Library Council chapter conferences in 2014. It includes links to various articles, search engines, digital libraries, and other resources for research beyond Google. Additionally, it features a pledge form for participants to commit to reducing their reliance on Google services.

1. presented by Don Boozer & Bill Meltzer
Ohio Library Council Chapter Conferences 2014
Supplemental Resource Handout
Preliminary Discussion Materials
“Your Face and Name Will Appear in Google Ads Starting Today” Gizmodo (November 11, 2013)
http://gizmodo.com/googles-going-to-start-sticking-your-face-and-name-in-1443861985/1462317340/@ace
“Google-Military-Surveillance Complex” PandoDaily (March 7, 2014)
http://pando.com/2014/03/07/the-google-military-surveillance-complex/
“Google? Evil? You have no idea” InfoWorld (March 13, 2014)
http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/google-evil-you-have-no-idea-238288?page=0,0
Google Inc. NetPAC activity (from Open Secrets.org)
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00428623
“Going Beyond Google Again” American Libraries, March/April 2014, p.48-51.
http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/issue/marchapril-2014
Google Alternatives Covered in Presentation
I. Google Search
IA. Discussion
“Google Users May See Up To A Dozen Experiments” Search Engine Land, Barry Schwartz
http://searchengineland.com/just-testing-google-searchers-may-see-up-to-a-dozen-experiments-141570
What is the Deep Web? (infographic from CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/infographic/technology/what-is-the-deep-web/?iid=EL
“How Search Engines Rank Web Pages” Search Engine Watch, David Harry
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064539/How-Search-Engines-Rank-Web-Pages
“Search Engine Optimization and User Behavior” (2011)
http://www.hastingsresearch.com/net/09-SEO-ELIS-encyclopedia-article.html
IB. Search Engine Alternatives
DuckDuckGo – https://duckduckgo.com/ (and http://ddg.gg)
“Advanced” Search: https://duckduckgo.com/goodies
Ixquick – https://www.ixquick.com/
Advanced Search: https://www.ixquick.com/eng/advanced-search.html?&cat=web&query
blekko - http://blekko.com/
Million Short - https://millionshort.com/
Bing - http://www.bing.com/
Bing It On: bing vs. Google - http://www.bingiton.com/
“Microsoft's Bing search engine will power the Yahoo website...” (2009)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8174763.stm

2. II. Specialized Search Examples
WolframAlpha - http://www.wolframalpha.com/
OEDB: Open Education Database – http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/research-beyond-google/
“Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources”
JISC Inform “Ten search engines for researchers”
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform37/SearchingBeyondGoogle.html#.Uxobq_mwL92
III. Books
Hathi Trust - http://www.hathitrust.org/
Internet Archive - https://archive.org/
Texts - https://archive.org/details/texts
IV. Alternatives to Drive
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57419587-93/google-drive-is-not-for-everyone-so-try-these-alternatives/
Dropbox – https://www.dropbox.com/
Box – https://www.box.com/
Zoho – https://www.zoho.com/
V. Supplemental Resources
Karen Blakeman – “Anything but Google: You can say ‘NO’ to Google” (118 slides! Highly recommended)
http://www.slideshare.net/KarenBlakeman/anything-but-google-you-can-say-no-to-google
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A Google-Free Pledge
As an experiment in exploring diverse resources and stretching my
abilities as an information professional, I, ________________________,
commit to not utilizing Google’s search and other resources in my work
for ______ (circle one) hour(s)/day(s)/week(s) beginning ____/____/20____.
_______________________________________
(signature)
If you take the pledge, feel free to share your experience with the
presenters at don@cpl.org and/or wmeltzer@worthingtonlibraries.org