Presented at the Mansfield Richland County Public Library Staff Day 2017

1. Using
&
Like a Pro!
Don Boozer
Cleveland Public Library
MRCPL Staff Day 2017

2. Getting to Know
&

5. Google Wikipedia
For Profit Busine$$
• #1 most-visited site
• Revenue:
– $99.28 BILLION
– June ‘16-June ‘17
– NASA’s budget = $18B
– Turkmenistan GDP = $95.5B
• Staff
– 72,053 full-time
Non-Profit Foundation
• #5 most-visited site
• Revenue:
– $81 Million
– 2016
– .08% of Google’s revenues
• Staff
– 280 Staff/Contractors
– 124,709 active volunteers

6. Google Wikipedia
• Tracks everything
you do online for
profit!
– Targeted advertising
– YOU are the product!
• All edits you do are
saved
– Makes one
accountable
– Allows research
For Profit Busine$$ Non-Profit Foundation

8. FIRST THINGS FIRST…

9. Please don’t say…
“Google says the answer is…”
or
“I found the answer on Google.”

10. Assess the actual sources in the results!
If you’re behind the ref desk…
Be a better searcher than your patrons!

11. TOP 10
TIPS & TRICKS

12. 1.
Use the full power of
Search
www.google.com

13. Get wildcard suggestions…
Find competitors or alternatives

14. Use Advanced Operators
- (hyphen/minus) excludes words
change “air filter” ford –inurl:ehow
windows security –microsoft –computer
OR or |
spam|“junk mail” filter|stop
allintitle: (also allintext: , allinurl: )
allintitle: hobbit island
filetype: or ext:
“civil war” filetype:ppt
“civil war” ext:pdf

15. Use Advanced Operators
* for placeholder
“largest * in the world” -country
site: to search a specific site
“economic stagnation” site:gov
relaxation site:lifehacker.com
pluto site:solarsystem.nasa.gov
related: to find related sites
related:nasa.gov will give you:
ESA, SpaceWeather.com, Hubblesite.org,
Sky & Telescope, Astronomy.com, etc…

16. Use Advanced Operators
Putting it all together…
medieval|"middle ages" blacksmith*|forg*|metallurgy ext:pdf
site:org 2000..2017
“I want the words medieval or “middle ages” and blacksmith,
forge, forging, forged, etc., or metallurgy to show up in PDF
documents from .org sites (because .edu brought up too many
student papers) put online between 2000 and 2017.”

17. Use Advanced Operators
medieval|"middle ages"
blacksmith*|forg*|metallurgy
ext:pdf site:org 2000..2017
5 Documents!
…find more terms to search
like archeometallurgy, and
organizations, etc.!

18. 2.
Use
Built-in Conversions +
www.google.com

19. Sample Built-in Conversions
• what time is it vancouver
• how many cups in a gallon
• 10 US dollars in euros
• hours in a decade
• 4 quarts in liters
• 75 kph in mph
• 90 F in K (90 degrees Fahrenheit in Kelvin)
• pi/phi

21. 3.
Looking for something in
a foreign language?
translate.google.com

22. Louis Pasteur said…
“In the field of observation, chance favors
only the prepared mind.”
…but he was French?

23. Louis Pasteur said…
“In the field of observation, chance favors
only the prepared mind.”

24. Louis Pasteur said…
“In the field of observation, chance favors
only the prepared mind.”

25. Louis Pasteur said…
“In the field of observation, chance favors
only the prepared mind.”

26. Louis Pasteur said…
Found online:
“In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared
mind.”
Google Translate (second phrase):
Le hasard ne favorise que l'esprit préparé.
Actual Quote Found in Reference Book & Wikisource:
Dans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que les
esprits préparés.
- Louis Pasteur. Douai, France. Dec. 7, 1854 (lecture)

27. 4.
Patents
for inventors, inventions, and
displays
patents.google.com

34. 5.
Remember to use
Images
images.google.com

36. Searching for images of ruins and found
http://globe-views.com/dreams/ruins.html
What is this a photo of?? Is it actually a devastated city?
Reverse image search...

37. or S + “Right click”
or right click in Chrome

39. 6.
DRIVE!
drive.google.com

42. Plus you can
add your own!

43. Templates!

46. 7.
is for so much more than just
cat videos!
youtube.com

48. You or a patron looking to repair something
around the house?
[“best diy youtube channels” site:lifehacker.com]

50. 8.
Get the most out of
Books
books.google.com

51. “A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone...”
- Tyrion Lannister

52. 9.
Maps is for more than just
going places.
maps.google.com

57. google.com/streetview

58. 10.
Stay informed about

59. alerts.google.com

60. blog.google

61. twitter.com/google

62. gsuite.google.com/learning-center

64. TOP 10 USES OF

65. FIRST THINGS FIRST…

66. Please don’t say…
“Wikipedia says the answer is…”
or
“I found the answer on Wikipedia.”

67. 1.
Use
as a
starting point

68. 2.
Use
as
a reference tool

69. article is 23
printed pages long
6 printed pages of
bibliography
6 external links
18 links to
photographs

70. 3.
Use
Featured and Good Articles

71. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles
Currently 5,132 Featured Articles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles
Currently 26,532 Good Articles
Total Number of Articles on Wikipedia:
5,478,148

72. 4.
Use
for Pop Culture!

74. 5.
Using
as
a language learning tool

75. 288 Active Wikipedia Versions!

76. 6.
Use
for “local” perspectives
on topics

77. English Version
3 printed pages
Russian Version
12 printed pages!

78. 7.
Use
to promote your own resources
and local area!

80. 8.
Using
statistics for both
a local & global perspective

81. tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews

82. https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikitrends/

83. 9.
Use
and its “sister” sites
from the
Wikimedia Foundation

85. 10.
Use
as a hobby and
reference skill builder

86. Explore!!

87. Thank You