The document introduces various visual and clustering search engines that can be used as tools for concept generation, mind mapping, outlining and more. It provides an overview of why these types of search engines are useful, including for term and concept discovery, tracking concepts graphically over time, and creating visual representations of concepts for presentations. The document then lists and provides brief descriptions and examples of selected visual and clustering search engines and tools, such as IncyWincy, Clusty, Don Busca, Exalead, Gigabalt, Grokker, and TouchGraph. It concludes by suggesting some potential applications of these tools, such as for concept clarification, overcoming writer's block, and assignments to compare or evaluate

1. 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.

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Clustering Search Tools

6. IncyWincy Bioethics

7. KillerInfo Bioethics - concepts

8. Don Busca bioethics

9. Clusty Bioethics - concepts

10. Exalead Bioethics - terms, types, media, filetypes

11. Vivisimo Bioethics

12. iBoogie Bioethics - concepts

13. iBoogie Bioethics - images

14. Gigablast Bioethics - concepts

15. Gigablast Bioethics - images

16. Gigablast Bioethics - videos

17. Ask.com Bioethics - concepts, images, and more

18. Visual Search Tools

19. Grokker bioethics

20. KoolTorch Bioethics - 1

21. KoolTorch Bioethics - 2, navigation

22. RedZee Bioethics - prioritization

23. Mooter bioethics

24. Quintura Bioethics

25. MedStory Bioethics

26. Ujiko bioethics

27. ManagedQ Bioethics - person, place, thing, thumbnails

28. Kartoo Bioethics

29. SearchMe: Video Browsing

30. 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

31. Touchgraph Web search for bioethics

32. Touchgraph Web search for bioethics - enlarged

33. Touchgraph Amazon browser

34. Touchgraph Amazon book search for bioethics

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

36. Touchgraph Amazon book search - Lisa See

37. Touchgraph Amazon movie search - Miyazaki

38. Touchgraph Amazon music search - Jonatha Brookes

39. Touchgraph Amazon music search - Tom Waits

40. Viewzi

41. Viewzi: Photocloud View

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

43. PubMed FaceOff Polverini search

44. PubMed FaceOff Polverini results

45. Coming Soon to a Computer Near You

46. SearchCrystal

47. TinEye Searches from a seed images

48. TinEye Creates embeddable widgets

49. 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?