Virtual Program: Click University

Web Searching: Advanced Techniques for Google and Beyond

Presented by Greg Notess

October 26 to November 24, 2007

Program Details

Explore advanced search capabilities and strategies with Web search engines. This Click U Live! Seminar covers advanced Web search techniques and compares major Web search engines in terms of their databases and specifics on advanced search commands. It includes what you need to know about Boolean searches, adjacency, field searching, limits, and other special features. The primary focus is on the largest Web search engines: Google, Yahoo!, Live Search, and Ask, with lesser coverage of Gigablast, Exalead, and any new and upcoming search engines. In addition, the course looks at the constraints of the search engines: inconsistent results, lack of overlap, and the significant hidden Web that they fail to uncover.

Access

Please contact your WCC Regional Director to arrange desktop access. You can find your director listed at the SLA WCC Chapter page at: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cwcn/leadership/leadership.shtml

The SLA "Click University" virtual program series is provided by the Western Canada Chapter as a member benefit to contribute to ongoing professional development initiatives. Please feel welcome to provide your suggestions to the Virtual Programs Chair.

Suzanne Nykoluk, SLA WCC Virtual Programs Chair
Sue.Nykoluk@royalroads.ca

Thanks to our program sponsors LexisNexis Canada and McGraw-Hill