SearchReSearch

A blog about search, search skills, teaching search, learning how to search, learning how to use Google effectively, learning how to do research. It also covers a good deal of sensemaking and information foraging.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Wednesday search challenge (6/19/13): How hard can it be? What's the color of the roof?

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A roof in Holland.  But this is not the roof you seek.   Sometimes a simple search problem requires just a slightly different way of th...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Followup: Ground Truth

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The phrase "ground truth" is used in many areas to describe the best possible data on a given topic.  That is, you've actuall...
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Monday, June 17, 2013

Newspaper Archives--Google's archive... and beyond

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Searching through newspaper archives is a bit like emerald mining--you can get rich, if only you know where the gems are hidden.   Some r...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Answer: Who came up with this big idea?

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So. This blogpost is a little like life. What started as a subtle error has turned into a teaching moment! The error I made ...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Wednesday search challenge (6/12/13): Who came up with this big idea?

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Today's search challenge is a great example of a couple of skills--great for teaching students how/when/when to use advanced op...
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Friday, June 7, 2013

Be prepared: What will happen to your content when you die?

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We don't like to think about it, but eventually we're all on a schedule to die (or at very least, become extremely incapacitated). ...
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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Answer: Crowdsourcing discoveries...

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Well.. THAT was interesting!   To the folks who took the time to write a little something in the shared document--a big thanks from me...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Wednesday Search Challenge (6/5/13): Crowdsourcing discoveries...

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One of the greatest ideas of the past several years has been the concept of crowdsourcing .  That's when a bunch of people distribute...
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Friday, May 31, 2013

Answer: Wednesday search challenge (5/29/13): Who owned Edgewood Park before it was a park?

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The questions were:  Can you find:  1.  Who owned the land that would become Edgewood Park between (around) 1908 until his death in...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Wednesday search challenge (5/29/13): Who owned Edgewood Park before it was a park?

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One of my very favorite places to go walking or running in the springtime is Edgewood Park.  It's in Redwood City, about 25 minutes f...
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