Science News: Searching: General Search Engine Strategies ...

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Science News -- Searching and

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Patricia F. Anderson

Health Sciences Libraries, UM

May 30, 2007

Science News: Searching: General

Search Engine Strategies

? Examples:

? Search in Google for news:

(omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR

nanotechnology OR bioinformatics OR transgenic OR

"genetically modified") (news OR "press release")

? Search in Google: News:

(omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR

nanotechnology OR bioinformatics OR transgenic OR

"genetically modified")

News Alerts from Google

Science News: Searching: General

Search Engine Strategies

? Think of a group of terms that describe your

topic, and gather them in a single search

statement using the Boolean OR.

? Test your search for a few days, refine.

? Then use the RSS feed from the search in

your RSS feed reader, or create an e-mail

alert.

? SEE EXAMPLES -->

Science News: Searching:

General Search Engine Strategies

? (dental OR dentistry OR dentist OR dentists

OR orthodontics OR endodontics OR

periodontics OR maxillofacial OR caries

OR cariology OR "bite-mark¡±)

? metastasis OR angiogenesis OR ((tumor OR

tumour) (suppression OR inhibition))

News via RSS Feeds

? RSS session coming next week.

? In the meantime, look for this symbol in the

location box of your browser.

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Science News: Searching: Topic

Search Engines

? MedStory

Science News from Major News

Providers

? Advantages:

? Almost always have RSS feed for specific topic

? Topics will include both Science, Health or Medicine,

and Technology (in various combinations)

? Major names have reputation to protect, so accuracy

review is fairly tight.

? Always have something

Science News: Searching: Topic

Search Engines

? MedStory:

Science News from Major News

Providers: Examples: BBC

? BBC: News: Health:

? Disadvantages:

? Not as precisely focused on your specific topic

? Usually not reported by scientists, so quality may vary

Science News from Major News

Providers: Examples: BBC

? BBC: News: Science / Nature:



Science News from Major News

Providers: Examples: CNN

? CNN: Science:

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Science News from Major News

Providers: Examples: New York

Times

? NYT: Health:

Science News from Governments

& NGOs

? Examples

? European Space Agency (ESA):



? National Science Foundation (NSF):



? NATO:

? Royal Society (RSOC):



Governments & NGOs:

Examples: ESA

? European Space Agency (ESA):



Science News from Major News

Providers: Examples: New York

Times

? NYT: Science:

Governments & NGOs:

Examples: NSF

? National Science Foundation (NSF):



Governments & NGOs:

Examples: RSOC

? Royal Society (RSOC):



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News from Popular Science

Journals

? Advantages

? More focused, still broad

? More scientific review of article content and quality

? Also very likely to have RSS feed

News from Popular Science

Journals: Examples: Discover

? Discover Magazine:



? Disadvantages

? Written for popular audience

? Usually written by science writers, but not necessarily

trained as scientists

? Likely to be broader than your own topic interests

? Reports what is of interest to public, not what is of

interest to scientists

News from Popular Science Journals:

Examples: Popular Science

? Popular Science:

News from Popular Science Journals:

Examples: Science News

? Science News:



News from Popular Science Journals:

Examples: Scientific American

? Scientific American:



News from Popular Science Journals:

Examples: Science News: Article

? Screenshot of example article from Science

News (¡°Hurt Knees Rx¡±)

? Note: graphics from professional artists.

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News from General Science

Research Journals

? Advantages

General Science Research

Journals: Examples: Nature

? Nature:

? More focused, still broad

? More scientific review of article content and quality

? Also very likely to have RSS feed

? Disadvantages

? Not many

? Perhaps still broader than your own topic interests

General Science Research Journals:

Examples: New Scientist

? New Scientist:



News from Associations

? Advantages

General Science Research Journals:

Examples: Science (AAAS)

? Science (AAAS):



News From Associations: Example:

AAAS EurekAlert!

? EurekAlert:

? Topical

? Targeted

? Organizations with small groups or narrow

focus tend to have few announcements and

focus on their own press releases.

? Best with organizations broad in scope or

focused on rapidly changing topics.

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