Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Top Level Domain Summary
I found the practice with top level domain searching to be very informative. Depending on the topic, the top level domain search can be very useful. For the topic of censorship, the .edu domain was by far the most useful. It cut out tons of terrible newspaper articles and useless blog posts. It brought me directly to the law departments of well known and credible universities that would only allow appropriate posts by knowledgeable people that used very credible resources. I initially did not like Bing as a search tool, but after using it in combination with Google I have decided that it is fairly useful. I think that I would recommend that people engage in top level domain searches with the Google vs. Bing search tool when beginning a search for a paper. I wish that the Digital Librarian would have provided a search tool for her site. I think the Amazon search bar is a disingenuous strategy to divert people to the Amazon marketplace.
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Yes, the subject directories are a bit troublesome. I think they are more like a yellow pages, where you search by broad topic and find what might be related. They don't work with boolean searches, too specific and are really useful at the beginning of a research project, maybe even for pre-research to see what's out there. The upside is that they are vetted by a professional so you can count on the information being valid and useful. Yes, the amazon search box is frustrating and poorly marked especially for those of us used to google searches and expecting that white search box to search the site. I agree.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you explored the top level domain searching to two different search engines and found pros/cons for each.
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