Digital Future for Journalism - Kiev, Ukraine
Computer-Assisted Research and Investigation for Journalists - April 2009
About
A selection of online resources for the
 Digital Future of Journalism Program
Kiyv, Ukraine
26-29 January, 2010
Professor
Ramón Salaverría
e-mail:
rsalaver@unav.es
 
blog:
 
twitter:
 
Profiles:
 

Organised by:
Mohyla School of Journalism (National University of Kyiv, Ukraine) & Foundation for Development of Ukraine
1. Understanding how search engines work
Typology of search engines
  • Search engines, definition at Wikipedia [ua]
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  • How to choose a search engine, by Internet Tutorials
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    Taxonomy of search engines
  • How search engines work, Search Engine Watch
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  • Google w eb search features
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  • Google's search results page
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    Search features & boolean queries
  • Boolean searching on the Internet, by Internet Tutorials
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  • How to use web search engines, by The Spider's Apprentice
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  • Google advanced operators (cheat sheet), by GoogleGuide
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  • Google's basic search guide
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  • Google's advanced search guide
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  • Google's search tips
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  • Search features chart, by Search Engine Watch
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    2. Search engine types Up
    Search engine directories
  • Buscopio.net, +2,000 specialized search engines
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  • Directory of search engines, +300 search engines by OPD
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  • List of web directories, by Wikipedia
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    General search engines
  • Google
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  • Live Search, by MSN
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  • Yahoo! Search
    • General web directories
  • Open Directory Project
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  • World Wide Web Virtual Library
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    Metasearch engines
  • Clusty
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  • Metacrawler
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    Database directories
  • Complete Planet, +70,000 online databases
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  • IRE - The Database Library
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    3. Google complete Up
  • Blogger
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  • GMail
  • Google [ua]
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  • Google - Advanced search
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  • Google - Language tools
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  • Google Add URL
  • Google AdSense
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  • Google AdWords
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  • Google Alerts
  • Google Analytics
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  • Google Answers
  • Google Apps
  • Google Base
  • Google Blogs Search
  • Google Books
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  • Google Calendar
  • Google Checkout
  • Google Chrome
  • Google Code
  • Google Desktop
  • Google Directory
  • Google Docs
  • Google Earth
  • Google Fast Flip
  • Google Feedburner
  • Google Finance
  • Google Friend Connect
  • Google Gears
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  • Google Groups
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  • Google History
  • Google Images
  • Google Labs
  • Google Latitude
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  • Google Map Maker
  • Google Maps
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  • Google Maps - Street View
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  • Google Mars
  • Google Moderator
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  • Google Mobile
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  • Google Moon
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  • Google Movies
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  • Google News
  • Google News Archive Search
  • Google Notebook
  • Google Pages
  • Google Product Search
  • Google Reader
  • Google Screensaver
  • Google Special Searches
  • Google Scholar
  • Google Sets
  • Google Sidewiki
  • Google Site Search
  • Google Sites
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  • Google SketchUp, for 3D modeling
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  • Google Sky
  • Google Special Searches
  • Google Squared
  • Google Talk
  • Google Toolbar
  • Google Transit
  • Google Translate
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  • Google Trends
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  • Google Video
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  • Google Voice
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  • Google Wave
  • Google Web Accelerator
  • Google Webmaster tools
  • iGoogle
  • Jaiku
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  • Knol
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  • Orkut
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  • Panoramio
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  • Picasa
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  • Picasa Web Albums
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    4.Specialized search engines Up
    FTP search
  • NAPALM FTP Indexer
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    Mailing lists search engines
  • CataList, access to +50,000 public lists
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    P2P search engines
  • IsoHunt
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    Usenet & newsgroup search
  • Google Groups
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  • ibiblio.org - Search for Groups
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  • NNSeek
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    Whois search - domain property
  • Allwhois
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  • Internic Whois search
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    6. Blogs & microblogs Up
    Blog search engines
  • Google Blog Search
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  • Technorati - Search
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    Blog publishing tools and systems
  • Blogger
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  • WordPress
    • Live blogging
  • Twitter
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  • Coveritlive.com
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    Microblog publishing tools
  • TweetDeck
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  • Twitterrific [for Macintosh]
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    7. Bookmarks Up
  • Blogmarks
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  • Del.icio.us
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    8. Calendars Up
  • CalendarHub
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  • Google Calendar
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    9. Classified ads Up
  • Craigslist
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  • Theadcloud
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    10. Experts Up
  • Profnet
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    11. Maps Up
  • Google Maps
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  • Live Search Maps
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  • Mappy
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  • Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, at University of Texas
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  • Yahoo! Local Maps
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    12. Online communities

    		Up
  • Facebook
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  • Linkedin
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  • Myspace.com
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    13. Photos Up
    Online photo editing
  • Gimp
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  • Picnik
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  • Snipshot
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    Photo portals
  • AllYouCanUpload.com
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  • Flickr
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  • Photoblog
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  • Picasa
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    Photo search engines
  • Creative Commons - Search
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    14. Podcast Up
    Podcasting tutorials
  • How to create your own podcast, at About.com
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    Podcasting directories
  • Digital podcast
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    Podcast hosting, sharing and networking
  • Odeo
    • Videopodcasting
  • Pluggd
  • Blip.tv
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    15. Presentations Up
  • SlideShare
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  • Thumbstacks
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    16. RSS tools & feeds Up
    RSS online readers
  • Bloglines
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  • Feedster
  • iGoogle
  • My Yahoo!
  • Netvibes
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    RSS desktop readers
  • Feedreader [for Windows]
  • NetNewsWire [for Macintosh]
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  • RSSreader [for Windows]
    • RSS feeds from Ukrainian online media
  • ForUm English - RSS
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  • The Ukrainian Observer - RSS
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  • Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency - RSS [eng]
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  • UNIAN Photo Service - RSS
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  • UNIAN English - RSS
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    17. Storage

    		 Up
  • Adrive
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  • Box.net
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  • Omnidrive
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    18. Telephone & email finders Up
  • Infobel, white & yellow pages and reverse phone worldwide
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  • IAF.net, Internet Address Finder
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    19. University Up
  • Google Scholar
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  • Scientific Commons

    • 20. Videos & online TV Up
    Video portals
  • You Tube
  • Dailymotion
    • Video downloading
  • Keepvid.com
    • Video format converting tools
  • Zamzar
  • Media Convert
  • Super
    • Online TV
  • Global Internet TV
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  • Joost
  • Zatoo

    • 21. Voting Up
  • Digg
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    22. Web 2.0 Up
    Concept & typology of services
  • Web 2.0, definition at Wikipedia [ua]
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  • Visual map of Web 2.0, at Wikipedia
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  • What is Web 2.0, O'Reilly
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    Directories of Web 2.0 applications
  • Go2Web2.0 - The Complete Web 2.0 Directory

    • 23. Web traffic comparison Up
  • Alexa
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    24. Webcam search Up
  • EarthCam
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    25. Wikis Up
    Wiki publishing system
  • Wikia
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  • Wikispaces
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    Wikis
  • Wikibooks
  • Wikipedia
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  • Wikiversity

    • 26. Writing tools Up
  • Google Docs
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  • Word Count Tool

    • Categories
    Basics of web searching
    Understanding how search engines work
    1
    Search engine types
    2
    Google complete
    3
    Specialized
    search engines
    4
    Special search resources & useful online tools
    Aggregators
    5
    Blogs & microblogs
    6
    Bookmarks
    7
    Calendars
    8
    Classified ads
    9
    Experts
    10
    Maps
    11
    Online communities
    12
    Photos
    13
    Podcast
    14
    Presentations
    15
    RSS tools & feeds
    16
    Storage
    17
    Telephone & email finders
    18
    University
    19
    Videos & online TV
    20
    Voting
    21
    Web 2.0
    22
    Web traffic comparison
    23
    Webcam
    24
    Wiki
    25
    Writing tools
    26
    [most useful links]
    in my humble opinion :)
     


    COMPUTER-ASSISTED RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION FOR JOURNALIST    S
    Professional training seminar by Ramón Salaverría - Kiyv (Ukraine), 26-29 January 2010
    URL: http://www.unav.es/fcom/mmlab/kiev2010/

    Organised by: Mohyla School of Journalism (National University of Kyiv, Ukraine) & Foundation for Development of Ukraine
    Ramón Salaverría < rsalaver@unav.es > | Facultad de Comunicación | Universidad de Navarra - 31080 Pamplona (España) | Tel: +34 948 425617

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