The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries: Research, User Applications, an

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries by Carol Smallwood Google has now developed services far beyond text search. Google software will translate languages and support collaborative writing. The chapters in this book look at many Google services, from music to finance, and describe how they can be used by students and other library users. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From the Forward by Michael Lesk:Google has now developed services far beyond text search. Google software will translate languages and support collaborative writing. The chapters in this book look at many Google services, from music to finance, and describe how they can be used by students and other library users.Going beyond information resources, there are now successful collaboration services available from Google and others. You can make conference calls with video and shared screens using Google Hangouts,Writing documents with small numbers of colleagues often involved delays while each author in sequence took over the writing and made edits. Today Google Docs enables multiple people to edit the same document at once. An ingenious use of color lets each participant watch in real time as the other participants edit, and keeps track of who is doing what. If the goal is to create a website rather than to write a report, Google Sites is now one of the most popular platforms. Google is also involved in social networking, with services such as Google+Other tools view social developments over time and space. The Google Trends service, for example, will show you when and where people are searching for topics. Not surprisingly, searches for "swimwear" peak in June and searches for "snowmobile" peak in January.The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries, Volume 2: Research, User Applications, and Networking has 30 chapters divided into four parts: Research, User Applications, Networking, Searching. The contributors are practitioners who use the services they write about and they provide how-to advice that will help public, school, academic, and special librarians; library consultants, LIS faculty and students, and technology professionals. Author Biography Carol Smallwood received an MLS from Western Michigan University, and a MA in History from Eastern Michigan University. Librarians as Community Partners: an Outreach Handbook; Bringing the Arts into the Library are recent ALA anthologies. Others are: Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching (McFarland, 2012); Marketing Your Library (McFarland, 2012); Library Services for Multicultural Patrons: Strategies to Encourage Library Use (Scarecrow Press, 2013). Her library experience includes school, public, academic, special, as well as administration and being a consultant; shes a multiple Pushcart nominee. Table of Contents PrefaceForewordAcknowledgmentsPart I ResearchChapter 1 "Beyond "Good" and "Bad:" Google As a Crucial Component of Information LiteracyAndrew WalshChapter 2 Enhancing Music Collections: YouTube as an Outreach Tool to Share Historic Sheet MusicSteven Pryor, Therese Zoski Dickman, Mary Z. RoseChapter 3 Filtering Google Search Results Using Top-Level DomainsJohn H. SandyChapter 4 Google Digital Literacy Instruction: Richmond Public LibraryNatalie DraperChapter 5 Google for Music Research: More than PlayRachel E. Scott and Cody BehlesChapter 6 Google Translate as a Research ToolAndrew WohrleyChapter 7 Googling for Answers, Grey Literature Sources, and Metrics in the Sciences and EngineeringGiovanna BadiaChapter 8 Legal Research Using Google ScholarAshley Krenelka ChasePart II User ApplicationsChapter 9 Better Images, Better Searchers: Google Images and Visual Literacy in the Sciences and Social SciencesMelanie Maksin and Kayleigh BohémierChapter 10 Enhancing Information Literacy Instruction with Google DriveLaksamee PutnamChapter 11 Fusion Tables for Librarians and PatronsRebecca FreemanChapter 12 Google and Transcultural CompetenceAlison HicksChapter 13 Google in Special Collections and ArchivesMichael Taylor and Jennifer MitchellChapter 14 Public Library Summer Reading Registration on Google FormsDeloris J. Foxworth and Roseann H. PolashekChapter 15 Seeing Libraries Through Google GlassesBarbara J. HamptonChapter 16 YouTube: Advanced Search Strategies and ToolsJulie A. DeCesarePart III NetworkingChapter 17 Google Tools & Problem-based Instruction: Collaborate, Engage, AssessJanna Mattson, and Mary OberliesChapter 18 Group Projects Facilitated by Google Collaboration ToolsMichael C. Goates and Gregory M. NelsonChapter 19 Real Life Experiences and NarrativesSteven Pryor, Therese Zoski Dickman, Mary Z. RoseChapter 20 The Use of Google Sites to Create ePortfolios for Graduate Students as a Means to Promote Reflective Learning in the Development of Dissertation TopicsJesse Leraas and Susan HuberChapter 21 Using Google+ for Networking and ResearchFelicia M. VertreesPart IV SearchingChapter 22 Advanced Search Strategies for GoogleTeresa U. BerryChapter 23 Evaluating the Sources of Search ResultsJennifer EvansChapter 24 Free, Easy and Online with Google SitesJohn C. GottfriedChapter 25 Google Books: Shamed by Snobs, a Resource for the Rest of UsSusan WhitmerChapter 26 Google Drive for Library UsersSonnet IrelandChapter 27 Google FinanceAshley FaulknerChapter 28 Lets Google "Skepticism"; Easy Searches to ExplorePage Rank, Types of Websites, and What Relevance Really MeansJordan MooreChapter 29 Navigating Health Information on Google, Why "Im Feeling Lucky" isnt Always the BestLara FraterChapter 30 Underutilized Google Search ToolsChristine PhotinosBio ListIndex Review The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries is an edited, two-volume how-to guide to Google tools and services, written by library professionals with intimate, hands-on knowledge of their application and purpose. Editor Carol Smallwood is a prolific author and editor of library science publications with wide-ranging experience in school, public, academic, and special libraries…. [B]rowsing the ideas in these two volumes encourages readers to think creatively about combining Google tools in ways they may not have previously considered. This compilation of how-to essays is unique in its wide coverage and specific application to library and information professions…. Hampton provides insight on how a related product might alter patrons perspectives and uses of the library. Given the speed at which technology is changing, readers should take advantage of The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries sooner rather than later. Librarians, technologists, and information professionals will gain insight into creatively adapting Google tools and services in new and interesting ways. * portal: Libraries and the Academy * Long Description From the Forward by Michael Lesk: Google has now developed services far beyond text search. Google software will translate languages and support collaborative writing. The chapters in this book look at many Google services, from music to finance, and describe how they can be used by students and other library users. Going beyond information resources, there are now successful collaboration services available from Google and others. You can make conference calls with video and shared screens using Google Hangouts, Writing documents with small numbers of colleagues often involved delays while each author in sequence took over the writing and made edits. Today Google Docs enables multiple people to edit the same document at once. An ingenious use of color lets each participant watch in real time as the other participants edit, and keeps track of who is doing what. If the goal is to create a website rather than to write a report, Google Sites is now one of the most popular platforms. Google is also involved in social networking, with services such as Google+ Other tools view social developments over time and space. The Google Trends service, for example, will show you when and where people are searching for topics. Not surprisingly, searches for "swimwear" peak in June and searches for "snowmobile" peak in January. The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries, Volume 2: Research, User Applications, and Networking has 30 chapters divided into four parts: Research, User Applications, Networking, Searching. The contributors are practitioners who use the services they write about and they provide how-to advice that will help public, school, academic, and special librarians; library consultants, LIS faculty and students, and technology professionals. Review Quote The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries is an edited, two-volume how-to guide to Google tools and services, written by library professionals with intimate, hands-on knowledge of their application and purpose. Editor Carol Smallwood is a prolific author and editor of library science publications with wide-ranging experience in school, public, academic, and special libraries.... [B]rowsing the ideas in these two volumes encourages readers to think creatively about combining Google tools in ways they may not have previously considered. This compilation of how-to essays is unique in its wide coverage and specific application to library and information professions.... Hampton provides insight on how a related product might alter patrons perspectives and uses of the library. Given the speed at which technology is changing, readers should take advantage of The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries sooner rather than later. Librarians, technologists, and information professionals will gain insight into creatively adapting Google tools and services in new and interesting ways. Details ISBN144224786X Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Year 2015 ISBN-10 144224786X ISBN-13 9781442247864 Format Hardcover Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Author Carol Smallwood Subtitle Research, User Applications, and Networking Birth 1939 Pages 332 DEWEY 005.0425 Short Title COMP GT USING GOOGLE IN LIB Language English Media Book Residence US Publication Date 2015-03-06 Series The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries Imprint Rowman & Littlefield UK Release Date 2015-03-06 NZ Release Date 2015-03-06 US Release Date 2015-03-06 Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs Alternative 9781442247871 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2015-03-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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