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Introduction...

This Research/Reference Blog pulls together all Research/Reference related resources and applications; that have been included in John Dalziel's eMagazine, eMagazine Supplements, Blog (What DL is Happening?) and Audio Blog.

This is very much - work in progress; archived resources and applications are being transferred as time permits!

Google Image Swirl

Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 , In : Search Engine 

Google Image Swirl is an image search tool intended to help users visually refine and alter their searches for images.

To use Image Swirl...

  • enter search term;the results of the search will be displayed in a grid similar to that with which users are probably familiar.
  • Click any image in the grid and a 'swirl' of more, related, images will appear
  • Click an image in the swirl and another swirl of images will appear etc., until a single image is located.
Visit http://image-swirl.googlelabs....
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Information Literacy Video Tutorials

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, August 12, 2010 , In : Tutorial 

Information literacy, can videos help to get the message across to learners?

I'm reliably informed in an article by the...


that the series of Information Literacy tutorials from Bob Baker of Pima Community College is Top notch content delivered in a traditional manner.

Visit Bob's YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/bbaker48#p/a.

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iFace Search

Posted by John Dalziel on Monday, July 19, 2010 , In : Search Engine 

iFaceSearch is a very simple to use website which acts as a search engine for face images.

On the iFaceSearch homepage users will...

  • find a text bar;
  • enter the name;and
  • Click on the "Let's Search" button...
... if located, face images are pulled from all over the web.

A percentage of the search results will be irrelevant as there is more than one person with a given name.

Note: iFaceSearch can display the data in four views:

  • Image Flow,
  • Classic,
  • HD, or
  • Low-res.

Users can se...


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TinEye

Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 , In : Search Engine 

TinEye is a reverse image search engine.

Users can upload an image to TinEye to...

  • find out where it came from;
  • how it is being used;
  • if modified versions of the image exist; or
  • find higher resolution versions

TinEye claims to be the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks; it is free to use for non-commercial searching.

Visit http://www.tineye.com/ to try it out.

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UFO Search Engine

Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, June 4, 2010 , In : Search Engine 

The URL <http://www.manuals-search-pdf.com/> of the site is something of misnomer - here users will be able to look up far more than PDFs.

On the UFO Search Engine website users will be able to locate DOC, PPT and XLS files.

All users have to do is...

  • specify a title of an eBook they are interested in, and
  • the results will be displayed for them to choose from.
This is in its early stages of development but is worth a closer look.
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Locate Online Courses and Course Materials

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, June 3, 2010 , In : Links Portal 

Einztein is an online tool for locating online collegiate level courses and corresponding materials.

Einztein isn't a standard search engine as all courses listed...

  • are reviewed by a PhD level editorial team.
  • come with a listing of the types of materials available for each course. Some courses have
    • audio,
    • video, and
    • documents while other course may only have one or two of those elements.

Visitors to Einztein can search for course by keyword or simply browse by subject...


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ImageLogr

Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 , In : Search Engine 

Imagelogr is a search engine for images.

The objectives of Imagelogr are to...

  • index every image currently available for free on the Internet; and
  • make them instantly accessible to anybody;
  • offer image manipulation capabilities so users can modify the selected picture in a way that they see fit, including...
    • the ability to rotate images on the fly;
    • zoom in and out without having to re-size the entire website in order to achieve the desire effect;
  • enable users to download and save the s...

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Mashpedia

Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, April 25, 2010 , In : Search Engine 

Mashpedia is...

  • a combination of a search engine and an encyclopedia; 
  • very simple to use; just type in a search query and hit search.

Mashpedia generates a page of information links about the search topic, collecting information from multiple media and different sources from...

  • books;
  • blogs;
  • text;
  • images;
  • video; and even
  • Twitter references.

Mashpedia is a great tool for creating reading and research tasks for learners, based around authentic materials. It creates web based reading tasks t...


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Web research strategies

Posted by John Dalziel on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 , In : Tutorial 

Vaughan Memorial Library at Acadia University hosts four free animated tutorials designed to teach lessons on web research strategies. <http://library.acadiau.ca/help/tutorials.html>

The four tutorials are...

  • Credible Sources Count - learners discover how to recognize the validity of information on the Internet. A good tutorial except for the strong emphasis on using domain names for determining validity;
    http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/
  • Research It Right - walks lear...

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TinyPad

Posted by John Dalziel on Saturday, February 20, 2010 , In : Application 

Welcome to what may well become the home of the most popular note-taking helper!

Isn't it annoying when you want to take some notes and you have to...

  • open Word/notepad/other 'word processors' before you can start; and/or if already open
  • keep clicking backward and forwards as Word/notepad/other 'word processors' don't float above the web page(s)? or
  • tile windows so you and do research and take notes at the same time.

Do you and or your learners find that Window’s Word and NotePad are OK...


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John Dalziel
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John Dalziel I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.

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