aclJohn's Research/Reference Finds

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.

On the iFaceSearch homepage users will...

• find a text bar;
• enter the name;and
• Click on the "Let's Search" button...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...