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 | Google search engine and its usefulness to library professionals
Author :Jain, Vivekanand;Saraf, Sanjiv
Source: DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology :26(5) ; 2006 ; pp.23-28
Abstract : Internet search engines are tools to retrieve the information from web. Google search engine is the most popular among all types of users, specially academic users. The librarians can play important role to manage the web resources and assist the users in getting right information. The article covers the developments of Google search engine from 1999 till date. It also includes features of Google scholar and books search on Google.
Keywords : Search engines;Google;Five laws of web;Google scholar;Book search;Web search
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| | Resource description framework (RDF) for organised searching on internet
Author :Triphati, Aditya
Source: DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology :21(4-5) ; 2001 ; pp.03-07
Abstract : This article focuses on the search performance of the existing search engines on internet. Discusses few solutions for the current searching problems, and suggests the resource description framework (RDF) for organised searching. The paper includes the usefulness of RDF schema and covers the futuristic vision of RDF.
Keywords : Resource description framework;RDF;Internet;Search engines;XML
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| | Advent of digital libraries and measuring their performance: A review
Author :Mathur, Mira
Source: DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology :25(2) ; 2005 ; pp.19-25
Abstract : Developments in the field of information technology, like increased capacities of digital storage media, growth of the world wide web and access to internet, sophisticated search engines, fast processing power and reduced computer costs have clinched the case for digital libraries. On the basis of a literature survey, the paper attempts to define a digital library; lists the advantages offered by digital libraries; gives the importance of measuring the performance of libraries against their objectives; gives the progress in developing performance indicators for digital libraries; and lists the difficulties that may be faced in implementing a system of performance indicators.
Keywords : Digital library;Performance indicators;Equinox project;Search engines
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| | Websites of Central Universities in India: A Webometric Analysis
Author :Babu, B. Ramesh;Jeyshankar, R.;Rao, P. Nageswara
Source: DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology :30(4) ; 2010 ; pp.33-43
Abstract : Webometrics is concerned with measuring aspects of the web: websites, web pages, parts of web pages, words in web pages, etc. This study examines 40 central universities websites in India. Investigates domain systems of the websites, analyses the number of webpages and link pages and calculates the simple web impact factor, self link web impact factor, external link web impact factor and revised web impact factor for Central universities in India and ranks the websites as per the WIF. It also develops a novel network diagram showing link structures between web nodes in webometric analysis. This study warns against taking the analogy between citation analysis and link analysis too far.
Keywords : Central universities India;world wide web;webometrics;search engines;link analysis;web impact factor
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| | Search Engines Evaluation
Author :Rakesh Kumar;Suri, P.K.;Chauhan, R.K.
Source: DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology :25(2) ; 2005 ; pp.03-10
Abstract : The volume of world wide web (WWW) is increasing enormously due to a world wide move to migrate information to online sources. To search some information on WWW, search engines are used, which when presented with queries, return a list of web pages ranked on the basis of estimation of relevance. Generally the search engines due to the abundance of information available on the web return millions of pages. But user studies indicate that a common user browses through top 10 or 20 documents only. So it’s all-important to get into those top 10 documents. To achieve this web authors are increasingly beginning to rely on underhand techniques to ensure their sites get seen, in turn affecting the performance of search engines. The existing measures to evaluate these systems’ performance are not adequate in the current world of highly interactive end-user systems. In this study a metric 'Ranked Precision' is proposed to evaluate the performance of search engines.
Keywords : Search engines;Keyword spamming;Web page ranking
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| | Your Website: Greater Visibility and Return of Investment through Search Engine Marketing
Author :Arsenault, Thierry;Feeny, Daniel
Source: DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology :28(4) ; 2008 ; pp.79-82
Abstract : Nowadays, the majority of the people find out the required websites information including virtual exhibitions through web search engines. The most commonly used search engines in the market are Google, Yahoo and MSN. This paper basically provides tips to the developers of virtual exhibition websites to make their sites more visible to the public. This is one of the marketing strategies of the web search engines are following to get best returns on their investment. This is a short paper based on the research work done at Canadian Heritage Information Network and their results are communicated in form of short paper.
Keywords : Return of investment;Website visibility;Search engines;Marketing
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| | Use of Digital Resources by Faculty and Research Scholars of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli
Author :Thanuskodi, S.;Ravi, S.
Source: DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology :31(1) ; 2011 ; pp.25-30
Abstract : Sources of information available via the Internet are increasing exponentially, leading to steady increase in the use of Internet for education and research. Since past few years, free online information sources like ejournals, e-books, e-databases have increased considerably. Earlier, information and knowledge were passed by word of mouth or through manuscripts, and communication was a slow process. Today, it is passed from one individual to an infinite number of other users through a number of media and formats which makes rapid and widespread dissemination of information possible. This paper discusses utilisation of digital resources by faculty and research scholars of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. Results show that 67.14 per cent of the faculty is familiar with the use of digital resources, and majority of these members are using digital resources for research purpose. Study also reveals that majority of the faculty members are learning the required skills for the usage of digital resources through self-study.
Keywords : Digital resources;Internet;e-mail;search engines;CD-ROM;faculties
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