Overview

This book is about news search and monitoring. Aimed at professionals with a strategic need of monitoring the surrounding world, users with a need to find the best news sources, monitoring services and news search strategies and techniques will benefit from reading this book. The main purpose is to present a practical handbook with an analysis of readily available tools, blending with passages of a theoretical nature. It is also useful for students at LIS programmes and related information programmes and for librarians and information professionals. The authors aim to aid the reader in reaching a greater understanding of the core in news search and monitoring.

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Author:   Lars Vage (Mid Sweden University) ,  Lars Iselid (Umeå University, Sweden)
Publisher:   Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9781843346029

ISBN 10:   1843346028
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   27 September 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of figures List of abbreviations Acknowledgements About the authors Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: the nature of news search Abstract: Discovering the power of news search The concept of news and its relations News published on the web vs printed news Structured vs unstructured news content The different types of news search tools Chapter 2: Free news search Abstract: Introduction A short history of free news search The best free news search engines Other news search engines Directories of news sites Major newspapers with web archives Broadcast news News agencies Press release wires Scientific wires Historical newspaper digitizing projects Websites mentioned in this chapter Chapter 3: Professional news search services Abstract: Introduction Advantages of professional search services Advanced searching techniques Search results Search alerts Client billing Other fee-based services Websites mentioned in this chapter Chapter 4: News monitoring services Abstract: Introduction Describing news monitoring services A short history of news monitoring services The meaning of news monitoring services Evaluating your monitoring service Irrelevance in news monitoring services Sample list of news monitoring and related services Chapter 5: Evaluating news search tools Abstract: Introduction Frequency of spidering Sources Searching Results Chapter 6: Keeping track of the blogosphere Abstract: Introduction What exactly is a blog? The roots of blogging The blog explosion The blogosphere The evolution of blog searching The most important blog search engines Blog directories Websites mentioned in this chapter Chapter 7: The power of RSS Abstract: Introduction A short history of RSS What does RSS look like? What is OPML? Choosing an RSS reader Using news aggregator software RSS feeds – using pre-built and creating custom Subscribing to podcasts Websites mentioned in this chapter Chapter 8: News discovery via social networking tools Abstract: Introduction Microblogs Twitter Twingly microblog search engine Directories of tweeters and similar services Linking in microblogs Topsy – a search engine powered by tweets Memetrackers and similar tools Digg and other social voting sites Facebook for news and blog reading Google Buzz Websites mentioned in this chapter Chapter 9: Concluding remarks Abstract: Further reading Index

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Lars Våge is currently a librarian at Mid Sweden University in Sundsvall for the department of Technology and Media. He is responsible for the subject of computer science, electrical engineering, informatics and statistics. Since 2001 he has maintained a blog reporting on search engines on the Internet, Internetbrus.com. Lars Iselid is an Information Architect on the CS Library team at Teknihuset, a leading technical solution provider for digital libraries. He is a well-known blogger and search engine expert and also works as librarian at the Digital Library Department, Umeå University. Iselid is a popular speaker and trainer in such areas as information search, social media and search engine optimization. Since 2001 he has maintained a blog reporting on search engines on the Internet, Internetbrus.com.

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