Options for finding information via social media

1. Jeff Schneidewind
Emerging Technologies Research Specialist
UC Irvine Libraries
December 6, 2013

2.  Letters in the sand
 What’s the buzz?
 Heard the news?
http://www.pewresearch.org/

4. source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominicspics/

5.  Google site search (add site:reddit.com)
 Or use searchreddit.com

6.  Native search
 Search by hashtag (hashtag.org)
 Google site search (add site:twitter.com)

7.  Topsy
http://topsy.com

9.  Graph Search

10.  New Graph Search

11. http://www.socialmention.com

12. http://www.socialsearcher.com

13. http://hshtags.com

14. http://www.riverfold.com/software/tweetlibrary/

15. http://storify.com

16.  Proposed system of assessing authority of
breaking news information posted on social
media
 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2208409