Presentation at the SAOUG Conference, 4 August 2010, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa

1. Dr. Google speaking! How may I help you? PavlinkaKovatcheva E-mail: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za Sciences Librarian, University of Johannesburg Tenth Southern African Online Information Meeting CSIR 4 August 2010

2. Dr. Google Visitation hours: 24/7 When you get sick, you visit the doctor, so he can help you get better. He will perform a check-up, prescribe the right medicine or suggest how to treat the symptoms. You will take the prescription to the Pharmacy Then you hope the medicine will have a fast effect on you You seek out Google to find information on anything that pop-up in your head Dr. Google can help you find information about your problem, or give you a “pathfinder” to trace the information. Dr. Google offers many ways to cure your needs. Let’s find out which will work.

3. Is Google Making Us Stupid? .... Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes. A few Google searches, some quick clicks on hyperlinks, and I’ve got the telltale fact or pithy quote I was after....... Nicholas Carr SLA Conference, June 2010 http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/6868/

4. http://www.google.com

5. New Search Interface: May’10 New left-hand navigation menuCleaner-looking logo Sub-categories & Search tools

6. NEW! Wonder wheel searchVisual representation of a searchSuggest additional Narrowed Topics; Mind Map display

7. NEW! TimelineVisual representation of a search per year of Publication

9. http://scholar.google.co.za

11. NEW! April 2010 This gadget queries Google Scholar in the same fashion as a web-browser. The returned results are initially analysed for the total amount of publications found http://code.google.com/p/citations-gadget/

12. Prescription Tips: Don’t have a book in the Library? Your user is desperate? Find a solution with Google Books! Create My Library! http://books.google.co.za

14. Log-in to your Google account

15. Create My Google Library

16. Add books to your library

17. Customise with reviews and ratings

19. Emergency Room: Google Books can help your users! http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/FrontPage

20. Keep-up current with favourite websites, blogs and news Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline http://www.google.com/reader Google Reader Blog: http://googlereader.blogspot.com/

22. One Portal for Personal & Professional Information

25. World NEWS at a Glance

27. NEW! Revamped Image search page Display up-to 1000 images on a single scrollable page Easy to look more images No accompanying text Pop-up window for larger quick view, when your mouse is over the image Selection options: size, type, colour Safe Search to filter the results

28. NEW! June 2010: Google Earth 5.2 NEW! Street View

29. Google Labs latest ideas and playgroundWhat’s NEW in Googlevile: Android (12); Applications (7)Communications (4); Maps (7); Search (15); Other (7) http://www.googlelabs.com/

31. Transliteration is the process of phonetically converting a word written in one script into another. It is the sound of the words that are converted from one alphabet to the other. http://www.google.com/transliterate/

32. http://translate.google.com/#

33. Follow Finderhttp://followfinder.googlelabs.com/

35. Dr. Google Further Prescriptions

36. HowMayIHelpyou?

37. The naked ! Breathe in ….. Breathe out ….. The heart is strong! You will live a long life!

38. Thank you PavlinkaKovatcheva Sciences Librarian, University of Johannesburg Tel: + 27 11 559-2621 E-mail: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za Find me on: LinkedIn; Facebook; Skype; Twitter: ujlibscience; Visit the UJ Science Librarian Portal: http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/FrontPage