This is likely my last post in the Tool Set series. This post likely will be quite a bit different because I'm convinced that most people have used different search tools enough that they are pretty comfortable with their current search behaviors. My intent here is to possibly expand the options for the average knowledge worker to be able to search a bit better than they do today. This is by no means comprehensive and I welcome suggestions.

Search results are largely text-based. A few search engines (like KartOO) have made attempts to improve the search experience, but with limited uptake. eyePlorer offers another form of visualization, not based on how individual results are connected and related, but based instead on providing a “whole” view of a subject. Have a look at the results of a search for elearning .

NoodleTools Home Software Tools Blog Teacher Resources About Us Sign In Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need Need additional search ideas? Try NoodleQuest (interactive version) I need help to define my topic...

The .Edu Toolbox Learning Resources in Delicious Blog Form Home FAQs Popular Rankings By Subject By Year Specialty Rankings Top Online Colleges RSS The Ultimate Open Courseware Toolset: 60+ Directories, Search Engines, and Web Tools February 19, 2009 Open courseware has expanded to the extent that directories, lists, search engines, archives and Web tools are available free to anyone who chooses to learn through the Internet....

Yet another great video from CommonCraft: Twitter Search in Plain English How Twitter Search creates new opportunities for business feedback, tracking news in real time and discovering trends. Commoncraft Twitter Search [More: Twitter Tutorial | Twitter Reading | Twitter Directory ] ...Tags: Resources.

The most recent aha is the learning associated with kids search behavior. My recent experience was my son's write-up of his science assignment around oobleck. I didn't know it at the time, but upon consulting the define: operator (based on my son's suggestion) in Google: Oobleck is a popular name used to refer to a stiff mixture of corn starch and water (1 part water to 1.5-2 parts corn starch) often used as a.... So, for my kids search has become the starting point for a lot and they know that define: and Wikipedia provide starting points.

I found this search tool completely by accident last week. Middlespot is geared to researchers and functions in a way that is very different from Google. First, it organizes my past searches so that I can see them listed out every time I go to website. Then, it shows the search results two ways, as a list on the left and screen grabs on the right. But perhaps my favorite feature is the Workpad.

From Bill Ives - Where Tagging Works and Where Tagging Doesn’t Work – Search Engine Lowdown I guess I tend to agree with Danny Sulliivan about the tagging and search but that is not the original intention of tagging. If I want to search on a key word, I will still go to Google as the most efficient way.... Interesting, Bill points to a search on Google for "Web 2.

Contributed by guest blogger Gareth Murran from the ThirdForce Innovation Technology team Such is Google’s dominance in the world of online search and advertising that there is always the urge to declare any major new search player a “ Google Killer ” amid copious amounts of technology industry hype... . Stephen is apparently a very well-known figure in the sciences for inventions like the math problem-solving software Mathematica .

via Jack Vinson's post Knowledge workers do more than search , found the article: Beyond Search is REAP . The point is that searching is really just the beginning for most activities. From the post: Beyond Search is REAP - Retrieve, Extract, Arrange, Present. We're still not there with the deeper tools and the whole experience we desire for truly reaping the value from all that's available to us on the Internet.