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Information Mining: Beyond Google

Stainless Steel World 2014

Kirk Richardson

MTI

Do you know it all?

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How many people in the audience have all of the answers?

• You’ve learned everything that you can

and are only here today to kill time

• You take 2-hour lunches because you

don’t have much to do at work

• You go to work because you enjoy

the social interaction; there aren’t any vexing problems to solve

• You are the most interesting man

in the world

Do you know it all?

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Can you get to any answer that you need on Google, YouTube,

• r Wikipedia?
• How do you know that it is accurate?

Can you trust the source?

• How do you pick out the correct answer

from the myriad of search results?

• How do you account for blind spots?

You don’t know what you don’t know.

Google is Good!

Giving Google its Due

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Google Scholar

Google Scholar allows you to broadly search for scholarly literature, across many disciplines and sources. Those might include: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions from a variety of sources, including academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

• Search scholarly literature from one site
• Explore related works, citations, authors, and publications
• Locate complete documents through your local library or on the web
• Keep up with recent developments in many areas of research

Giving Google (and YouTube) its Due

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Here are a few tips to help you dive a little bit deeper with search engines

• Use Google’s Advanced Search Tool to narrow your results
• How to dig a little deeper

» Organization + filetype:xls; :ppt; :doc; etc. = Files » Organization + Technology = IP, IT, Research » Organization + Topic + Research = Experts, Research » Organization + Conference + Topic = Experts, Proceedings

• YouTube is now the second largest search engine on the planet.

Beyond a Google Search

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Google might be a good place to start, but where can you find an answer that you can trust?

• Associations: turn to the industry experts
• Databases: mining the deep web for answers
• Libraries and Librarians: a great, inexpensive, publically available resource
• Trade Shows/Conferences

The Power of Associations

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Associations: The gold standard when it comes to reliable answers

• Find subject matter experts and other valuable resources in industry associations:
• Populated by experts/peers active in their fields
• Staffed by subject matter experts
• Surrounded by consultants with unique experience/knowledge
• Access to databases that are unavailable to non-members
• Opportunity to cross-check answers with multiple sources
• Often offer seminars, training, and other opportunities to mine for useful info
• Non-members have very limited access to information, but may still be able to call or

email query for an answer or directions to another source.

Survey Summary

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Processing Industry Engineers use these associations/societies

• AIChe
• American Welding Society (AWS)
• ASM International
• Edison Welding Institute
• EPRI
• International Titanium Association
• Materials Technology Institute (MTI)
• Materials Property Council (MPC)
• NACE
• Nickel Institute
• SAE
• Welding Research Council (WRC)

Research Databases/Services

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Databases/Research Resources for a Deeper Dive:

• Factiva (Dow Jones) (factiva.com ): Licensed content from Dow Jones

journalists and the world's top media outlets, trade and consumer publications and business Web sites

• Highbeam Research (highbeam.com ): Comprehensive online collection of

articles from 6,500 reputable trade magazines and journals.

• Hoovers (hoovers.com): Offers comprehensive insight and analysis about the

companies, industries and people.

• Nerac ( nerac.com): Delivers custom research, analysis and advisory services,

driving product innovation through timely assessments of product and technology development opportunities, competitive analysis, identification of emerging technologies and opportunities, intellectual property strategies, compliance requirements and more.

Research Databases/Services

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Databases/Research Resources for a Deeper Dive:

• Thomson Reuters – Scholarly Search and

Discovery (thompsonreuters.com ): Brings together curated, reliable, multidisciplinary and unbiased content and includes citation data and analysis tools. Search across data, books, journals, patents, and more.

• IHS (ihs.com ): Provides critical technical

information, related decision-support tools and strategic and operational services. Combines highly reliable technical content with deep domain expertise in its focused industries.

Survey Summary

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Processing Industry engineers use these web sites/databases

• mti-global.org
• asminternational.org
• azom.com
• efunda.com/materials
• engr-tips.com
• matweb.com
• http://app.knovel.com/web/index.v?jsp=main
• Alloy manufacturers and fabricator web sites

Libraries

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Libraries and Librarians: the often forgotten resource

Librarians are experts at locating hard-to-find information

• They have access to databases of information that you don’t
• They know how to search for information
• They have time that you don’t have to sift through information
• They are eager to please you and prove their worth

Libraries (continued)

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Technical Library Resources:

• Linda Hall Library (St. Louis)
• John Crerar Library

(University of Chicago)

• NASA Technical Library

Trade Shows

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Working trade shows and conferences for answers

• First select the right show, then develop a game plan (How many folks here

spent significant time planning for this show, and I’m not talking about ordering carpet?)

• Develop a pre-show list of questions that you want answered, then target

speakers, exhibitors, delegates, and show organizers. Know what it is that you need to know.

• News staff might have the answer you need or be able to point you in the

direction of the right resource.

• Approach presenters/experts with a short list of questions that you want
• answered. Most will be flattered that you are asking for their advice, and if they

can’t provide the information that you need, they will probably point you in the right direction.

Trade Shows and Conferences

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Questions?