Power Searching with Google

I feel like I've been a walking Google advertisement here lately, but I'm learning so much about Google and what they offer. I'm visiting Southern California for vacation this winter, and on my agenda is a chat session with a few people from the Engineering and Design team at Google LA. I think they do amazing work and I can't wait to pick their brains.

In the meantime, if you want to learn about all the cool and fascinating functions of Google Search, there's a whole class on it--and it's free! Check it out here: https://coursebuilder.withgoogle.com/sample/course

Google News Lab and More

From the Desk of Sarah Doody. Google News Lab is kind of amazing!

Google News Lab helps journalists learn and master digital tools to help them tell better stories. See examples here of how the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Buzzfeed, & more have used Google News Lab’s tools.


Google Cardboard is a cardboard viewer that helps people experience virtual realities. Can’t afford an expensive virtual reality viewer? No problem. Just get this cardboard viewer from Google, put your phone in it, and voila.


Google Field Trip is an app for Apple and Android that lets you learn more about places of interest around you. Unlike discovery apps that focus on food or shopping, Field Trip helps you learn about historical places, monuments, museums, architecture and more. I’m definitely trying this out in Europe next month!

A Field Guide to Designing A Health Communication Strategy

From JHU and USAID: Field Guide

AACP Systematic Review Webinar

One of the best overviews of systematic review I've seen--for both health care practitioners and librarians.

http://www.aacp.org/governance/SECTIONS/libraryinformationscience/Pages/webinars.aspx

The Accidental Data Scientist: Big Data Applications and Opportunities for Librarians and Information Professionals

My current read, when I can squeeze in the time: http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Data-Scientist-Opportunities-Professionals/dp/1573875112