Web-based information resources

This is the home page for BIT330, “Web-based information resources”, taught by Scott Moore at the Ross School of Business in Fall (September—December) 2008. This site has all the information you will need for this class, including assignments, the schedule, and a place to post questions.

If you're wondering why you might want to take this class, then you should watch this video.

Here is a page that lists the best search tools for business students that we discussed and explored this semester.

Schedule (show all)

Date	Title
12/08/2008	27 Wrap Up
We wrap up this semester's activities.
12/03/2008	26 Yahoo
We have a visitor from Yahoo.
12/01/2008	25 Metasearch Engines
We discuss and evaluate metasearch engines.
11/26/2008	24 Other Search Sites
We explore many of the most recently created search engines.
11/24/2008	23 Google
We have a visitor from Google.

Topics discussed

Web search, Techniques (1/2), Directories, RSS (Intro/ Lab), News, Deep Web, Alerts, Page monitors, Tag-based, Images, Custom SEs, Geography, People, Video/Music, Other SEs, Metasearch

Page tags

Industry updates (show all)

These are the five most recent industry updates. The rest are on the show all page.

22google by Hcflow (last edited on 19 Nov 2008 05:59)
21google by schmidke (last edited on 17 Nov 2008 07:21)
Video Chat and Flu Trends by thauck (last edited on 12 Nov 2008 14:37)
18yahoo by bryblum (last edited on 03 Nov 2008 16:46)
17google by Caitd (last edited on 03 Nov 2008 17:25)

Announcements (show all)

These are the five most recent announcements. The rest are on the show all page.

Last edited	Title
21 Jan 2009 16:46	Links To All Student Projects
Here are the links to all of the final projects.
18 Dec 2008 21:54	General Feedback About The Term Projects
I will be posting your course grades sometime late Thursday. I have finished recording your assignment grades on the Web site.
01 Dec 2008 01:21	RSS Feeds And Your Term Project
I noticed several things about RSS feeds and the difference for those who handle this part better than others:
01 Dec 2008 00:48	Hint About CSEs And Your Term Project
I have read a bunch of blogs about your custom search engines, and have had the opportunity to look at your CSEs fairly in-depth. Some observations:
24 Nov 2008 00:19	Grades For Project Status Report 3
Here's information about the grades for this status report.

Final projects

Here are the links to all of the final projects.

Investment Banking Industry by bryblum
Alternative Energy in the US by Eric Brackmann
Start Up Process by dylanb
HIV/AIDS Non Profit Initiatives by Caitd
Automobile Industry by Hcflow
SEMCOG Transit Panel by thauck
Software-as-a-Service by BrianHeM10
Mortgage Industry by Hermatz
Walt Disney Pictures by Susan Kennedy
U.S. Travel Services: Airlines by laytosp
Internet Infrastructure by tmuir
Apple the Company by dpnick
OIL: U.S. and the World by roopak
Defense & Aerospace Industry by mlrossit
Music Recording Industry by schmidke
Social Networking by jenstan

Blog entries (show all)

These are the 5 most recent blog entries. The rest are on the show all page.

2008 (117)

Last edited	Title
21 Oct 2008 13:44	News Search and How it Changed My Life (by Susan Kennedy)
I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered exactly how little I actually knew about searching for news on the web.
13 Oct 2008 16:56	Google News Search (by (user deleted))
Are you tired of having to watch the local news every night to find out whats happening in the world? Do you want to be able to find out what happened when it actually happens? Well that's where the numerous news search engines that exist come in, they will enable you to maximize your information and minimize your effort.
13 Oct 2008 16:55	What's Bnet? (by dpnick)
One of the websites from today's class about the Deep Web was BNet. Our professor talked briefly about it, mentioning that he was relatively knew to the site, but so far he has been impressed. I decided to take a look around the site and review it for you, so enjoy!
13 Oct 2008 16:48	Politics In Search (by dylanb)
I recently saw when browsing my RSS reader, an article about "Keating Economics" being one of the top terms on Google the day the Obama campaign released the information about McCain's connection to the Keating Five. I was a little surprised that this was one of the top terms on Google so I wondered what else the search industry was doing involving the presidential campaigns.
13 Oct 2008 16:38	Search Tool Data Analysis (by BrianHeM10)
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications is currently the fastest growing software sector and one of the fastest growing industries in the world. I am interested in specifics reasons why this is the case. I used the web search engines to answer: "What are some of the biggest factors causing the enormous growth rates in the SaaS industry?"