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 |
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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.
Announcements (show all)
These are the five most recent announcements. The rest are on the show all page.
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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.
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21 Oct 2008 13:44 | News Search and How it Changed My Life (by |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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?" |