Google Image

My Search:

I decided to start out by putting in my search just like I would any Google search.

I get a variety of results. The first one is a graph from the study I used in my last post!

I decide to edit my search and do an advanced search.

Taking advice from the ‘To do this in the search box’ column, I type ‘public libraries communities’ in the “all these words” box. I then narrow my search by type of image, selecting photo, and picking the United States as my region. I also chose to filter explicit results, just to be safe.

 My result is pages and pages of photographs.

My Best Result:

What I learned, Content:

It took me awhile to select an image because there were so many to choose from. I finally picked an advertisement for the Fort Smith Public Library Funding Increase Initiative.

Citizens of Fort Smith Arkansas were asked to vote on funding for their public library. To help convince voters to vote in favor of the increase, images like these were created featuring pictures of actual Fort Smith citizens and a quote from then about what their library means to them. This is a neat way to show the importance of a library to its community!

What I learned, Searching:

Searching Google Images will return a lot of results. Once users do their initial search, it’s a good idea to tailor that search using the advanced search. They will still get a lot of results, but at least these results will be a bit more focused and specific.

Reflection:

I wasn’t sure how my topic would work in Google Images, so I was pleasantly surprised at how many relevant results I got. For some, it was a stretch to look at the image and connect libraries and communities to them. But for most of them, this connection was obvious.

Resource:
Google. 2014. Google Imagine. http://tinyurl.com/notj7fh