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Participant Handout
NEFLIN October 27, 2011

Lori Reed Lori Reed Learning Solutions lori@lorireed.com 704.350.5421

Tips from a Google Pro

Search for your answer not the question! Search engines look for the words you type in, so only type in words that you think will actually appear on the page with your response. Example: Instead of searching for blue sky try why is the sky blue. Blue sky is likely to turn up stores named blue sky and other unrelated websites. Searching on the phrase why is the sky blue will likely turn up webpages that answer this question.

Refine your search

Using the left hand panel of your search results

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Quick Search Like a Pro

Enter the search terms as listed below in the Google search box for a quick way to search.

All of these searches can also be accomplished by using the Google Advanced Search Feature.

Search within a site

training site:neflin.org

Search for a file type

neflin filetype:ppt

Search for related sites

related:neflin.org

Search for stock prices

stocks:aapl

Dictionary
define:alliteration

Truncation & Wildcards

Wildcard *
Librar* Returns library, libraries, librarian, librarians

Synonyms ~
~library Returns online libraries, library wiki, library jobs

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Not - (omit words)

Jacksonville -Florida Returns other Jacksonvilles such as Jacksonville, NC

Exact phrase
green lantern

Or ||
library || libraries Returns sites containing either library or libraries

Numeric Range ..
stories 5..7 Returns sites containing stories and the numbers 5 or 6 or 7. Useful for searching for age appropriate materials.

News
news.google.com

Old News
news.google.com/archivesearch

Google Logos
google.com/logos Explore all of the Google Logos. Make sure to check out the June 9, 2011 logo of the Les Paul guitar. Move your mouse over the strings to play the guitar.

It had a blue cover...

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Go to google.com Search on the term book Select images Limit by color Add words as needed such as childrens book

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Google Books
books.google.com Search the full text of books, preview, buy, find in a library

Google Scholar
scholar.google.com Search articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

Recipes
google.com/landing/recipes Type in your dish, refine with the left hand panel

Shopping/Google Product Search

google.com/prdhp Enter item and refine criteria. Allows you to shop and compare prices from multiple online stores. Google does not receive payment for listings but they do have sponsored links or advertisements on the results page.

Translate
translate.google.com Google Translate is a free translation service that provides instant translations between 58 different languages. It can translate words, sentences and web pages between any combination of our supported languages.

Trends
google.com/trends With Google Trends, you can compare the worlds interest in your favorite topics. Enter up to five topics and see how often theyve been searched on Google over time. Google Trends also shows how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and in which geographic regions people have searched for them most.

Voice
google.com/voice One phone number voice mail, text, and more.

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Alerts
google.com/alerts Google Alerts are emails sent to you when Google finds new results -- such as web pages, newspaper articles, or blogs -- that match your search term. You can use Google Alerts to monitor anything on the Web.

Google Labs
Unfortunately Google Labs was shut down earlier this month.

Google Docs
docs.google.com Word processing, spreadsheet, presentations, forms for surveys. Allows you to create files, share and collaborate with others, and much more.

Everything Google
google.com/intl/en/about/products This shows all the Google products. Bookmark this page!

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