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Advanced Internet Searching Google, Blogs and Twitter. Bronx Community College Anne P. Mintz Spring 2009. Google features. Setting Preferences for 100 results per page and opening results in new windows Advanced Google strategies Google Scholar Google News Google Blog Search
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Advanced Internet SearchingGoogle, Blogs and Twitter Bronx Community College Anne P. Mintz Spring 2009
Google features • Setting Preferences for 100 results per page and opening results in new windows • Advanced Google strategies • Google Scholar • Google News • Google Blog Search • Google Images • Google Alerts
Advanced Google Strategies • Use the “exact phrase” box • Can limit the results of a search to specific types of files, such as PowerPoint, Excel or Word • Can limit the results of a search to specific types of sites, such as census.gov or nyc.gov or cuny.edu • Can limit the results of a search to pages that have been updated within the past week or year • Can limit the results of a search by geographic region
Where else to find demographic information on Bronx neighborhoods • http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/cb_bronx.shtml Part of the NYC.gov website gives information on all districts of the city • Some districts (but not all) have this information on the Community Board website: http://www.bronxmall.com/commboards/demographics4.html