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Search the Web Using Google .

Search the Web Using Google . “monarch butterflies” and not just butterflies. Use unique and not general words and phrases. Combine concepts to narrow your results. Use synonyms and related words. Singular / Plural forms of words “make a difference” in your Google results.

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Search the Web Using Google .

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  1. Search the WebUsing Google.

  2. “monarch butterflies” and not just butterflies • Use unique and not general words and phrases. • Combine concepts to narrow your results. • Use synonyms and related words. • Singular / Plural forms of words “make a difference” in your Google results “monarch butterflies” diet grasshopper diet habitat “life cycle” diet - “eating habit”habitat – environmentdiagram – illustration – figure - picture dragonfly OR dragonflies diet cockroach OR cockroaches “body plan”

  3. Simplified Boolean Operators • Google defaults to “AND” • Google accepts “ ” • Google accepts “–” (NOT) • Google accepts “OR” Example: scorpion habitat = scorpion AND habitat Example: “life cycle” “body plan” Example: “life cycle” –larva = “life cycle” NOT -larva Example: “eating habit” OR diet OR food

  4. Use the site: Search Feature • Google allows searching by domain extensions and specific domain names. • Domain extensions: .com .org .edu .gov .net .mil .info .museum .pro .tv .ws .uk .tw .us and many more • What’s a “domain name?” www.dalton.org is a domain name. www.abc.com is a domain name. email.rutgers.edu is also a domain name.

  5. site: Search Examples silkworms site:org insects site:pbs.org “moon moths” site:edu cockroaches “life cycle” site:cornell.edu

  6. Suggested Searches beetle or beetles “life cycle” OR lifecycle site:edu “bumble bees” “body plan” diet site:org Butterflies OR butterfly “life cycle” OR lifecycle lobster OR lobsters “life cycle” OR lifecycle site:edu

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