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Searching the Internet. What is the best search tool?. Choose your search tool. Book Movie Theatre Journal Article Shopping Software University Program Dictionary, Terminology Instructional Video. (Amazon.com) http://www.blockbuster.com & http://movies.aol.com/ ERIC Ebay Amazon
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Choose your search tool • Book • Movie Theatre • Journal Article • Shopping • Software • University Program • Dictionary, Terminology • Instructional Video • (Amazon.com) • http://www.blockbuster.com & • http://movies.aol.com/ • ERIC • Ebay • Amazon • Yahoo Directory • Wikipedia & • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ • Sunburst & United Streaming
Examples • http://www.zillow.com
and & or ignored by google California OR Arizona California AND Arizona “Tall woman” + “Short Man” Use the - sign to exclude Jaguar -car
Use quotes • Be specific ... Computer applications in high school math teaching
Try alternative word orders • “Best ways to prepare for a job interview” OR “How to prepare for a job interview”
Use important words only • The way Google search works is to take what you search for and match it with keywords in online content. • Don’t use: Where can I find a Chinese restaurant that delivers. • Instead try: Chinese restaurants nearby. • Or: Chinese restaurants near me.
related: • will list web pages that are "similar" to a specified web page • Related:amazon.com • related:www.starfall.com
Wildcards • "don't ask country * ask" • “Isaac Newton discovered *”
Use a colon to search specific sites • Rezaei site:www.csulb.edu
File Type • "First amendment" filetype:ppt
Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf) • Adobe PostScript (ps) • Lotus 1-2-3 (wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku) • Lotus WordPro (lwp) • MacWrite (mw) • Microsoft Excel (xls) • Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt) • Microsoft Word (doc) • Microsoft Works (wks, wps, wdb) • Microsoft Write (wri) • Rich Text Format (rtf) • Shockwave Flash (swf) • Text (ans, txt)
intitle: global warming • Intitle: Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title.
Screen Capture JING Command+Shift+3: takes a screenshot of the full screen (or screens if multiple monitors), and save it as a file to the desktop Command+Shift+4: brings up a selection box so you can specify an area to take a screenshot of, then save it as a file to the desktop Command+Shift+4, then spacebar, then click a window:takes a screenshot of a window only and saves it as a file to the