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Beyond Google Search

Beyond Google Search. Using Google Search tools to their potential. How does Google Work?. Google maintains billions of pages of web content Clicking “Search” in the Google window sends a request to look through the billions of pages

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Beyond Google Search

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  1. Beyond Google Search Using Google Search tools to their potential

  2. How does Google Work? • Google maintains billions of pages of web content • Clicking “Search” in the Google window sends a request to look through the billions of pages • Google analyzes page indexes or meta tags for relevant content closest to the request • Based on the search criteria, Google rates the site in order of relevance

  3. How this works Click the image to view a video on how a search engine works.

  4. Different type of searches! • Exact Phases • Excluded Words • Simple Words • Multiple Words • Numerical Ranges • Define: • Site: • Link:

  5. Exact Phrase Search “find me”

  6. Exact Phrase searches help find the results that include your exact phrase Example: “give me liberty” Results 1 - 10 of about 789,000 for "give me Liberty". (0.28 seconds)

  7. Excluded Words Search running -marathon

  8. Excluded Word searches gives the possible results minus the requested word. Lets try this search and see what results you get. Open Internet Explorer and type running –marathon In Google On your worksheet, note the number of results you get an your #1 search result.

  9. Similar Word Search ~sugar treats

  10. Similar word searches look for possible results with similar words for the ~ that are attached to the second word Example: ~sugar = sweet Results are sweet treats

  11. Other types of searches: Multiple Word Numerical Searches ranges of numbers Fashion 1990…2000 • Results that have either of the words listed • Monkey or zoo List the top three internet sites for both multiple and numerical searches

  12. Search Definitions - search by the predictor “define:” to get results of the word requested. Example Define: homogeneous

  13. Specific Site Searchsearch for key word amongst certain websitesExample: site: .edu

  14. Search within a Websitesearch for results within a specific websiteExample: muster link: www.tamu.edu

  15. Lets Have some FUN!!! Click the link www.google.com For question four, try different types of search tactics to find combinations that have the least number of results List your results!!! Use your imagination

  16. Google Scholar

  17. Google Scholar What is Google Scholar? Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.

  18. Why use Scholar? • Searching relevant articles in educational databases • Searching specific libraries • Search for relevant information on specific topics • Free

  19. Using Google Scholar

  20. Advanced Scholar search allows you to detail your search by criteria Search box Preferences customizes settings for Scholar searches

  21. Try a search • Search Scholar for Dyslexia • Click Advanced Search • Enter “High School” in the Exact Phrase space • Click Search Detailing your search results will allow you to find relevant information related to your topic

  22. Searching Libraries Type the name of a library

  23. Don’t leave with out your resources Searching a specific library will allow you to find articles or books in a library close to you.

  24. Google Book Search Search for books by subject, author, genre or recent releases

  25. Google Book Search will allow you to preview a book. Books will have either full or partial view available. Lets look for a book… Open Google Book Search Search for a book on National Monuments Write the title of your # 1 selection

  26. Google News Google News site aggregates headlines from more over 4000news sources worldwide. Personalized options and a wider variety of perspectives from which to choose. Google News offers links to several articles on every story, so readers can decide what subject interests they’d like to read. http://news.google.com

  27. Finding Current Events Google News can help you find current events related to topics. Open Google News Search for Obama Note the number of articles published about Obama in the last HOUR!!!!!

  28. More Fun!!!! Using Google News, search for BED BUGS What is the news saying about the nasty bugs?

  29. Resources Google Search Google Scholar Google Books Google News www.google.com

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