Advanced Internet SearchingGoogle, Blogs and Twitter

Bronx Community CollegeAnne 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