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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
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
How this works
Click the image to view a video on how a search
engine works.
Different type of searches!
Exact Phases
Excluded Words
Simple Words
Multiple Words
Numerical Ranges
Define:
Site:
Link:
Exact Phrase Search
“find me”
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)
Excluded Words Search
running -marathon
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.
Similar Word Search~sugar treats
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
Other types of searches:
Multiple WordResults that have either of the words listed
Monkey or zoo
NumericalSearches ranges of numbers
Fashion 1990…2000
List the top three internet sites for both multiple and numerical searches
Search Definitions - search by the predictor “define:” to get results of the word
requested.
ExampleDefine: homogeneous
Specific Site Searchsearch for key word amongst certain websites
Example:site: .edu
Search within a Websitesearch for results within a specific website
Example:muster link: www.tamu.edu
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
Google Scholar
Google ScholarWhat 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.
Why use Scholar?Searching relevant articles in educational databases
Searching specific libraries
Search for relevant information on specific topics
Free
Using Google Scholar
Advanced Scholar search
allows you to detail
your search by criteria
Preferences customizes settings for
Scholar searches
Search box
Try a searchSearch Scholar for Dyslexia
Click Advanced Search Enter “High School” in the Exact Phrase spaceClick Search
Detailing your search results will allow you to find relevant information related to your topic
Searching Libraries
Type the name of a library
Searching a specific library will allow you to find
articles or books in a library close to
you.
Don’t leave with out your resources
Google Book Search
Search for books by subject, author, genre or recent releases
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 SearchSearch for a book on National Monuments
Write the title of your # 1 selection
Google NewsGoogle 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
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!!!!!
More Fun!!!!Using Google News, search for
BED BUGS
What is the news saying about the nasty bugs?
ResourcesGoogle Search
Google Scholar
Google Books
Google News
www.google.com