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    Tips () for Searching Google (Grace Hsu)

    1.

    1), military -- decapitation Strike ()

    2) , truth the truth commission (China Post)

    March 19 Shooting Truth Investigation Special Committee (

    ) Taipei Times

    2. Put a phrase in quotes ( ): you do this when you search for a phrase or part of a

    sentence in web pages.

    "..."

    "the population of Taipei"Your Turn (Task): Search for the ICRTsTo Your Health script

    3. Use the asterisk* in your search: an asterisk is used to represent an unknown word.

    For example, find the middle name of the late () U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt

    Franklin * Roosevelt

    Your Turn (Task): Find the middle name of Joanne Rowling (Harry Potter)

    Find the middle name of the authorJ. Tolkien of The Lord of the

    Rings4. Use the search parametersite: to narrow down your search.

    site:www... site:edu Travel to Japan Lonely

    Planet ()or National geographic ()

    Google

    "map of Japan" site:www.lonelyplanet.com

    "the Great Wall of China" site:www.nationalgeographic.com

    E-Map (Taiwan) http://202.39.225.132/jsp/Eng/html/map/index.jsp

    National Palace Museum () http://www.npm.gov.tw/

    Your Turn (Task): Search for ceramics () or painting in the National Palace Museum

    5. Search for images. () (fire ant), (Far East Book Five),

    See also http://203.64.185.208/internet/internet.php English TeachingClip Art

    UVic's Language Teaching Clipart Library http://web.uvic.ca/hcmc/clipart/ Topic

    Galleries

    Your Turn Task: Find some photos of the Googles founders Sergey Brin & Larry Page

    Find some photos of Malayan Tapir" ()

    Find some photos of the animal bucardo ()

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    6. Use the search parameterintitle: to narrow down () your search.

    intitle:... intitle:digital camera site:edu

    Your Turn (Task): Search for websites related to () server ()

    linear algebra ()handouts

    microelectronics.

    7. inurl:... nanotechnology ()

    inurl:quiz nanotechnology

    1991 Nat King Cole( Natalie Cole )

    inurl:mp3 "Unforgettable: With Love"

    Your Turn (Task): Search for content-based instruction (CBI)

    Search for the MP3 of CharlenesI've never been to me

    Nick of Time () by Tom Chapin

    http://www.songsforteaching.com/tomchapin/nickoftime.htm

    8. filetype: for the search for files of a specific () file type.Example: Internet English filetype:pdf

    nanotechnology filetype:pdf()

    Your Turn (Task): Find a PDF file about Christmas

    Find a PDF file about organic chemistry ()

    electromagentics, electromagnetism

    9. Googles USENET ()

    alt.english.usage

    10. Research topics searching

    Google Web Directory (, http://directory.google.com/) Directory Linguistics ()

    Science Social

    Science Linguistics

    Art/ Education/ Language Arts or

    Science/ Social Science/ Linguistics/ Applied Linguistics or Bilingualism or CALL/

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    11. Google Services http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

    12. Other Search Engines

    Ask Jeeves: http://ask.com (A search engine that allows you to use natural language)

    TEOMA: http://www.teoma.com(searching for relevant ideas)

    Internet Resources

    1. http://www.virtualchase.com/howto/gg_tips.html2. http://whakapapa.maori.org.nz/article_read.asp?id=153. http://www2.nemcc.edu/Library/WEBPAGE/google%20searching.pdf