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