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