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Cool Searching Cool Searching TipsTips
Who won
the Super
Bowl in
2012?
How old is Pres. Obama?
Obliterate??
Who is Will.I.Am?
What can I do if I need What can I do if I need information?information?
Use your textbookGo to the libraryAsk you teacher
Try a search engine
But HOW?
What’s a What’s a search engine?search engine?
Programs that search documents for specified keywords and return a list of the documents where the keywords were found.
Different search engine = different results
Think about Think about KEY WORDS KEY WORDS for your topic.for your topic.
Your task is to write a report on Abraham Lincoln. What are the key words?
◦Abraham Lincoln—of course◦Civil War◦Gettysburg Address◦White House
Try using Try using quotation marks quotation marks around key wordsaround key words
Want information about Abe Lincoln?
If you type in Abe Lincoln, you might get sites about Abe Fortis or Lincoln penny
With quotation marks around the phrase — “Abe Lincoln” — you will get sites about Abe Lincoln only
Exclude Extra WordsExclude Extra Words
You want to know in what city LeBron James was born.
On the search line you could write—LeBron James birthplace or just LeBron James
Use a Use a different different search search engineengine. Continued…. Continued…
Name some search engines:
Google — In our survey, Google was the most-used search engine.
BingYahooInfOhioAsk.com
Observe the top-level domain Observe the top-level domain (TLD) to determine (TLD) to determine validityvalidity of of site.site.
http://kent.edu
the TLD
Look for these:Look for these:
.gov (government site).edu (university site).org (not-for-profit agency).com (commercial site).net (usually networking, but
could have other use)
Shortcut words —Shortcut words —On the search line, write _____On the search line, write _____
define: gives you the definition of a wordweather: add Zip code to get weathermovie: put in Zip code and get listingimage: put in name and get images listphonebook: put in number and it tells
caller (cell phones often left out)inform: give information on topic
Two more tipsTwo more tips
No need for a calculator! Write calculations right on the search line.
Can use symbols to get results. Use %, $ and #
(# for social networking)
GIVE IT A TRY!GIVE IT A TRY!For more information, go to…For more information, go to…
Google Search Featureshttp://google.com/help/features.html
Google Guidehttp://googleguide.com