GoogleApps


 * Google Search **


 * Google Search ** – key to a good search is getting results in the very 1st result!

- I’m Feeling Lucky! - Web, Images, Maps; - Quick and Easy Google presentation - thanks to Cheryl Davis, Kathleen Ferenz, and Lucy Gray! - Scavenger Hunt

**Selecting Search Terms**:

** Use words likely to turn up on your pages! **

** Avoid Using a Question for your search. ** Use: [ lasik eye surgery ] Not: [ documentation on lasik eye surgery ] Use: [ jobs teaching elementary Lancaster PA ] Not: [ listing of elementary teaching job openings in Lancaster PA ]

** Be Specific: ** Use: [ Java Indonesia; Java coffee; java programming ] Not: [ java ] Use: [ Tom Watson golf ] Not: [ Tom Watson ] might get the IBM or Parliament guys

** Be Brief: ** Use: [ quit smoking program ] Not: [ program on quitting tobacco cigarette smoking addiction ]

** Spelling isn’t always necessary: ** Try [ Ana Kornikova tenis ]

** Calculator: Use it as a basic or advanced [|calculator] ! **


 * Search Operators: power-up your searching! **

**“quote”** operator searches for the exact phrase

** site: ** operator searchs in a specific site or class of sites [ Office site:Microsoft.com ]

** + ** operator includes special terms like stop words [ Star Wars+I ] would include I even though it’s stop word

** - ** operator excludes terms [ dolphins –football ]

** ~ ** operator finds synonyms [ ~lightweight laptop ]

**OR** operator specifies synonyms or alternative forms [ bicycle OR cycle ]

[ filter OR stop “junk email“ OR spam ]

** .. ** operator is a range of things like numbers 1..50 [ bicycle $250..$500 ]

** * ** operator is a wildcard for full words, not partial words [ John L * +Lancaster, PA ]

**Google Scholar**: search for scholarly articles, thesis, dissertations;

**Google Custom Search**: create your own custom search engine ! under EVEN MORE option

After a search find these on the left column:

 * **Wonderwheel**: //graphic organizer view//
 * **Timeline**: //creates a timeline view//

Resources and Exercises:

 * ===SCAVENGER HUNT!!===
 * ===Teen Exercises===
 * ===Google Guide===

For more tips, tricks, & examples, visit [|www.GoogleGuide.com]. By Nancy Blachman, __ Tasha Bergson-Michelson __, & Jerry Peek who don't work for Google.
 * //Thanks to Nancy Blachman from GoogleGuide.com!//**