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Rita Zeinstejer
• EFL Teacher in Argentina
• Former Director of Studies ARCI (1980-2010)
• Cambridge ESOL Oral Examiner
• “Webheads in Action” Member
• Presenter at online and f2f international Seminars Congresses and
Conventions
• Google Certified Teacher 2008
• ELTONS 2013 Nominee for TIC en el AULA
• www.zeinstejer.com
• CALL Consultant http://techtools4educators1.blogspot.com/
• Director: http://ticsenelaula.ning.com/
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agenda
• safe search
• voice search
• advanced search
• refine your search for specific results
• tips & tricks
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• pick the right search terms
• keep it simple: identify unique words
• narrow a search to get the best results
• think about what someone else would have written about
your topic
5. • villages near the city of London in
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England ?
• the popular library in London
and a popular library in London.
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• filter results by reading level
• search by domain (.edu, .gov, .co, .uk)
• search by file type (.pdf, .KMZ, .KML, .PPT)
• try synonyms for your original terms. For example search “cartoon” instead
of “comic”
• once you’ve found a webpage you like use “command + F” or “control +F” to
search within that page
• try Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com to find books and articles
cited by other researchers
• keep your search skills sharp by trying the Google A Day challenges
http://agoogleaday.com
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SafeSearch: Turn on or off
• Visit the Search Settings page
• In the "SafeSearch filters" section:
– Turn on SafeSearch by checking the box beside
"Filter explicit results“
– Turn off SafeSearch by leaving the box unchecked
• Click Save button at the bottom of the page.
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Get definitions
Similar terms
Get results that include synonyms by placing the ~ sign immediately in front
of your search term:
Christmas ~dessert recipes will return results for desserts, along with
candy, cookies and other treats.
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Web history
offers you a log of websites
you've visited, a timeline of your
actions and the ability to search
your own online history
www.google.com/history
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• helps you identify the most relevant
research across the world of scholarly
research.
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search across…
• peer-reviewed papers
• theses
• books
• abstracts and articles
• from academic publishers, professional
societies, preprint repositories, universities
and other scholarly organizations
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features
• search diverse sources from one convenient
place
• find papers, abstracts and citations
• locate the complete paper through your library
or on the web
• learn about key papers in any area of research
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Google Advanced Search
Challenge Activities:
Perform a basic Google Search, then open the “advanced” menu:
• Refine your search by reading level.
• Refine your search by location.
• Refine your search by publication date.
• Open the Advanced Search menu then refine your search by excluding
words from your search.
• In the Advanced Search menu refine your search to just results from a
domain such as “.edu”
• In the Advanced Search menu refine your search to a file type.
• In the Advanced Search menu refine your search by using a country code
such as “.ca” Then compare results coming from different countries.
• Refine your search by usage rights.
• Try one of the Google A Day Challenges.
• Create your own search engine using Google Custom
Search. google.com/cse