Google Search provides basic and advanced search options to find information on the web, images, and news. The search box allows users to enter keywords to locate relevant results from across multiple websites. Advanced settings allow filtering searches by language or file format. Search results provide links to websites with titles, brief descriptions and addresses to help users determine if pages meet their information needs. Users can also narrow results using specific search operators or saving searches for future reference.

1. Google Search

2. Basic Components of Google Search box to key in search words Advanced Search Option Search options web or Images or news etc. Regional language search options Automatically takes you to first search result of Google Results in multiple web page options to view To change default search settings

3. Start the search 1.Type KEY words to search 2. More words related to your topic will give better results 3. Use only KEY words. Avoid sentences for the purpose of demonstration I will use the word Manager

4. Understand the results 3 key Components Link to the web site and its title Click here to reach the site Brief contents of the web site. Scan through if it meets your search. May give a brief idea of the content in the website Address of the website

5. Select Options 1.Be specific 2. Each component gives varied Results 3. Use only KEY words. Avoid sentences Use drop down for more options

6. Search results of the options Web Images News Books

7. Options to narrow results 1.Advanced Search 2.Options to select Language 3.Options search file format to narrow search results Use exact Phrase to Narrow results

8. Saving search for reference If It is a web site, Option 1: Add to favorites for further reference Option 2: Save the file as .mht file File >>Save as >> Webarchive , singlefile file(*.mht) If File type is specified in advanced search, Right click and “ save target as”

9. and… or… not Using AND between words shows Web pages with information using both words Using OR between words shows web pages with information using either of the words or both the words Using NOT between words excludes the word after NOT Use quotes to Search an exact Phrase Eg: “Manager worker” shows web sites with exact phrase Use wildcards like * for missing words Eg: “Harry potter and *” shows all the stories that start with “Harry potter and” Using words to search

10. Using Commands to search Use these commands (without quotes) in the search window. “ intitle: ” Find sites with one search term in the title. “ allintitle: ” Find sites with all search terms in the title. “ filetype: ” Specify a type of document to search. Note that a colon : follows the command

11. Use of command – intitle: Results of using command gave me sites with manager in the web site name Use of command – allintitle: Results showed me web sites with both manager and worker in their site name Use of command – filetype: Here I gave filetype: as GIF so the results are the links to Gif with manager in the neme!