The document provides an extensive guide on utilizing Google search effectively, highlighting various search techniques, operators, and tools across different platforms like mobile and desktop. It covers specific functionalities such as image search, video search, Google Maps, Google Scholar, and shopping capabilities, as well as tips to enhance search accuracy. Additionally, it includes insights on Google's advanced search features and a note on copyright usage for educational purposes.

1. Mastering the Search

2. More than a search box
A good place to start, but there is much more to
Google than putting words in the box!

3. Google Search
on phones is a
little different.

4. You’ll get a different display depending on whether
you’re searching on mobile or a desktop/laptop.

5. www.google.com

6. Anatomy of the Search Box
Google logo
or
Google “Doodle”
Search box: type your
search here.
Auto-complete terms
Voice search
Execute
search

7. www.google.com/doodles

8. There are many different searches
Web
News Maps
Videos
Books
Images

9. How Google Thinks:
Everything is
connected with AND
Treasure AND Chest
AND Gold AND Silver
Google will try to find a
page with all of the words
Ignores most
punctuation
Blackbeard AND
pirate AND net
Some punctuation works,
but most doesn’t
The first word is more important than the second…

10. Web Searches
WHEN YOU WANT A WEBSITE
OR SOMETHING ON THE WEB

11. Look for the Search Tools
The Search tools let you do more with your current
search. Each different search has different tools.

12. Google Pros Use Operators
Operators are special symbols and words that narrow down
your results and save you time
Quotation
Marks
The Dash
site: related:
*
OR
Either Word
Search
Asterisk
filetype:
@ “At” Symbol
# Hashtag
(Pound)

13. When you want the search
words in the exact order.
Quotation
Marks
Movie titles Song titles
Song lyricsNames
Book titles Book titles

14. When you want to hide
something from the results.
The Dash
You can get rid of more than one
word in the search

15. When you want to fill in the
blank. A “wildcard”.
Asterisk
Anywhere you put an * Google
will fill it in with a word before
or after the *.
Great when
used with
the “quotes”
operator

16. When you want to find
popular trending topics.
Hashtag
Popularized by Twitter, the hashtag
lets you search for popular phrases or
words that “tag” a social media post
#

17. When you want to find
social tags (Twitter).
“At”
Symbol
Search for a particular social
media account and its posts
across different sites.
@

18. When you only want to
search in a single site or type
of site (domain)
site:
site:wikipedia.org
site:.edu
site:tumblr.com
NO SPACES
All connected
Search terms can
go before or after

19. When you want to find a
similar website.
NO SPACES
All connected
Search terms can
go before or after
related:
Great for looking for new sites

20. When you want to find a
type of file on the web.
pdf
NO SPACES
All connected
Search terms can
go before or after
filetype:
doc
ppt
Documents you can’t
change
Documents you can
change
Presentations

21. Google Advanced Search
http://www.google.com/advanced_search
When you forget the operators.

22. Other Searches
GOOGLE MAPS, GOOGLE SCHOLAR, GOOGLE
BOOKS, BLOG SEARCH

23. News Search
Limits search to news sites and providers.
For more articles
about the same
story, click on
Explore in depth.

24. Image Search
You can search
for all types of
images with
Google.
TIP: All search
operators also
work in image
search.

25. Image Search: Color Filters
Use the color filter to narrow down what images
you want. TIP: Use “Transparent” to avoid white
boxy backgrounds when copied.

26. Video Search
You can search for all
types of videos with
Google.

27. Google Shopping
Google can search
different sites for items
you can purchase.
Filter results

28. Google Flights Google offers a powerful
flight search tool.

29. Don’t know where you want to go? Enter a
departure point and the map will show prices for
flying to other locations.

30. Hotels Search
You can search for hotels and similar
accommodations through Google.
Filters

31. Google Maps (maps.google.com)
When you want to find a place, or when you
want o look at places all around the world.
You don’t need an address.
You can use words like
“food” or “store”

32. Android App

33. When you want to know
how to get somewhere.
Directions
You’ll need to start and end
somewhere.
You can choose how you get
where you want to go.

34. When you want to see what
a place looks like.
Street View
You’ll need to click and drag
the yellow guy to the street.

36. Google Scholar (scholar.google.com)
When you want to good sources for homework
assignments or want to read academic (school)
documents, reports, patents, and laws.

37. Google Scholar: Advanced Search
Under the More
button you get more
options.

38. Google Books
When you want to find a book to buy or read
online, or want to find a physical copy.

39. Google Books: Where’s the book?
When you search for a book you can find if a
library near you has a copy.

40. Google Tricks
CALCULATOR, UNIT CONVERTER, DEFINITIONS, AND
TRANSLATOR
*ALSO WORK ON MOBILE DEVICES (PHONES)

41. Google Calculator
For simple math problems you can just put them
into Google to solve.

42. Unit Converter
You can put in conversions in the search or in the
converter (search “unit converter”)

43. Define Words (Google Dictionary)
An easy way to look for definitions or check you
spelling is to use the define: operator.

44. Translator (translate.google.com)
You can hear the words by clicking on
the speaker.

46. Questions?
RINO LANDA, LIBRARIAN
SARASOTA COUNTY LIBRARIES & HISTORICAL
RESOURCES
UPDATED MARCH 24, 2016

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