This document provides a summary of various Google tools and features for searching information on the web including Google Squared for creating lists on topics, Google News Timeline for exploring news concepts over time, Google Wonder Wheel for visually narrowing topics, Google Book Search and Google Scholar for researching books and scholarly articles, and tips for improving searches using operators like quotes, tildes and defines. It also recommends creating a classroom Google account to organize searches for students.

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6. Google Squared - http://www.google.com/squared - create a list of a topic (explorers) Google News Timeline - http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/ - create a timeline of any news concept (music, blogs, magazines, buildings, anything) Google Wonder Wheel – under options in the search - you can narrow down your topic visually. Google Book Search - http://books.google.com/ - search books and look inside Google News - http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=pn – follow news from around the world. Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en&tab=ns - Find scholarly literature

7. Improve Your Searches - http://www.google.com/help/features.html “ “ = exact phrase = exclude words ~ = similar words or = multiple words …. = numerical ranges define = defines a word or phrase site = searchers only particular sites link = searches for web pages that are linked 1+1 = basic calculator functions cm in foot = concerts units of measure

8. Create a classroom Google Account (ex. MrsSeesClass, APSci4Sees)